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The Black Death of the 14th Century: A Bacterium Wiping Europe (3588 words, 8 pages)

Since the reign of Emperor Justinian in 542 A.D., man has one unwelcome organism along for the ride, Yersinia pestis. This is the bacterium more commonly know as the Black Death, the plague. Plague is divided into three biotypes, each associated with one of three major pandemics occurring in history. ... Read More

Character Analysis of Billy Pilgrim in Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (672 words, 1 pages)

Slaughterhouse Five Choices Defined by Slaughter-House FiveSlaughter-House Five or The Childrens Crusade is a novel written in the Telegraphic Schizophrenic Manner of Tales of the Planet Tralfamadore by Kurt Vonnegut. It does a wonderful job, not only of providing, but envisioning for you, the answer to the question How much ... Read More

An Examination of the Movie, Rush Hour (1155 words, 2 pages)

Rush Hour The action genre had really gone sour ever since Terminator II died out. Action stars like Jean Claude Van Damme and Sylvester Stalone had basically made carbon copies of their previous hits and re-released them under different names. However, starting in 1998 with Rush Hour, starring Chris Tucker, ... Read More

The Themes of A Demon Haunted World (968 words, 2 pages)

A Demon Haunted World Well I can certainly see why this book was rated with five stars. I found Sagans book, A demon Haunted World Science as a Candle in the Dark one of the most eye-opening books that I have read in a very long time. I must admit ... Read More

An Analysis of the Works of Bruce Springsteen (483 words, 1 pages)

This collection of short stories is very detail-oriented, and it is for this reason that those details are vital to the impact that the story has on the reader. The "list of nothing", for example, is a list of subtleties, or details, which let the reader know about the author's ... Read More

An Analysis of the Simpsons Halloween Special: The Shinning (1185 words, 2 pages)

The Simpsons Halloween Special, The Shinning (Groening), is a take-off on Stephen King's movie version of Kubrick's The Shining (1977), with parody-like distortions, yet poignant reminders of painful, horrific scenes. There is, in the role of Jack Torrance, the axe-wielding Homer in the role of Wendy, is his wife Marge, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Reign of Emperor Justinian (1387 words, 2 pages)

American Dream as the Central Theme in Death of a Salesman (1015 words, 2 pages)

Death of a Salesman is centred on one man trying to reach the American dream and taking his family along for the ride. The Loman's lives from beginning to end is a troubling story based on trying to become successful, or at least happy? Throughout their lives they encounter many ... Read More

An Analysis on Few Writings About United States Dropping a Nuclear Bomb on Japan (776 words, 1 pages)

On the dates of August 6th and August 9th a major impact on national history was made. Many of us Americans were taking part in our normal every day routines, meanwhile the United States military was dropping a Nuclear Hydrogen bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most ... Read More

A Review of A Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Sagan (975 words, 2 pages)

A Demon Haunted World Science as a Candle in the Dark Well I can certainly see why this book was rated with five stars. I found Sagans book, A demon Haunted World Science as a Candle in the Dark one of the most eye-opening books that I have read in ... Read More

An Analysis of Love Relationships in White Oleander by Janet Fitch (1562 words, 4 pages)

By definition a white oleander is a poisonous Eurasian evergreen shrub having fragrant, hite, rose, or purple flowers and whorled leaves. White Oleander by Janet Fitch is about the weakness of love, the unsteadyness and untrustworthyness, and the disease of love that has come to run and ruin Astrids life. ... Read More

Fulfilling the American Dream in The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller (1017 words, 2 pages)

"Death of a Salesman" is centered around one man trying to reach the American dream and taking his family along for the ride. The Loman's lives from beginning to end is a troubling story based on trying to become successful, or at least happy. Throughout their lives they encounter many ... Read More

An Analysis of ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ (498 words, 1 pages)

National lampoon? vacation would certainly stand up as one of the funniest classic rode trip movies in 80?. Canny scripts and superb performances of characters made this film one of the best rode trip movie. Everything just happens all of sudden in this film. From the beginning until they reach ... Read More

A Biography of Robert Pirsig (1353 words, 2 pages)

Imagine traveling state to state on a motorcycle, the wind rushing through your hair and the vibrating of the engine massaging your body. Imagine traveling cross-country on a Honda motorcycle on a seventeen-day journey. Robert Pirsig and his son Christopher experienced exactly this. Pirsig saw this journey as a way ... Read More

An Analysis of the Novel Along for the Ride (1648 words, 5 pages)

The past is like an anchor holding us back because you have to let go ofwho you were in order to become who you will be. This concept is provenin an absorbing novel about Auden, a girl who has been trapped inacademics her whole life and never had the chance ... Read More

A Review of the Book Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen (556 words, 1 pages)

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen, one of the most popular writers for young adults, basically a teen romance. Set during a summer in a small beach town- Colby, North Carolina, this story is about Auden, a teen that goes on a quest to experience the carefree teenage life ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013