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A Literary Analysis of A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner (1535 words, 3 pages)

William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" has been interpreted in many different ways. Most of these rely solely on hints found within the story. I believe that his life can also help one analyze this story. By knowing that Faulkner's strongest influence was his independent mother, one can guess that ... Read More

An Essay on Life in Haiti (1300 words, 2 pages)

There are many ways to tell a story. Some cultures start telling their story by saying, let me tell you a story. In my cultures before the storyteller begin telling her story she would say Krik? The audience would then say Krak! Since I am both American and Haitian I ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Don Carlo (699 words, 1 pages)

Cento trenta sei anni fa, Giuseppe Verdi ha scritto un bel'opera. L'opera ha cinque atti. L'opera si chiama Don Carlo. L'opera e circa Don Carlo amore con il padres padrona. Carlo libera Flemish da Spagna preso e porta la colpa per la rivoluzione. Anche l'opera ha un il complotto complicato ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Flight by Doris Lessing (751 words, 1 pages)

How much do you really love something? In the story Flight, by Doris Lessing, we see how much Grandad loves his granddaughter, and how he doesnt want to give her up to someone else. The grandfather has to learn to let his granddaughter go. Alice, the granddaughter, has fallen in ... Read More

An Analysis of the Laurie Halse Anderson’s Fever 1793 (552 words, 1 pages)

Children as well as adults will adore Laurie Hales Anderson's Fever 1793, an adventurous, well-written novel. My first impression of the story was that it was going to be boring and uneventful. My impression was wrong! As I began reading, I learned that it was an exhilarating and fascinating book! ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1390 words, 3 pages)

"Emily Dickinson" Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet of the nineteenth century. She was one of the greatest masters of the short lyric poem. Not much is known about her life, but what is known is unusual and interesting. Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December tenth, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of Dionysus and The Bacchae (902 words, 2 pages)

It is understood and recorded that in nature and the real world many people, animals, and objects undergo tremendous transformations shaping their outcome in life as well as the views of others. These transformations are prompted by many things such as environmental changes, physical changes, or emotional changes. Other times, ... Read More

A Biography and Life Work of Charles Darwin (1790 words, 3 pages)

Darwin Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury England at about the same hour as Abraham Lincoln. He was born to a successful family, his father was a doctor and his grandfather was a famous biologist. Darwin was not a great student and he decided to become ... Read More

The Cultural Heritage of Prussia (400 words, 1 pages)

Cultural Heritage Fighting in World War I and World War II, my grandfather and great-grandfather were fighting for more than American pride. They were fighting for more personal or cultural reasons. My family name is Derwinski and is of Prussian decent. The Germans and the Russians persecuted the Prussians. Prussians ... Read More

The Color Bearer Tradition During the Civil War (4027 words, 5 pages)

Civil War The Color Bearer Tradition The War Between the States was the heyday of American battleflags and their bearers. With unusualhistorical accuracy, many stirring battle paintings show the colors and their intrepid bearers in the forefront of the fray or as a rallying point in a retreat. The colors ... Read More

A Biography of Sir Winston Churchill, a British Leader (3390 words, 9 pages)

SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, (1874-1965), British leader. English on his father's side, American on his mother's, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill embodied and expressed the double vitality and the national qualities of both peoples. His names testify to the richness of his historic inheritance Winston, after the Royalist family with whom ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Culture of Spain (1042 words, 2 pages)

Every country has their own culture, and like other cultures, Spain too has its own specific culture. Part of the Spanish culture revolves around the bull. Bullfighting and bull runs by many people are recognized as the only Spanish culture in the world, and because of its importance it always ... Read More

A Short History of Breast Implants (1750 words, 6 pages)

Breast Implants One of the first uses of silicone in a medical implant came in the form of lifesaving tubes implanted into young children to funnel excess fluid from the brain into the chest cavity, where the fluid could be safely metabolized and excreted. Since these "shunts" were first used, ... Read More

An Analysis of Aldous Huxley and the Impossibility of His Vision of a Utopia (1455 words, 2 pages)

Aldous Huxley and his Impossible Utopia Novelist and essayist Aldous Leonard Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Godalming, in the county of Surrey, England which included his father , Leonard Huxley, a prominent literary man and his grandfather was T.H. Huxley , a biologist who led the battle ... Read More

A Book Analysis of Apt Pupil by Stephen King (710 words, 1 pages)

For my report, I read Stephen King's Apt Pupil. The unique thing about this book is that the author tries to portray evil exists more then ever. This book is also based around psychological mind games which makes it even more interesting. The theme of this book is evil, as ... Read More

An Analysis of the Royal Family and the Creation of Portugal in the Twelfth Century (686 words, 1 pages)

