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The Struggles of Holden Caulfied in the Catcher in the Rye, a Novel by J. D. Salinger (848 words, 3 pages)

The novel The Catcher in the Rye focuses on a young boy named Holden, struggling to grow up in the 1940s - 1950s society. He is reaching the point where he must find his place in the world. Holden is trying to simultaneously accept and reject adulthood. He is seeking ... Read More

The Theme of Abuse of Power in Animal Farm by George Orwell (754 words, 3 pages)

Abuse of power is a main theme in Animal Farm because many authority figures misuse it. The pigs get a lot of special treatment above all the other animals and break many of the commandments, such as drinking alcohol, sleeping in a bed in the house, and getting the apples ... Read More

The Oppression of Mexican and Chinese in the 19th Century in Foreigners in Their Native Land and Searching for Gold Mountain by Takaki (613 words, 2 pages)

In the sub-chapters Foreigners In Their Native Land and Searching For Gold Mountain, Takaki continues to describe the fates of those who 19th century America decided to oppress, concentrating specifically on the Mexicans and Chinese immigrants.Foreigners In Their Native Land focuses on the history of American expansion into the Southwest.It ... Read More

The Benefits of Lying in Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (1594 words, 5 pages)

Theres a little boy, Papa. Theres a little boy.Theres no little boy...Theres no one to see. Do you want to die?In the preceding dialogue, on pages 84 and 85 of Cormac McCarthys The Road, Father retaliates against Son, although with reason he wants his son to live. Father cannot justify ... Read More

The Symbolism in the Tying of a Knot (702 words, 1 pages)

Tying the KnotThe tying of a knot in modern culture symbolizes the finalizing of something. Looping knots can also represent consistency. In my case, I had weaved backward and forward knots, thousands of them, in fact. In my sophomore year of high school I was pretty dedicated to making bracelets ... Read More

The Ups and Downs of My Nursing Career (808 words, 3 pages)

As I walk through the doors of Floyd Medical Center, I look back at all I have accomplished. I have come so far from that shy girl in high school to an outgoing and friendly registered nurse. As a college student at Shorter University, I felt like the days would ... Read More

Josh’s Struggle With Being Gay (7301 words, 23 pages)

Josh was in the midst of a crisis. It wasnt until I turned 18 that I decided it wasnt going to go away, and I needed to start accepting that was who I was. I got really depressed, scared, angry, and felt alone through those 2 years. He was struggling ... Read More

The Consequences of Lies and Deceit in the Crucible, a Play by Arthur Miller (1750 words, 6 pages)

The 1953 play,The Crucible, explores the consequences of lies and deceit within the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts. Many of the characters lie throughout the play, most of whom are doing so as a rebellion towards the strict government controlling their lives. Reputation is extremely important in this town social ... Read More

Establishing a Relationship and Ending One in Ovid’s Dating Guide (920 words, 4 pages)

Finding love, and ultimately, ending love have many parallels when it comes to ancient and modern times. Different people have different approaches on giving adequate dating advice but across all their medians they are attaining the same goal establishing a relationship, or getting over one. In Book One of Ovids ... Read More

Archetypes in the Character of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1019 words, 3 pages)

Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, The Grinch and even Scarface are characters that embody commonly used archetypes such as star-crossed lovers, the outcast, and the gangster. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes Jay Gatsby as the most archetypally mandible character. Fitzgerald uses the archetypes that Gatsby personifies to ... Read More

The truth is often unpopular, Adlai E. Stevenson. I agree with this quote because the main reasons I hear behind a persons lie is that they want to spare a persons feelings or they are scared of losing power or a person. The truth is not a popular concept because ... Read More

A Review of the Play Flashdance: The Musical (488 words, 2 pages)

I saw the play Flashdance The Musical for a make up of Mad World, expecting myself to not like it as I am not very fond of musicals. Boy was I wrong, I loved this play! I identified with the main character so much Alex Owens was a struggling young ... Read More

The Contributions of K-Mart to the Columbine School Shooting in the Movie Bowling for Columbine (334 words, 1 pages)

Bowling for ColumbineIn the movie Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore tries to get to the route as to why the shooting happened in the first place. There is a bank in Michigan that gives customers a free gun when they open an account with a certain amount of money. Right ... Read More

The Plot and Characterization of The Red Badge of Courage, a War Novel by Stephen Crane (1113 words, 4 pages)

The Red Badge of Courage is an account of the Civil Warin which Henry Fleming fights for the first time on the side of the Union army, leaving his mother and his farm to enlist. He is anxious for battle because he has heard many fantasies and joys about battle ... Read More

