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A Personal Recount About Going to the Hospital (668 words, 1 pages)

Operation The day was as normal as ever, I went to school and got back from school peacefully, until some thing happened. I found some sort of mysterious objects that is in my left hand while I was writing my fifth grade homework. I stopped doing my homework and started ... Read More

A Comparison of Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not Death by Andrew Hudgins and Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas (584 words, 1 pages)

Perceptions of Death Trying to understand a poem when first reading it is very difficult. One must read the poem several times to understand the author's point. It is important to concentrate on grammatical structures and rhyme schemes. This essay will compare the work of Dylan Thomas' "Do not go ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Drawing and Painting (628 words, 1 pages)

As a young girl, I doodled on every empty spot on whatever paper I could get my hands on. While the sport of volleyball is my cup of tea, drawing and painting are, as they have always been, my passion. As an elementary school student, I cherished every moment of ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About Playing a High School Sport (1033 words, 2 pages)

I have participated in 3 different sports in my last six years of school. When I entered the 9th grade, things began to change. They werent the same go out and have fun sports they became go out and win. This was new to me, but I feel that it ... Read More

A Personal Narrative About the Experience of Changing Schools (458 words, 1 pages)

Walking down the hall I get a sense of disbelief. Is this really me and am I really here or is it a dream. I just transferred to a new school. Though it does not sound that bad, in actually reality it has been a total turn around. My old ... Read More

A Negative View of Slave Trading in Oroonoko by Aphra Behn (628 words, 1 pages)

Upon first reading Aphra Behn's work Oroonoko, one might get the impression that this is an early example of antislavery literature that became so popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. In the short biography of Behn from the Norton Anthology of British Literature, we learn that Behn's story had ... Read More

A Creative Story About a Mall Santa Clause (793 words, 3 pages)

'Hurry up Joe! It's 1015, your fifteen minutes late!' Claire screamed from outside the dressing room with a hint of a New York Accent. Claire was Santa's helper at the mall. 'I'm coming!' Joe yelled back. 'Stupid kids, I hate kids.' Joe mumbled to himself while getting himself dressed. Joe ... Read More

The Author’s Views on Farm Work and Desire for Something Greater in One Last Time, an Essay by Gary Soto (694 words, 1 pages)

(1) To Soto working in the vines was a low, embarrassing, dishonorable job. There was no glory to be found in it. It was cut and dry hard work. He knew however, that this was the line of work he had to do in order to obtain some sort of ... Read More

The Creation of the Roman Empire: The Rise of Octavian Augustus and the Aftermath of His Death (2250 words, 3 pages)

Octavian Augustus Octavian Augustus is known as the first, and one of the greatest, Roman Emperors ever. Octavian enabled the long, peaceful time of the Pax Romana by changing Rome from a fragile, crumbling republican government to a great and mighty empire. Octavian's government was strong enough to withstand weak ... Read More

The Tone, Theme, Sound Effects, Imagery, Point of View, and Form in Sir Ralegh’s Poem The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd and Nicks’s Song Landslide (964 words, 2 pages)

Experience of Literature The Nymph and the Landslide For this comparative essay, I have chosen to compare the poem The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd, by Sir Walter Ralegh to the song Landslide written by Stevie Nicks and performed by the band Fleetwood Mac. The content of the essay will ... Read More

The Uncivilizied Behavior of the North American Settlers and Their Stereotypical Views of the Natives and the African-Americans (1414 words, 2 pages)

The Conflict of the Un-Civilized The Native Americans were viewed, by the settlers, as a savage and uncivilized race however, due to the ruthlessness towards the Indians and later the blacks, the settlers proved themselves more savage than either race. First the terms savage and civilized must be properly defined. ... Read More

The Tragic Tale of the Death of My Friend and My Difficult Healing Process (762 words, 2 pages)

I am thinking about the time when my best friend died, and when I stopped being myself and my life started going to hell. It happened maybe two or three years ago. The day is very clear in my memory. The weather was cold and nasty. The monotonous rain made ... Read More

A Review of Friedrich Nietzche’s Views on the Christian God, Reason and Passion, the Will to Power, and the Master and Slave Morality (2012 words, 3 pages)

Friedrich Nietzche, a 19th century German philosopher and writer, was one of the most influential modern thinkers. He was the first major thinker to take seriously the full implications of the historical critique and to apply it to all of a cultures most cherished possessions. He attempted to unmask the ... Read More

Breaking though the Ice: An Ending of a Teen Relationship and a Near-Death Experience on a New Year’s Eve (1901 words, 5 pages)

It was Saturday night, the night of the New Years Eve party. I was extremely excited and nervous. At the party I was expecting to see my ex boyfriend Brian, who was in college at the time. I was eager to restore our estranged relationship. We had dated when he ... Read More

A Creative Writing about Myself, the Writer (757 words, 1 pages)

Myself, the Writer How do I write? That is a question, I believe, that cannot be honestly answered by me. I may think I did a good job writing something when in reality it could be horrible. The reader is the one who decides the quality of my writing. I ... Read More

