Abstract In Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory (1998) and Jamaica Kincaid’s Autobiography of My Mother (1995), cooking and eating are acts that describe for us the conflicts and confusions of forming a national,...
Abstract In the search for sources of energy, discussions of nuclear fusion power as an option have often been seen as unrealistic, overshadowed by the viability of nuclear fission. Fusion power, however, would...
Abstract Some works call out to readers with an invitation to play an active role in the construction of the text’s meaning. Following the insights of Roland Barthes, who deems such texts “writerly,”...
Abstract Technology has undoubtedly affected the higher education system in many ways over the past decade. The extent of its impact varies in the degree of technological programs universities have implemented, but many...
Abstract This paper explores the concept of altruism and connects it to game theory models. The analysis considers the theory of gene-culture co-evolution and concludes that altruistic behavior might be both conditioned through...
Abstract There is no doubt that the defining religious, political, and economic framework of seventeenth-century England had its influences on the Angler. Walton’s character Piscator alludes to this social framework directly when he...
Abstract The frame of Kipling’s short story “To Be Filed For Reference” is a question of belonging, of homeland, and of cultural identity. Emphasizing parallels between Kipling and Jellaludin, the Anglo-Indian protagonist, this...
Abstract As recent trends in popular culture have demonstrated, we are deeply intrigued by stories of psychological trauma, especially those of schizophrenia. When we hear of struggles involving vivid hallucinations, blurred realities, and...
Abstract Pablo Neruda began his career as an apolitical love poet and ended it as an outspoken advocate for engaged art and the Communist cause. With an analysis of crucial points in his...
Abstract This paper discusses the causes and effects of coral bleaching, connecting the analysis to global climate change. Recent scientific research has demonstrated that corals and their symbionts, zooxanthellae, can adapt to changing...
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