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A Biography of Stephen King, an American Horror Author (2039 words, 3 pages)

If you have an imagination, let it run free. - Steven King, 1963 The King of Terror Stephen King is one of todays most popular and best selling writers. King combines the elements of psychological thrillers, science fiction, the paranormal, and detective themes into his stories. In addition to these ... Read More

An Essay on the Horrors of Slavery (1965 words, 2 pages)

Imagine being out in the fields hunting with your father. It has been a long day and a spitted warthog hangs between you. All of a sudden you are ambushed! An enemy tribe attacks you and your father. You fight using your makeshift spear but are overwhelmed by the number ... Read More

An Essay on the Horrors of Drinking and Driving (283 words, 1 pages)

Throughout the years, I have lost many loved ones to the terrible plague that our nation refers to as drinking and driving. The first being my oldest brother when I was at the young age of seven. The most recent being my father and in between, cousins, best friends, classmates, ... Read More

The Horror of Sawtooth Ridge (728 words, 1 pages)

Imagine, a mountain that has taken the lives of two people and has hardly ever been climbed. This was the mountain that was climbed in the summer of 1998 by my father, my best friend and me. It is called, Sawtooth Ridge, creeping to an elevation just under 10,000 feet, ... Read More

A Personal Recount About Watching Horror Stories (1641 words, 5 pages)

When I was a kid we left the dirty streets of Brooklyn, New York for thequieter suburban streets of Connecticut. We moved into a large house in Norwalk,Connecticut. Norwalk is the sort of town that dreams of being a big city butwill always be just another small port on the ... Read More

A Close Encounter with a Creature with a Ghastly Stench (703 words, 2 pages)

The night of the 25th of March, I was sitting on the curb of my street waiting for my friend Sheila to come pick me up to go to the movies. After waiting for a half an hour, she sent me a text, apologizing not only for being late, but ... Read More

The Horrors of Abu Ghraib (1227 words, 3 pages)

Stephen GerrickProfessor DiamondENC 110130 March 2010When Obedience Goes AwryInstances of obedience to authority, regardless of consequences, are plentiful in the history of humanity. When widely held morals are ignored in the face of orders from superiors, the effects are far-reaching. The social dynamics of peer pressure force otherwise upstanding individuals ... Read More

An Analysis of the Topic of the Logical Creatures and the Principles of Truth (3586 words, 11 pages)

We think that we are all logical creatures, that we can attain truth by ourlogical reasoning, but historically, this has not been the case. Everyscientific advance somehow exemplifies the defective state of the art ofreasoning of the time it was written. (pg.62)Thus, we are not perfectly logical creatures, in fact, ... Read More

A Description of the Creature Physically (1100 words, 4 pages)

1. Describe the creature physically.a. What does it look like?b. What does it feel like?c. What does it smell like? d. How many legs does it have? e. Does it have a tail? f. What are the animal's habits? g. Is it intelligent? h. What creature is it related to? ... Read More

A View of the Horrors of Overpopulation (1110 words, 2 pages)

What would you do if your water bill and your food bill started to increase exponentially? It is scary for most Americans to imagine the price of food doubling every month. What if you could not get fresh water? In the coming years this scenario will become more and more ... Read More

The History and Extinction of the Deinonychus Creatures (660 words, 1 pages)

Deinonychuses were vicious creatures that walked the earth about 100 million years ago during the Early Cretaceous period. Deinonychus is Greek for deinos, terrible onychos, claw, and is genus of small, bipedal, flesh-eating dinosaurs of the suborder Theropoda, that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, which began about 136 million ... Read More

A Description of the Bleacher Creatures of Section 39 (604 words, 1 pages)

They are the Bleacher creatures of Section 39. The best fans in NY history....They are extremely famous and will rule all right visitors. The original Globe opened in 1599, burned down in 1613, was immediately rebuilt. It was closed in 1642. Now, 200 yards from its original site, after almost ... Read More

An Analysis of the Ritualized Behaviors in a Horror-Fiction Film (1217 words, 2 pages)

These ritualized behaviors the strange and blatant acts, some which seem to be cut right from a horror-fiction film the rigid symbolism in dress, and manner - none of these behaviors should be taken lightly, or ever treated as a mere 'game'. For those who do possess, in the depths ... Read More

An Analysis of Religion as the Sign of the the Oppressed Creature (867 words, 2 pages)

When Karl Marx said, "Religion is the sign of the oppressed creature, the feeling of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of unspiritual conditions. It is the opium of the people." He was trying to summarize his very controversial point of view, that religion is a crutch ... Read More

A Description of Magical Creatures, Usually Very Much Like Human Beings (743 words, 3 pages)

are magical creatures, usually very much like humanbeings. But they can do many things that humans cannot do. Most can make themselves invisible. Many can travel in an instantanywhere they want to go, even very great distances. Some can changetheir shapes they might look like cats, or birds, or dogs, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Mythical Creatures Found in Europe and China (693 words, 2 pages)