A Creative Writing About My Lifestyle (1025 words, 2 pages)

My Lifestyle Its 1200 on Friday, January 20, 2015. I wake up in my home in the city of Miami, Florida with my wife. Today I have a promotional autograph signing for the WWF. After all, I am the 30 year old World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion. I shower and ... Read More

The Creative Writing, Deaths of the Animals (2850 words, 3 pages)

Rising at the crack of dawn I raced down the stairs into the kitchen to find my grandmother cooking donuts! That remains one of my fondest memories of the many summers spent at grandmothers. The smell of the freshly cooked sugar or glazed donuts was enough to drive anyone out ... Read More

A Creative Writing About Animals (468 words, 2 pages)

When I was little I loved animals. Although most children have pets, I could not convince my parents into allowing me to have one until my pre teens. I could not have been happier the day my family went to the pound and I picked out my dog Skippy. Skippy ... Read More

A Creative Essay About My Day at Care (257 words, 1 pages)

My Day At Care Recently, I had a day in which I had volunteer my services to a day care. The one I chose was Brunis day care center located in the Bronx. I was only there for approximately five hours and in such little time I learned lot and ... Read More

A Creative Essay about My Internship (2829 words, 6 pages)

During my internship I was placed into a rural school which used split grades or multiage classrooms. There were classrooms with a grade 1-2 split, a 2-3 split, a 4-5 split, and a 5-6 split. I was placed in the grade 2-3 split. After about a month and a half ... Read More

The Philosophical View of Niccolo Machiavelli on the Human Nature (576 words, 1 pages)

Machiavelli looks at man from a leaders point of view. Machiavellis philosophy about the nature of man is that man possesses both good and bad qualities, but will lean towards his own self-interests when all things are equal thus man is a fickle creature. Machiavellis view of human nature influences ... Read More

Stephen Crane’s View of the Poor as Shown in the Novella Maggie (833 words, 2 pages)

Stephen Crane's interpretations of life are spawned from his own opinions of the world. These opinions correspond with naturalistic train of thought. He makes use of an observation technique to show the natural law of the universe One can either accept the laws determining social order or become their victim. ... Read More

The Life, Political Career, and Death of John F. Kennedy (2427 words, 7 pages)

Throughout the history of the United States there have been few great presidents. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was one of these great presidents, maybe even the greatest. He led an extraordinary life and influenced the people of his time tremendously. Although he had a short-lived presidency, he created many productive projects, ... Read More

The Author’s View on Capital Punishment in A Hanging, an Essay by George Orwell (1215 words, 4 pages)

In George Orwells A Hanging, Orwell tells the story of what it was like to witness a man being hung. In this narrative there is a progression of emotions that can be seen in Orwell. In the beginning, Orwell sees the prisoner as an animal and his killing just a ... Read More

The Acceptance of Death in the Texts of Sappho and Gilgamesh (2292 words, 3 pages)

The only thing life guarantees is death. Some accept death for what it is while others so foolishly try to avoid it. This notion is clearly depicted in the texts of Sappho and Gilgamesh. Both explore death, but only Sappho accepts it. She is fearless towards the unknown and is ... Read More

The Reasons Why Crime Can Be Viewed as a Social Construction (662 words, 1 pages)

Crime is a term that refers to many types of misconduct forbidden by law. Murder is a crime in all countries. In the United States, stealing a car is a crime. So is resisting arrest, possessing or selling illegal drugs, and using the mails to cheat someone. The science of ... Read More

The Views of the Author Through the Narrator in The Canterbury Tales, a Book by Geoffrey Chaucer (1498 words, 5 pages)

Geoffrey Chaucer an actual character on this infamous journey to Canterbury? This is a thought that seems to be somewhat over looked when most read Chaucers The Canterbury Tales. As the writer of the Tales, Chaucer took the opportunity to invent a character to represent him. However, does this narrator ... Read More

An Examination of the Views of Supporters and Opponents of the Death Penalty for Juveniles in the United States (1187 words, 2 pages)

Debate about the use of the death penalty for juveniles has grown more intense because of the demand for harsher punishment for serious and violent juvenile offenders and numerous contentions to the death penalty's legality. A recent poll of Oklahoma residents revealed that 62.8 of those surveyed would support a ... Read More

The Death Penalty: A Barbaric Way of Punishing Crimes in the Modern World (2292 words, 7 pages)

Many people support the death penalty, and a lot of them use the defense that comes from the Bible an eye for eye, and a limb for a limb. I on the otherhand believe otherwise. Punishment by death, in my opinion, is a very barbaric way of penalization . In ... Read More

Death Penalty Is Not the Answer to Heinous Crimes Committed by Criminals in the United States (2397 words, 7 pages)

Capital punishment is defined as the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, regarded as so heinous that it is the only acceptable punishment But is it acceptable both morally and religiously. In the past, people have invariably felt that if they had been wronged in some way, ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013