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A Movie Analysis of The Silence of the Lambs (1488 words, 2 pages)

The Silence of the Lambs took the Academy Awards by storm in 1992, winning all five major categories, direction, screenplay, acting and Best Motion Picture beating the odds in more ways than one. Dark psychological thrillers rarely win Best Picture (the last occasion was back in 1940, Hitchcocks Rebecca). The ... Read More

An Overview of Heroism (445 words, 1 pages)

Heroism Leaping tall buildings in a single bound, and faster than a speeding bullet. The model hero, Superman, triumphs over all evil. The real question is, what is a hero? Does a hero have to have superhuman abilities or can he blend in with the every day crowd? Raymond Chandler, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie The Goonies (486 words, 1 pages)

Many people in the world are smart, bud a kid in the movie The Goonies named Data is different. His is from China and is very accident-prone. He has a very active imagination and is clumsy. Data is very smart and inventive. Data is the inventor of the group. His ... Read More

An Analysis of the Jewel Song God’s Gift to Women (914 words, 2 pages)

God's Gift to Women In her song, "God's Gift to Women", Jewel takes an interesting and indirect approach in disparaging popular and chauvinistic views on women's role in heterosexuality. Instead of directly attacking these ideas, she takes a sarcastic route. Her whole song mocks men's beliefs towards women by speaking ... Read More

An Analysis of Setting and Atmosphere in the Red Room by HG Wells, the Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Signalman by Charles Dickens (4633 words, 7 pages)

For this piece of coursework, I will be comparing the way that three short stories written before 1914 use setting and atmosphere to add to the story. The three stories are- The Red Room by H.G. Wells (1896) The adventure of the Engineer's thumb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1892) ... Read More

An Analysis of Heart of Downtown Flint (675 words, 1 pages)

In the heart of downtown Flint, in a strip full of run down old stores, the Flint Local 432, a former run down old store itself now an all ages venue hides away during the day waiting for the sun to drop to come to life with music. On my ... Read More

Effects of Environmental Factors on the Phenotype of Pea Plants (398 words, 2 pages)

Aim To investigate the effect of one environmental factor on the phenotype of pea plants Background Information Pea seeds are available with identical genetic information for height - tall or dwarf peas. These seeds can be used to demonstrate the effect of the environment on the final height of the ... Read More

Matt’s Girlfriend’s Writing on Matt’s “Drunk and Dead” (2455 words, 3 pages)

Matt's Girlfriend also wrote the following based on what he had written in "Drunk and Dead." both these people are dear friends of mine. the alarm clock ring loud and disturbing. I rolled over and hit the snooze button and closed my eyes for a moment. I opened them to ... Read More

An Overview of the Murder (423 words, 1 pages)

It all started on a warm Sunday night in the middle of July. I was walking from Boys Hot Springs to my house a little after eight o'clock. As I was walking, I got pulled into an alley by a dark figure. As my eyes adjusted to the light I ... Read More

Sir Robert Peel and His Political Career (2602 words, 4 pages)

Did Peel's statesmanship prevent him from being a good politician? Sir Robert Peel was not the archetypal Tory landowner, but rather the first middle-class man to make any impact in politics, and so heralded in a new meritocracy, with the wholly elected House of Commons more influential than the Lords ... Read More

Killer Tornadoes in the United States (1122 words, 3 pages)

Preliminary figures from the National Weather Service showed that more than 50 tornadoes touched down throughout the eastern United States. Most of those killed were in Tennessee, where 17 people died. Twelve others died in Alabama, five in Ohio, one in Pennsylvania and one in Mississippi. One storm slammed into ... Read More

An Analysis of the Killer, Rocky Horror and Casablanca (943 words, 2 pages)

The Killer, Rocky Horror, and Casablanca A Cult Film is a film which gravitates away from the norm, and deals with a taboo subject, something in which intrigues its audience members. The subject matter is bizarre and ahead of the times yet it is a subject matter, which is not ... Read More

An Analysis of Capital Punishment (787 words, 1 pages)

What is capital punishment? Capital punishment is the maximum penalty of a conviction. More than 4, 400 people have been executed since 1930. There is no way of knowing how many people have been executed in U.S. history because they used to be local affairs with nobody to record them. ... Read More

An Analysis of The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick (654 words, 1 pages)

"The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick goes beyond just a shawl or an infant playing with it. The shawl is a fiber that holds them all together, happy to a certain extent, and a security blanket. It creates a fabricated sense of security, a friend. This relates to me in a ... Read More

An Analysis of the Work of John Hancock (919 words, 2 pages)

John Hancock stated Let this sad tale of death never be told without a tear let not the heaving bosom cease to burn with a manly indignation at the barbarous story . . . during his oration of the massacre on 5 March 1774. The Boston Massacre as it was ... Read More

