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Analyzing Cigarette Commercials and Advertisements (1480 words, 5 pages)

In the cigarette Commercial, they are targeting insecurities of ladies.Often lots of companies try to sell their product. The 1929 commercialfor Blessed Strike Cigarettes featuring Constance Talmadge does that.Blessed Strike Cigarettes commercial of Constance attempts to targetwoman through their insecurities. The slogans throughout theadvertisement represent a profound meaning about how ... Read More

The Sensationalism Portrayed by the Media When They Negatively Represent Police Officers in the Occurrence of a Controversial Event (2171 words, 7 pages)

In our society today, we rely on the security along with protection from people who dedicate their lives to protect and serve the civilian population. They risk their lives so we can live in a safe area, play where we want without being attacked, and breathe easy during the day ... Read More

Cops and Gangsters (1530 words, 6 pages)

00In Brooklyns 65th Precinct there were four cops. During seven critical days Sal, Tango and Eddie find themselves dashing toward the same deadly crime scene and a devastating impact with fate. Officer Sal Procida wants to provide a better life for his suffering family. Tango was the undercover cop who ... Read More

A Review of The Handmaid’s Tale (490 words, 2 pages)

To try and be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment once said Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American poet. The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood, revolves around the life of one Handmaid, a female used to produce children, whose name ... Read More

The Negative Influence of Television (1773 words, 5 pages)

According to the A.C. Nielsen Co., the average American watches more than 4 hours of TV each day (or 28 hoursweek, or 2 months of nonstop TV-watching per year). In a 65-year life, that person will have spent 9 years glued to the tube. Thats a lot of sitting in ... Read More

My First Time Surfing (937 words, 3 pages)

Unlike most experiences I have with sports and everyday activities this one was different. While I was young, my parents would always take me and my sister up north. One time we all went surfing at sand dollar beach up in Big Sur and I wore a 32 wetsuit in ... Read More

My Favorite Pastime (629 words, 1 pages)

Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?Bright lights illuminate my face as I ascend the steps and cross the stage. The hushed whispers flowing through the audience slowly fade away as the crowds ... Read More

The Beautiful Simplicity of Grandma’s Farm (530 words, 1 pages)

Simplicity is bliss and the most simple place in the world is Grandma Chamberlains patio. Grandmas house is a two hour drive. By driving two hours north to the small farming town of Fremont we seemed to be traveling two decades back in time. The journey never seems to happen ... Read More

How to Have Fun on New Year’s Eve (493 words, 2 pages)

New Years Eve in the Concrete JungleWe have all been there, stuck at a party of someone we know to welcome in the New Year. Everyone is off doing their own thing you sit there watching the huge celebration that is taking place in NYC, wishing you were there instead ... Read More

Opinions on the Morality and Legality of Abortion (1151 words, 4 pages)

There are many issues around the world today that we face. Many like drugs, violence, money and abortion are issues that are greatly rising. Throughout history, abortion has grabbed great attention in how fast it has risen. Since the 19th century, America has greatly forbid abortion and all its practices. ... Read More

Heaven Is For Real Review (1050 words, 4 pages)

Todd Burpo, a Christian pastor, is the author of the best-selling, non-fiction novel Heaven is for Real. The title of this novel can quickly grab ones attention. Every person has his or her own idea of what heaven is really like. Heaven is usually depicted as a religious, cosmological, or ... Read More

Unconfessed Turtle (1089 words, 3 pages)

Everyone has that one mom or dad that wont let you keep a stray animal that you have just met for a couple minutes and fall in love with already. Well, I just so happen to be that one cute kid that wanted to keep anything and everything that I ... Read More

Recovery from a Life-Changing Accident: The Importance of Religious Faith (1571 words, 5 pages)

Have you ever suffered an accident that changed your life, or do you know anyone that have suffered that? If your answer to the last question was yes. How your recovery from that incident was, did something in your life played a major role in your recuperation? Sometimes miracles happen ... Read More

A Memorable Bus Ride to the Cathedral Dorms (688 words, 3 pages)

I am sitting in the bus on my way to school fighting the headache that pulsed near my eyes to the back of my head. I know the bus ride took thirty minutes to arrive to the school, so I wondered if I should make a call to Brittany. I ... Read More

A Fear That Became a Favorite Hobby (1057 words, 3 pages)

It was a hot summer day in Houston Texas. The sun was emanating 101 degrees Fahrenheit of heat. Sweat was bearing down our faces like rain pouring on a rainy day. The air conditioning had stopped working the day before. Therefore, the heat started to make my two brothers and ... Read More