Of all the mythical creatures found in stories, legends, and drawings it is the dragon that has captured my imagination. The Europeans saw the as an evil serpent-like creature. In an age of darkness, and ignorance the Europeans saw the world around them as evil and hostile. The dragon was ... Read More

The Horrors and Failures of Vietnam War (464 words, 1 pages)

Vietnam was a struggle which, in all honesty, the United States should never have been involved in. North Vietnam was battling for ownership of South Vietnam, so that they would be a unified communist nation. To prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism, the U.S. held on ... Read More

The Horrors of the Holocaust (1099 words, 2 pages)

Most writings about the holocaust explain how badly the Nazis treated their prisoners they don't usually include operating strategies for the camps. These camps are very historic and have a lot of information that can be learned from them. Everything about the camps includes the organization involved with them. Various ... Read More

The Horrors of the Bombing of the Cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (502 words, 1 pages)

To me one of the worst thing's man has ever done was to drop the atomic bomb over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagusaki. It killed so many innocent people and affected so many people. A lot of the children who lived through the bomb died of leukemia or another ... Read More

An Analysis of the Horrors of the Two World Wars in History (669 words, 1 pages)

The horrors of the two World Wars are often examined from the viewpoint of the countless soldiers who fought stoutheartedly on the war front. However, it is paramount to apperceive that the war has a definite impact on the home front as well. In Canada, participation in the World Wars ... Read More

An Analysis of The Candyman, a Horror Movie (3388 words, 9 pages)

A few months ago I watched a movie called The Candyman. It was ahorror movie about this psychotic woman who massacres people around her but hasno idea what she's doing. An imaginary creature called The Candyman isappearing to her and talking to her, and she actually thinks that he's the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Knowledge as Power by Frankenstein and His Creature as a Prime (2326 words, 4 pages)

Knowledge is power. This is a famous phrase that has a lot of truth to it. What if the knowledge is incomplete? Is it still powerful or just a burden? Frankenstein and his creature are a prime example of the burden brought on ones life through incomplete knowledge. Frankenstein has ... Read More

In Each Creature There Is a Breathing of Gods (1960 words, 3 pages)

In that I was born a rat, there is no tragedy. "In each creature there is a breathing of Gods". So my teacher spoke. Much worse that I was born a clever rat. And that is legible of outlined life, which one is conducted by me. People, for me there ... Read More

The Conflict Between the Creature and Doctor Frankenstein (1032 words, 2 pages)

Frankenstein revolves around the conflict between two characters, Victor Frankenstein and the creature. Many people believe the story is about a creature named Frankenstein that was created by a man, but they are wrong. At first, the two enemies seem to be nothing alike since their appearance is so different ... Read More

An Analysis of the Concept of the Work by Stephen King on Horror Literature (733 words, 1 pages)

Stephen King always impregnates his books with wonderfully detailed drama, horror, mystery and sometimes romance, creating a book that is a terrific example of his best writing techniques combined. The main character, Mike Noonan, is an acclaimed writer who recently lost his wife to a brain aneurysm. He is still ... Read More

An Analysis of the Horror in Society (986 words, 2 pages)

Our need for horror and the thrill of fear feeds our unconsciousness. As a society we obsess on murder, death, and destruction. The media sensationalizes these events and those individuals who are the cause. Take for example the long followed lives of Charles Manson or Jeffery Dalhmer, or the intense ... Read More

An Analysis of the Villains in Horror Movies and Popular Media (949 words, 4 pages)

What really is a villain?Villains have been alive forever, there is no way to easily detectedthem or stopping them. They come in all shapes and sizes from animals to littlechildren to even space aliens. Each villain has his or her own particular style,usually greed. Another big reason for there evil ... Read More

The Horrors of the Extermination Camps During World War II (1089 words, 2 pages)

Some of the most extreme tortures and fears were experienced in the Extermination camps set up by Nazi troops during World War II. Hard labor and the constant paranoia destroyed lives, both physically and mentally. In the movie Swing Kids, many of the same behavioral traits that took place in ... Read More

Account of the Horrors of the Vietnam War (1805 words, 3 pages)

"Across the quarter-mile of rice fields that separated the tree line from the hill, the tormented Marine who had been taken prisoner that afternoon hung naked on a rack made of bamboo. He wore only his boots and the green wool socks that had his name stamped in black ink ... Read More

Gothic and Horror in the Carter Series and The Shining by Stephen King (2506 words, 4 pages)

The Gothic - Interplay between Realism and FantasyThe purpose of the imagination, I believe, is to offer us solace and shelter from situations and life passages which would otherwise prove unendurable. The imagination which so often kept me awake and in terror as a child has seen me through some ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013