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Characteristics of the American Pit Bull Terrier (1999 words, 3 pages)

The American Pit Bull Terrier. The American Pit Bull Terrier may well be a vanishing breed. Today, this loyal, courageous breed is facing a hostile media, an unforgiving court system, and potentially, its own death (Palika 4). Liz Palika also states that fighting traits have made the breed a favorite ... Read More

A Paper on American Pit Bull Terrier and the History of the Breed (1547 words, 2 pages)

Fighting, attacks, and vicious are words thought of when one mentions the American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT). Society definitely portrays the APBT as an inherently violent. Groups have even gone so far as to demand breed specific legislation. These groups wish to ban the APBT. Some even go as far ... Read More

A Report on the Movie La Amistad (577 words, 1 pages)

La Amistad Report on the Movie Stripped of all human rights and taken forcefully from their homes, these people truly know what it is like to suffer. Amistad is a powerful story of the fight against slavery, and the victory of the abolitionists. This film is very moving, and should ... Read More

An Essay on the Success of La-Z-Boy Corporation (316 words, 1 pages)

La-Z-boy Corporation was started in the 1920s and is now known as one of the largest best selling furniture industries to date. La-z-boy unlike other furniture companies which at the time focused on quality and customer satisfaction the most. The company also added a twist to there product by offering ... Read More

A History of the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia (3386 words, 7 pages)

The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia (also known as the Expiatory Church of the Holy Family) is undoubtedly one of the most intricate and complicated designs to ever be constructed, Antoni Gaudi, the man behind this masterpiece, has been labeled Gods Architect (G. Vanhansberg, 2013). This Catalan architects has ... Read More

Why Pit Bulls Aren’t Dangerous (567 words, 2 pages)

People think when I tell them I have a pit-bull, that they are a dangerous breed that basically is a killer dog and thats not true at all. I own a pit bull and that little girl who is my protector is also like my child. People see pit bulls ... Read More

Pit Bulls: Discrimination of Another Kind (1036 words, 4 pages)

Remember when the world was segregated? Remember when there were segregated bathrooms, water fountains, schools and restaurants? Why did that end? It ended because people realised that not allowing people do certain things because of their skin color was outrageous. What few people know is that it is happening again. ... Read More

American Pit Bull Terriers Should Not Be Banned (2274 words, 8 pages)

As class begins to get further down the road all the students in the class we assign a specific chapter in each book. My group was assigned a chapter dealing with abuse of an animal. My group had to do a presentation on chapter five in SWL which talked about ... Read More

HeLa Cells: The Cell and DNA That Helped Saved Thousands of Human Lives (1052 words, 3 pages)

HeLa cells are grown in laboratories all over the world. These cells have helped develop the polio vaccine, gene mapping, cloning, and many more medical advances. Many people use these cells for various reasons on a day to day basis without knowing the person they came from. The woman was ... Read More

A Review of Satira Filosofica, a Poem by Sor Juana Ines De La Cruz (918 words, 5 pages)

LALS Final Literature In Sor Juana Ines de la Cruzs, a Mexican seventeenth-century poet and philosopher, poem Satira Filosofica which translates into Philosophical Satire, she points out the inconsistency of the judgments and condemnations of men who accuse and blame women for things they themselves have caused. In order to ... Read More

The Life and Political Career of Robert M. La Follete (684 words, 4 pages)

As the dawn 20th Century emerged, the Progressive Era marked the start of new chapter for United States. Many charismatic reformers surfaced during this time period to implement change on the state and federal levels. Robert M. La Follete, most famously known as Fighting Bob, was a rebellious reformer from ... Read More

The Life and Work of Eugene De La Croix (1056 words, 4 pages)

Eugne de la Croix (1798-1863) is a famed French painter and artist whose themes and thoughts correspond with Romanticism, politics, Orientalism and Impressionism. As a colossal figure in the art world, De la Croix has bequeathed a rich collection of art. The themes of his art mirrored his concerns and ... Read More

The Gothic Elements and Motifs in The Pit and the Pendulum, a Short Story by Edgar Allan Poe (320 words, 1 pages)

The Pit and the Pendulum ResponseThere are many aspects of gothic elements and motifs seen throughout the story of The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allen Poe. One of these elements is Terror, which is seen during and prior to his actual imprisonment. Before he sentenced to his confinement, ... Read More

Slavery and American Slave Trade in La Amistad (627 words, 2 pages)

La Amistad EssayLa Amistad, is based on a true story of Americas slave trade. Amistad was the name of a slave ship that was traveling from Cuba to the U.S 1839. It carried a large cargo of Africans who had been sold into slavery in Cuba. As the ship is ... Read More

A History of the La Amistad Slave Ship and the Civil Rights in America (2007 words, 4 pages)

La Amistad and Civil RightsThe slave ship named La Amistad (Friendship) was a small two-masted schooner that, although was American built, was owned by a Spanish slaver who lived in Cuba. While this slave ship was transporting Mende slaves captured in Sierra Leone to the Caribbean, the fifty-three slaves escaped ... Read More

The Visual Elements of La Perspective, a Painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1058 words, 4 pages)