The Girl and Her Flowers (265 words, 1 pages)

Innocently closer to inattention, she moves speed between cars at a traffic signal. She does not care for the traffic cop who is standing on the opposite side of the road. Girl's interest was to sell what she was carrying among small hands of flowers that have wilted in the ... Read More

The First Day with Our Foreign Exchange Student (1263 words, 4 pages)

Laying in my dark room on the top bunk, I hear someone breathing below me. Im still trying to get used to the idea of sharing a room with someone again. Nicole, our foreign exchange student, moved in today. She has been my friend for a while already, but living ... Read More

A Drug Called Kate (1639 words, 3 pages)

257-I wanted to stay sprawled across my desk off in a wonderland, but there was no time to waste. I hopped out of my seat at the exact moment the bell rang and snaked my way through the hall. I constantly bumped into people trying to get out of the ... Read More

Leaving a Gang for Good (448 words, 2 pages)

Aaron, where is my money? Sean Harrison asked. I did not reply, because I did not have it. Smack! he slapped me. My skin was burning, like fire. I was ruined. Sean was a leader, and not a spiritual leader. He was the leader of a gang. We are in ... Read More

The Christmas of 1996 (956 words, 4 pages)

As a normal six-year-old boy, Paul undoubtedly enjoyed his life. He got up in the morning, went to school, and then came home in the afternoon to a house full of toys. Christmas had just passed and little Paul received everything he wanted from Santa Clause just like always. This ... Read More

The Story of How a Girl Almost Got Struck by Lightning (802 words, 3 pages)

There's the moment, the moment of fear. It engulfs you, controls you.It's the feeling that makes your hair stand on end and your limbs shake.There's no escaping it, no way of eliminating it. That moment, thatmoment of fear, is the moment you almost die. This is my story of theday ... Read More

The Bad Apple (1123 words, 4 pages)

From the distance I heard my brother yelling at me from across the soccer field, but in my mind, I thought he was just asking me for water. His voice sounded like he needed something urgently. I got up and grabbed his water bottle, but as the team ran by, ... Read More

Hentoff Content Analysis (538 words, 2 pages)

Hentoff arguing that the teachings and readings of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin to young readers as of thirteen is actually wrong of him. The majority of eighth graders should know several difficult strategies and know that some strategies are of higher learning. Agreeing with Hentoff that advanced ... Read More

Passion, Pain, and Color Guard (722 words, 2 pages)

Smack! My tooth was cracked, but I did not care once so ever. Because I loved it so much too where I was not even worried how much physical pain it caused me. This newfound love of thrilling, this heart dropping, attention grabbing and storytelling activity, and mine would be ... Read More

Spending a Day With My Nephew Kane (997 words, 2 pages)

I'm awoken by the sound of footsteps coming down the stairs, I must have fallen asleep on the couch again. I open one eye to see my nephew, Kane, coming from the bottom of the stairs. I close my eyes again for what seemed like few seconds. I am jolted ... Read More

Memory of a Lost Soldier (2502 words, 7 pages)

We were sitting at a light wooden tabletop with dark booth seats the tops wrapped in torn red vinyl padding at 2 AM. Every surface is slightly sticky, the rings from cups of soda and mugs of coffee dot the table, overlapping or widely spread like stars in the sky. ... Read More

Invisible Man (346 words, 2 pages)

Ralph Ellison appropriately opens up the prologue by proclaiming himself to be invisible. He clarifies his imperceptible being to be unlike a ghost, yet similar to man taking into account the second line that states, I am a man of substance, of flesh and bones, of fiber and liquids I ... Read More

Life is Like a Simple Piece of Fruit (1092 words, 2 pages)

Identity, the fact of being whom or what a person or thing is. Your identity defines who you are and what youre made of. Its the window that people look through to see your heart. No small thing can change that. Throughout my life there have been many changes and ... Read More

The Day Erika Lied (1138 words, 2 pages)

I was ten when I realized that although telling a lie is an appealing option in the moment, it only has bad outcomes. I wave at my parents as the light haze of engine fuel disappears from view. Its my parents anniversary and they are going out for supper and ... Read More

My Early Morning Run (715 words, 2 pages)

Ive never liked waking up early in the morning. In fact, Ive always hated it but that ended when I decided to take the mornings to my advantage by working out. After about seven or eight hours of sleeping in my warm, comfy bed, I open my eyes and lift ... Read More