Aging in Various Cultures
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This 8 page paper looks at how aging is viewed by a variety of cultures. American culture, along with Japanese and Hispanic cultures, is highlighted. Subjects discussed are retirement, elder abuse and euthanasia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: SA112Age.wps

AIDS and the Homosexual Population # 2
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Although its general subject is somewhat identical to 'aidshom2.wps,' this 8 page paper explores homosexuality itself and discusses why it is so difficult to teach behaviors that will prevent AIDS among this high-risk group. Paper makes clear the necessity for empathy regarding homosexuality and the AIDS "plague."
Filename: Aidshomo.wps

Alcohol and Drug Abuse / Impacts
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An 10 page investigation into the impacts substance abuse has on the abuser and those around him or her. The writer essentially provides a research proposal that includes: hypothesis, explanation of variables, review of the literature, and proposed method for the study. The writer suggests that there are a number of events that can cause the alcohol or chemical-dependent individual to seek help and bases the proposed study on these suppositions. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Impact.wps

Alcoholism / A Realistic Case
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A 10 page narrative illustratively detailing the author's experience with a friend who was discovered to be an alcoholic. Near the report's conclusion, an analysis is made based upon common concepts and terminologies taught in health and even sociology classes. No bibliography.
Filename: Alcojeff.wps

Alcoholism: Genetic Predisposition
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5 pages in length. The question of alcoholism as a genetic disease rather than a choice is one that has been posed for decades. The writer discusses implicating findings by addressing the biological and psychological aspects of alcoholism. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCalgen.wps

Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World": Truth And Beauty, Comfort And Happiness
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6 pages in length. In Chapters XVI and XVII of "Brave New World", Mustapha Mond and John the Savage debate the meaning of life. Mond asserts that Ford did a great deal to shift the emphasis from the truth and beauty to comfort and happiness. John the Savage prefers truth and beauty. Indeed, while truth and beauty represent the very foundation of existence, comfort and happiness is what humanity has chosen to pursue over and above anything else. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCbrvnw.wps

Alex Kotlowitz's "There Are No Children Here"/ Sociological Analysis
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A 7 page paper that presents a review of Kotlowitz's book with consideration for the elements of social and racial concerns, as well as the psychological impacts of life in the Chicago housing projects. Kotlowitz's book is a case study, a social commentary and a journalistic representation that focuses on one families struggle in the gang controlled ghetto. The two younger boys in the Rivers family, Lafayette and Pharoah were the impetus for Kotlowitz study, but his exploration into the rest of the family, the social interactions in the projects, and the social and cultural implications of this lifestyle is significant to the book as a whole. The primary source is cited.
Filename: Kotlowit.wps

Alex Kotlowitz/ "There are no children here"
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A 5 page summation and analysis of Alex Kotlowitz's study of two inner-city African American boys-Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers-There are No Children Here. This book outlines the horrors of the violence of living in the housing projects of Chicago, its affect on the boys, and how it produces trauma similar to that of children living in a war zone. No additional sources cited.
Filename: 00nokids.wps