Brown The New PinkRococo, the rosy-cheeked child of the Baroque era, awoke during the 18th century as a rebellious retort against the strictness and grandeur of her predecessor. Although largely inheriting the Baroque love of elegance, Rococo art found renewed interest in romantic intimacy, as swirling earth-tones and brushstrokes combined ... Read More

The Consequences of the 2009 Station Fire in Northern LA (576 words, 1 pages)

The 2009 Station Fire in northern LA burned about 160,000 acres of land. The fire cause the trees to not only become weakdead, it also killed the acorns it used to plant the next generation tree with. So, for the restoration of the Angeles Forest, human intervention was mandatory. Without ... Read More

A Critique of La Valse, a Musical Piece by Maurice Ravel (833 words, 3 pages)

Music has long been used as a medium for artists to convey emotionsand scenes to the listener. From the powerful battle scenes of GustavHolst's "God of War" to the elegant wedding depicted in Richard Wagner's"Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral," the greatest musical compositions inour history rely heavily on the evocation ... Read More

A Review of the Film La Belle et la Bete (1123 words, 4 pages)

The movie I chose to review for the final essay was, 'La Belle et la Bete', because the tale is already familiar to me and I would like to further explore the meaning behind this classic movie. During the semester I had the privilege of, not only beginning to learn ... Read More

A Comparison of Ballet De La Nuit and La Sylphide, Two Ballet Stories (552 words, 2 pages)

Both Ballet de la Nuit and La Sylphide are beautiful productions. Each graceful in their own right. However in comparison they show grace in separate ways. Le Ballet de la Nuit, choreographed in 1653 by Jean-Baptiste Lully was strong and grand. Where La Sylphide was powerful in its extreme delicacy, ... Read More

A Critique of Ballet Royal De La Nuit, a Ballet by Jean-Baptiste Boesset (304 words, 1 pages)

Le Ballet de la Nuit tells a story of the rising sun coming out to expel the darkness. In truth this is a greater metaphor for Louis the 14th to rise to power. Luis being the sun and upholding the french monarchy, allowing france to flourish and prosper in more ... Read More

A Movie Analysis of Tambien La Lluvia (358 words, 2 pages)

Tambien la lluvia is a film essentially about the 2000 Cochabamba protests. Two characters, Sebastian and Costa, are shooting a film in Bolivia about the conquest of Christopher Columbus. One of their main actors ends up being involved in the protests, leaving the two directors in a moral dilemma. The ... Read More

Account of the Tar Sands Tragedy and the Destruction of the Keystone Pipeline in Canada (1877 words, 8 pages)

The Tragedy of Tar Sands and the Consequent Destruction of the Keystone Pipeline Humans have developed an addiction to fossil fuels, utilizing the non-renewable resources found on Earth to drive our economy and societal development. Today there is a scientific consensus that our climate is changing at a rapid rate ... Read More

Verismo in the Operas Carmen and La Boheme (806 words, 3 pages)

Verismo, Carmen La BohemeVerismo is when composers like Puccini (1858-1924) create realism within the plot of an opera. It was mostly discovered around the late 19th century throughout Italian operas and is related to the international literary movement of naturalism. Like naturalism, composers like Bizet and Puccini sought to portray ... Read More

The Amazing Work of Suzette La Flesche and Sarah Winnemucca (445 words, 2 pages)

Suzette La Flesche and Sarah WinnemuccaIf you had the ability to help people, how would you do it? Suzette La Flesche and Sarah Winnemucca are a big part of history. These two women used their skills and knowledge to the best of their capabilities and helped a number of people ... Read More

The Theme of Suspense in The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (344 words, 2 pages)

Pit and the PendulumThe Pit and the Pendulum creates a theme of suspense.Throughout the story, Poe develops an everlasting suspense until the execution. The story builds on the human mind's craving for information. It does this by giving the reader the perspective of the prisoner, who doesn't have any useful ... Read More

The Theme of Horror in The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe (1096 words, 2 pages)

Horror has about a thousand different definitions in everyones minds and can be associated with anything from movies to video games. The definition of horror has changed over the past few centuries, and the media is the best example of change, morphing around what weve taken as fear into events ... Read More

An Analysis of the Usefulness of the Vistas Introducción a la Lengua Española Textbook (1872 words, 7 pages)

Introduction"Vistas Introduccin a la Lengua Espaola" 4th edition is a very well-organized textbook. Its table of contents is visually appealing and is easy to read. Anyone would be able to find which page to turn to for a certain concept in the leccin. Each leccin has five components contextos, fotonovela, ... Read More

A Movie Analysis of Freedom Writers by Richard LaGravenese (1005 words, 3 pages)

Freedom Writers, a movie directed by Richard LaGravenese and staring Hilary Swank, is a truly inspirational drama in which Erin Gruwell, a first year, freshman and sophomore class English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, teaches her class about more than just English, while learning about the troubled lives of ... Read More

A Review of La Gran Familia Espanola, a Film by Daniel Sanchez Arevalo (4834 words, 10 pages)

Although I thoroughly enjoyed the other films that we watched this quarter, I found La Gran Familia Espaola especially appealing mostly because of the emotional range involved within this movie. Primarily, I loved the shock that I felt after learning that Carla was never pregnant and that the boys were ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013