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How I Spent My 13th Birthday (1171 words, 2 pages)

What an excellent way to start off mt 13th birthday, my dog got ran over by a car! To make it better it was my own mother that did it. He was my only true friend, the only one that I really loved and cared for, and now he is ... Read More

A Comparison of A&P by John Updike and the Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara (821 words, 1 pages)

In Up dikes A P and the Barbaras The Lesson both stories are portrayed as using slang and even foul language to get their views across. Many of the language used expresses how both narrators view their way of life. The narrators are both a part of different societies, which ... Read More

The Lesson in Trying in Danielle Steel’s His Guiding Light (409 words, 1 pages)

In Danielle Steel's His Guiding Light, Steel expressed that its better to try, and then fail, then to have never have tried at all. Steel's son Nick Traina was a good person " He was not a bad kid he was a sick kid." He tried to do his best ... Read More

Tough Lessons in the Story of How Brian Changed His Habit of Wasting Food (424 words, 1 pages)

13 year old Brian Robinson is going to visit his father. His parents are divorcedand his father lives in Canada. Brian has to take a plane to Canada. His mother gives him a gift before he leaves and it is a hatchet that fits on his belt so Brian puts ... Read More

The Pursuit of Freedom in the Novel “A Lesson Before Dying” and “Fences” (794 words, 1 pages)

In the novels, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines and Fences by August Wilson, the characters struggle to overcome lifes difficulties and to find the true meaning of their existence by freeing themselves from their troubles. This form of self-redemption helps to renew each characters conscience and bring him ... Read More

The Many Lessons from the Story Standing With a Fist (590 words, 1 pages)

I have arrived at my post and found it to be completely unmanned. Fort Sedgewick appears to have been abandoned for some time. I do not know what has happened to the men that were posted here, but I am anxious to hear from someone. Fort Sedgewick is my post, ... Read More

The Humorous Instances in William Faulkner’s Novel “As I Lay Dying” (391 words, 1 pages)

In the novel As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner, there are several instances in which a pleasurable comment or action that is witty or humorous is made by a character. However, there are also many occurrences when there is a deep sense of disquietude resulting from a characters words ... Read More

The Revelation of the Character’s Selfishness in William Faulkner’s Novel “As I Lay Dying” (832 words, 2 pages)

Adam Cooper Cooper 1In one of William Faulkner's greatest novels, As I lay Dying, the character's selfishness is revealed. As I Lay Dying is a detailed account of the Bundren's family trek across Mississippi to bury Addie, their wife and mother. As Addie is dying, all the characters go through ... Read More

The True Horrors of World War I in Erich Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” (646 words, 1 pages)

All Quit on the Western, by Erich Maria Remarque, is a book that explores the true horrors of World War I thought the eyes of a German solider. This story is shows how World War I was not the glorifying war that some people envision it to be. The author ... Read More

The True Horrors of World War I in Erich Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” the Similarities and Differences Between the Book and Movie Versions of All My Sons (480 words, 1 pages)

In the movie there were difference then in the book. In this book and movie All My Sons there are certain statements one was If you want to know ask Joe another is there is a universe outside your responsible. Both these statements are important in the book and movie. ... Read More

An Analysis of Grant Wiggins’ in a Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines (965 words, 5 pages)

Grant Wiggins' life crises were the center of the story.Although he was supposed to make Jefferson into a man, hehimself became more of one as a result. Not to say thatJefferson was not in any way transformed from the "hog" hewas into an actual man, but I believe this story ... Read More

An Analysis of A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines (1818 words, 7 pages)

A Lesson Before Dying takes place in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late1940s. In the novel, Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed being the only survivor, he is convicted of a murder andsentenced to ... Read More

An Analysis of Martin Luther King’s Famous Speech “I Have a Dream” (1036 words, 2 pages)

Martin Luther King Jr. is a well-known person in history. He is know for his work in civil rights, and is known for his I Have a Dream Speech. King's speech not only change history for the black community it gave hope to black through out the world. King's speech ... Read More

A Biography of Haile Selassie I the Crowned Emperor of Ethiopia (302 words, 1 pages)

Haile Selassie I was born on July 23,1892. His real name was Ras Tafari Makonnen. He was born into a royal family which he later took over the thrown as king. It has been said that Selassie I was a direct descendant of King Solomon of Israel and the Queen ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (928 words, 2 pages)

The novel I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the life story of Maya Angelou as she struggles through life in the South. Published in 1969, the novel has received critical acclaim since 1970 and spent three years as a number one best seller on the New York Times ... Read More

A Biography of Juan Carlos I, the Current King of Spain (217 words, 1 pages)

