Myths and Narratives My great-grandfather was a school teacher in West Virginia. He taught in rural schools that were one-room school houses in what he called the "boondocks." He rode his horse between schools and parents of his students would put him up for the night. His storytelling, according to my father and grandfather, was so powerful that kids believed his myths even though he told them it was just a

Myths Myth of Marriage and Children Joseph Campbell's The Power of Myth is a book that can potentially transform the reader's consciousness. Beyond being informative, Campbell's analysis of cultural myths is profound; it provokes genuine introspection. The author refers to the spiritual in whatever he speaks about, and yet he never lapses into religious diatribe or dogma. Subjects like marriage are elevated beyond the social to the psycho-spiritual. For example, he calls

Myths - "The Other Side of Wonder" Like the empty sky it has no boundaries, yet it is right in this place, ever profound and clear.2 So run the lines from Cheng Tao, describing signifying, identifying myths - always there explaining existence and every facet of life, explaining the reason behind every man's actions: So, myths. For what is a myth? Lillian Hornstein3 describes it best. "A myth is the traditional tale common to

Myths About Maria Judith Ortiz Cofer's "The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria reveals how an educated Puerto Rican woman has to endure stereotypical labels from a variety of different people - mainly influenced by WASP culture. The three stereotypes that she has to withstand include: fashion, sexuality, and the notion that Latin women are thought to be little more than "domestics." Cofer explains

While these critiques are certainly valid, and the authors clearly demonstrate, as stated in the abstract, that more research may be required, their approach also underlines the weaknesses of a literature review-based article to make a healthcare proposal. Another problem with the use of literature reviews is that it can be difficult to present the results in a meaningful fashion in a chart or graph, to demonstrate the researcher's

The Jesuits also were targeting the elite class as opposed to the Franciscans working with the poorer classes. The problem was that the ruling people, because of the drama and tension between Christian sects, saw Christianity as a threat to their own power. In the book The Japanese and the Jesuits: Alessandro Valignano in Sixteenth Century Japan, Moran and Moran (1992: iii) that in promoting Christianity, the Jesuits -- one