An Analysis of the Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (523 words, 1 pages)

Have you ever thought about what is the meaning of life. Where are you come from? Where are you going? Why are you here? Is it destiny or coincidence? Or have you thought about why is life a terminal disease? Why does everyone has to die? What's heaven like? What's ... Read More

An Analysis of the Epic of the Poem Beowulf (601 words, 1 pages)

Beowulf There are many morals in the epic poem Beowulf to be learned and understood. These morals are explained very briefly with little detail thus not being able to be completely understood. All these morals are intertwined into lessons about good and evil in a thrilling story of a hero. ... Read More

An Analysis of Beowulf-Christianity or Paganism (1149 words, 2 pages)

Beowulf-Christianity or Paganism Beowulf was written in England sometime in the 8th century. This provides us with an idea that the poem that was written during a time when the society was in the process of converted from paganism to Christianity. The Christian influences were combined with early folklore and ... Read More

The Life and Works of Bartolomeo Manfredi (595 words, 1 pages)

The first artist I have chosen is Bartolomeo Manfredi (1582 - 1622). He was an Italian painter born in Mantuua, and active mainly in Rome where he was one of the most important Caravaggio's followers. He specialized in low-life scenes of taverns, soldiers in guard-rooms card playing and it was ... Read More

An Analysis of Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville (359 words, 1 pages)

In Herman Melville's work entitled Bartleby the Scrivener, the narrator is an elderly lawyer who works in his office on Wall Street. He proves to be intelligent, even-tempered, and conscientious. The unnamed lawyer possesses a good business mind and appears quite successful. Another trait of the narrator's personality is his ... Read More

An Analysis of Soap Bars (4062 words, 7 pages)

Background On Soup Bars Research has found soup to be nourishing and comforting, a practical necessity nowadays with time at a premium and busy people increasingly forced to eat on the run. The fact that soup is a very good traveller adds to it's attractiveness, as off-premise sales in America ... Read More

A Book Review of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (418 words, 1 pages)

An initial response after reading the first half of the book. What feelings has the book generated so far? What has created those feelings? Has your attitude changed since the first two chapters? If so, how? What has caused the change? What does Hawthorne expect of you as a reader? ... Read More

A Review of Margaret Atwood’s Poem Against Still Life (1256 words, 2 pages)

Against Still Life In the poem Against Still Life, poet Margaret Atwood fascinates us by weaving her words into descriptive feelings we can all relate too, especially women. Atwood is a well known poet and novelist who has a certain way of grabbing the attention of the reader and throwing ... Read More

A Report on Smoking and the Unique Feeling (360 words, 1 pages)

Smoking is said to be a bad habit. Smoking is proved to be harmful. Smoking is ugly. But...I like it. Have you ever smoked? It's an unique feeling. It's a ritual. You take your cigarette box out of your bag, you put it on the table in front of you, ... Read More

A Synopsis of the Novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (539 words, 1 pages)

Of Mice and Men a novel by John Steinbeck is an interesting book about an unlikely pair and how they got a farm of their own. George who is short and straight to the point. Lennie who is a man of tremendous size yet has the mind of a young ... Read More

A Description of a Loud Metallic Ring (1744 words, 3 pages)

The silence was broken by the loud metallic ring of a can clanking as it hit the road. The faint echoing of the subway can be heard from a distant. Over the years, life had treated Sam harshly. At first he was sued for bankruptcy, having all his assets and ... Read More

A Role of Decision of Florida Supreme Court in the Election of the 43rd President of the United States (1856 words, 3 pages)

On November 7, 2000, American voters went to the polls to elect the 43rd president of the United States. Ritualistically, the nation watched that evening for the election returns. The tallies for Democrat Albert Gore and Republican George W. Bush teetered in the makings of a dead heat. It soon ... Read More

A Study of Definition of Image (507 words, 1 pages)

What is an image? What composes an image? In the following paragraphs, we are going to talk about the definition of an image and discuss how the particular image chosen employs elements such as composition, colour, camera angles, frames and emotional impact. An image is something we see and something ... Read More

A Comparison of Flight By John Steinbeck and The Bear By William Faulkner (455 words, 1 pages)

Flight, by John Steinbeck and The Bear by William Faulkner were both stories which dealt with the journey from boyhood to manhood. They were alike in many ways, a particularly interesting way was that in both stories, the journey to becoming a man was assisted by others, but ultimately it ... Read More

An Analysis of the Lawsuit Against the NBA By Latrell Sprewell (264 words, 1 pages)

February 28, 2001 Miami Herald Coutney Griffen Latrell Sprewell's filed a 30 million lawsuit against the NBA, that challenges his 68-game suspension for choking his then head coach Pete Carlisimo ,was dismissed Monday by a federal judge who said it was the lawsuit had no merit and ordered Sprewell to ... Read More