Juan Carlos I, the current king of Spain, was crowned on November 22, 1975. The crowning of Juan Carlos restored democracy to Spain after the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Juan Carlos was born in 1938 in Rome. In 1947 Franco announced that Spain was a kingdom and that he had ... Read More

An Autobiography Called “I Ain’t Got Time to Bleed” by Jesse Ventura (755 words, 2 pages)

Jesse Venturas I Aint Got Time To Bleed is an autobiography about who he is, where he stands, and where he comes from.Ventura decided to run for governor and was elected in the state of Minnesota November 3rd 1998. He ran against Skip Humprhrey and Norm Coleman. He is the ... Read More

An Introduction to the Analysis of Modernist Art in Europe 1910-25 by Robert I. Herbert (460 words, 1 pages)

Modernist Art in Europe 1910-25 by Robert l. HerbertHerberts thesis of his essay is to investigate the arrival of the machine and modern art and its complexities. During WWI, modernist painting and sculpture paid major attention to machinery, science and industry. Modern art during that time has become a central ... Read More

A Review of Louis I. Kahn’s Unique Design “The Salk Institute” (755 words, 2 pages)

Standing alone against the endless blue sea, the Salk Institute by Louis I. Kahn is one of a kind. "Louis Kahn's Salk Institute for Biological Studies on the Pacific coast near La Jolla aspires within its own spirit to an order achieved through clarity, definition, and consistency of application"(Heyer 195). ... Read More

An Analysis of the Damage World War I Brought (1931 words, 2 pages)

World War I left many families dead, creating large numbers of orphans. Jamaie (later to become James) Decartes was one of those orphans. His father died in the trenches in France, and his mother was stolen away, never to be seen again. James was 14 when this happened, he hid ... Read More

An Analysis of the Versaille Treaty on an Agreement For Peaceful Terms Among the Warring Nations of World War I (891 words, 2 pages)

The Versaille Treaty, an agreement for peaceful terms among the warring nations of World War I, was extinguished by the insatiable desires of all parties involved. Woodrow Wilson, an inflexible, idealistic, righteous President was up against the vengeful Allies. Each with their own imperialistic views, conflicted as peace negotiations began. ... Read More

How Technology Significantly Impacted the Fighting of World War I (2100 words, 4 pages)

Technology made a huge impact in the fighting of World War I. Blimps dropped bombs, airplanes with propellers in the back radioed gun positions, aces battled in their biplanes, ground troops threw and shot grenades at each other, and heavy machine guns snapped off bullets at each other making a ... Read More

Exploring the Major Causes of World War I (1053 words, 2 pages)

The Causes of World War I What exactly were the causes of World War I? Sure, it sounds like a pretty simple question, but its most definitely not a simple answer! There was whole lot more to the start of the war than an Austrian prince being murdered in Serbia, ... Read More

A Peak into What Goes Through My Mind While I Am Driving (543 words, 1 pages)

My car slows as it approaches a stoplight. I take this opportunity to allow my mind to become engulfed with my surroundings the bright fierce red of the traffic light, the brilliant blue sky with its specs clouds, and the mass of hurried people. The four corners of the intersection ... Read More

The Learning Disabilities That I Encountered Early on in My Education (462 words, 1 pages)

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses but as a child, its hard to deal with your weaknesses. Its not until you grow up and realize that you have to use your strengths to overcome your weaknesses. Combining logic with technology can be a useful tool. For me it was the way ... Read More

What I Enjoy and Dislike with Campus Education and Life (491 words, 1 pages)

High school is a strange time. After three years of trying to develop identity and friends in middle school, students are expected to mature immediately on the first day of ninth grade, but I never did this. I never fully realized in the earlier grades how important high school success, ... Read More

Why I Love the Creek and What It Has Taught Me (569 words, 1 pages)

A creek is no place for shoes. I think its unreasonable to ask such children to keep their shoes on in such a place. My bare feet were always covered with calluses from walking down the rough pavement of Pine Street and around the corner, past the tall oaks, but ... Read More

What Experience Has Taught Me in Life and How I Changed for the Better (505 words, 1 pages)

Experience is what you receive when you dont get what you want." I remembered my fathers words as I tried to postpone the coming massacre. Like during the fall of the Roman Empire, my allies became enemies and my foes turned into partners. In fast and furious action with property ... Read More

A Personal Statement: Reasons Why I Want to Go to College (578 words, 1 pages)

People have very different reasons on why going to college and getting an education is important for them. Some people go to college because that is what is expected of them, and others go because they have nothing else better to do. However, I am interested in going to college ... Read More

The Several Reasons Why I Wish to Study Design at the University of California Los Angeles (328 words, 1 pages)

Architecture and designs are two areas that Ive always wanted to study. There are several reasons why I wish to study design at the University of California Los Angeles. It is well known for its superior education and research. It has a very good faculty and many facilities such as ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013