The most interesting family for me lived back in the beginning of the 1100's. The level of bravery, honor, compassion, love, secretism, and loyalty makes this fairy-tale story the foundation and becoming of Portugal. It all began with the beginning of the Islamic religion. Mohammed had began the Islamic religion, ... Read More

An Introduction to the Life of Ludwig von Beethoven (2037 words, 3 pages)

Ludwig von Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven is a name that is common to most people and is synonymies with great classical music. He is known, quite loosely, as the German composer who created beautiful pieces with an incredible disability. Despite an unhappy family setting and the deafness that struck soon ... Read More

An Introduction to the Literary Analysis of Crimes of the Heart (433 words, 2 pages)

Crimes of the Heart A-D A. Where is the play? 1. Hazlehurst, Mississippi USA 2. The scenes take place in the home of the Magrath sisters. (Actually it's their grandfather's house, but it is cared for and inhabited primarily by Lenny Magrath.) 3. The house is old, the exact age ... Read More

The Early Life and Times of Alexis de Tocqueville (312 words, 1 pages)

Alexis de Tocqueville was born on July 29, 1805, in Paris. His father was a government official in various parts of France. His great-grandfather was a liberal aristocrat who was killed in the French Revolution. And his mother was a devoted Roman Catholic. Abbe Lesueur was Tocqueville's tutor, when his ... Read More

A Biography of Gustavus Theodore von Holst (453 words, 1 pages)

Gustavus Theodore von Holst (he dropped the "von" in 1918) was born in Cheltenham, England, in 1874. He died in 1934, four months short of his sixtieth birthday, from a concussion suffered in a backward fall from the conductor's podium, from which he never fully recovered.. His grandfather, Gustavus von ... Read More

An Analysis of a Worn Path by Eudora Welty (863 words, 3 pages)

A Worn Path "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty, is the tale of the unstoppable love and care of a grandmother for her grandchild. It tells a story of sheer determination as Phoenix Jackson makes a long journey into town to get medicine for her chronically ill grandson. She strives ... Read More

Back in the Day (931 words, 2 pages)

BACK IN THE DAY Grandpa was sitting down on his favourite chair telling us about the old days. Boy it was boring. He'd be sitting there saying, "Jimmy back in the day we were very respectful to our elders, not like you lot." He'd then go on saying how we ... Read More

An Analysis of A Memorable Event (647 words, 1 pages)

A memorable event Having the feeling of losing a loved one is something that everyone eventually experiences. Losing my grandpa in a car accident is by far the most devastating thing I had to learn to cope with. My grandpa and I were really close. We did many things together ... Read More

A History of Civil War (1558 words, 2 pages)

The Civil War bred two of history's most brilliant military tacticians. Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee fought some of the most horrific battles known to men. Both men had lives before the Civil War engulfed the whole of each man. Grant and Lee possessed many remarkably similar ... Read More

An Analysis of the Journal: a Bird in the House (278 words, 1 pages)

Journal A bird in the house If Vanessa were a boy, it would have differences in the story. Because a boy is riper than a girl, but not as carefully conceived as a girl. Vanessa would be brave if she was a boy. He would challenge his grandfather Connor when ... Read More

A Recount of the Grandfathers Death (630 words, 1 pages)

People say that losing a loved one is a great tragedy. I believed them but never realized the horror of it. Death was something beyond my understanding until March 3rd, 1997. It was the day when I thought I would never collect the pieces of my broken heart, the day ... Read More

The Importance of Humor Demonstrated In “(Story Name)” by (Author) (712 words, 1 pages)

Humor "The ghost that got into our house on the night of November 17, 1915, raised such a hullabaloo of misunderstandings that I am sorry I didn't just let it keep on walking, and go to bed." Humor is writing intended to evoke laughter. A writer can use many techniques ... Read More

The United States Civil Rights Movement (1599 words, 2 pages)

The United States Civil Rights Movement was about black Americans trying gain racial equality and to achieve full citizenship rights, this was a social, political, and legal struggle for them. The Civil Rights movement was a very big challenge to segregation. Many things happened during the Civil Rights Movement, individuals ... Read More

A Study of the Probable Positive Aspects of Marijuana Legalization (5139 words, 6 pages)

For many years, the United States government has prohibited drugs such as marijuana from sale in the marketplace. Yet, with prohibition, marijuana use has decreased only minimally. Because of prohibition, the media has publicized only the bad aspects of marijuana use. What many people do not realize are the many ... Read More

Summary and Analysis of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (2568 words, 4 pages)

Home Reading Report DON QUIXOTE By Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Submitted by Ernani Armel M. Bangayan III-I Submitted to Mrs. Valerio Characters Don Quixote (Alonso Quejana), a retired country scholar turned knight-errant Sancho Panza, a rustic farmer who becomes Don Quixote's squire Dulcinea del Toboso (Aldonza Lorenzo), a village girl ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013