Essays on Next Door

One of the main advantages of literature lies in its ability to communicate various cultural experiences and provide greater knowledge and deeper understanding of foreign traditions for the reader. In the Western civilization, Eastern religious traditions and cultures informed by them are perceived with interest, fascination and even fear; while lack of understanding can often impair successful interaction and communication. In addressing the issue of religious values, the authors of two books, Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us about Living in the West and Children of Dust: A Portrait of a Muslim as a ...

Situation- Mario’s Italian Restaurant is a new restaurant that has recently opened in Overland Park, Ks. The restaurant is currently experiencing difficult times financially. The restaurant is slow and the owner believes it is due to the smaller size and somewhat hidden location. The other restaurants in the area are self-standing. In other words, they are not attached to any other business and are closer to the road. Mario’s Italian Restaurant, on the other hand, is located further off the road in a strip mall. The strip mall is placed behind the self-standing restaurants. Also, Mario’s ...

For centuries, the fairy tale has been the cornerstone of imaginative children's fiction - the genre provides a canvas by which amazing tales can be told. The fantastic becomes possible in fairy tales, and for many, childlike wonder can be recaptured by the simple act of reading one. However, in many children's books, there is a pervading theme of maturation, and "growing up"; in these stories, the fairy tale land the characters inhabit is shown to be fleeting and transient. Two such fairy tales - Ursula Dubosarsky's The Red Shoe and Neil Gaiman's Stardust - frame the fantastic story they tell ...