A Personal Account of Choosing Calculus during Senior Year and the Benefits It Provided (1787 words, 5 pages)

I have always enjoyed math. Ive enjoyed learning it learning certain tricks and formulas to solve a complicated problem. I was intrigued by the various methods that could be used to solve a problem, and how by just memorizing one simple equation can be the key to deriving a family ... Read More

A Review of the Film Let the Right One In by Tomas Alfredson (1992 words, 6 pages)

Vampires Suck LiterallyVampire movies are one of the most popular film types in the entire horror film genre. Vampire horror fiction has been around for over a hundred years, it started with novels and has since moved on to both film and television. It is assumed that people are so ... Read More

An Analysis of the Allusion and Imagery in Gary Soto’s A Summer Life (402 words, 2 pages)

A Summer Life by Gary Soto Analysis EssayIn A Summer Life, Gary Soto first encounters sin as he steals a pie from the bakery. He also states that along with sin follows happiness since, he enjoys the feeling of tasting the pie, but he also experience his self-guilt as time ... Read More

A Review of the Movie, Paradise Now by Hany Abu-Assad (650 words, 2 pages)

I have only once watched a foreign movie in which I had to read subtitles. I dont particularly like to watch movies that I have to also read. However, I thought Paradise Now was a really good movie. I was really interested in watching it and figuring out what would ... Read More

A Study of the Culture of the Maasai People (870 words, 3 pages)

Film Review 3 Tribal Wives Maasai CultureThe Maasai people live in Kenya in East Africa. Their official language is the Maa, but they are educated in the English and Swahili languages as well. In contrast to the Western world, the Maasai have a very different culture, since it is dominated ... Read More

An Analysis of the Two Sides of the Story in the Dropping of the Bomb (383 words, 2 pages)

Half of a Head, Half of the Story Hiroshima was a very sad place August 6th, 1945. Flames ignited and it was raining acid, the people were bathing in the whirlpool river to wash away the heat, the radioactivity and the pain. They were not realizing how the river was ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Effects of Television on American Culture and Politics in the 1950’s (1097 words, 4 pages)

Prompt How did television affect American culture and politics in the 1950s?The Start of Social MediaFive years after the end of World War II, the 1950s brought an era of economic prosperity, changed some cultural norms, and provided people with fast and easy access to news, entertainment, and other things. ... Read More

The Themes of Fear, Revenge and Greed, and Courage in The Crucible by Arthur Miller (1378 words, 5 pages)

A Blight on the History of AmericaIn the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, a group of young girls begin to create chaos in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts. Millers purpose in writing The Crucible was to respond to the controversy concerning Joseph McCarthys witch hunts, also known as ... Read More

An Analysis of Millay’s Poem What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why (705 words, 2 pages)

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why by Millay- An Analysis Millays poem What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why is about how she has been with many men, yet she still is alone. Millays style of writing and use of different types of ... Read More

Hysteria in The Crucible, a Play by Arthur Miller (496 words, 2 pages)

Hysteria affects how people think and act. Hysteria is an extreme and excessive amount of emotion usually found in a group of people, and is evident almost everywhere. Arthur Millers The Crucible is no exception. In this play about the Salem Witch Trials, hysteria is a major theme throughout the ... Read More

The Importance of Driving Safely and My Car Accident Experience (1360 words, 4 pages)

Cmon, itll be fine, really. Ive got my permit and Ive drove a lot so far. Im really good, I promise, my friend Michalyn told me, giving me a pleading gaze through the car window. My stomach churned with the guilt of not trusting my friend, but deep down in ... Read More

A Creative Speech on the Policies of Alexander Hamilton, a Federalist Presidential Candidate (680 words, 3 pages)

My fellow Americans. I realize many of you are partial towards Thomas Jefferson, since he was so present during our revolution, but let me introduce you to his federalist, and I dare say, better counterpart, Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton is one of our countrys great political, economical and diplomatic leaders. Beginning ... Read More

A Comparison of Myself and Princess Atta in the Movie A Bug’s Life (558 words, 2 pages)

Bugs Life Reflection Paper Princess AttaAfter watching the movie A Bugs Life, I identified most with the personality traits and goals of Princess Atta. Atta is the Queens eldest daughter and therefore the heir to the throne, and soon to be ruler. I am similar to Atta because she is ... Read More

My New Life After Moving to America (1300 words, 4 pages)

It is hard to dream of fantasies and know that they dont exist in reality .But I say it is harder to know that fantasies are real and acknowledge that you are just not a part of them Unknown .These simples words meant a lot to me ,being Zineb Jaafari ... Read More

Becoming a Lawyer and Switching to Criminal Justice at Valencia (344 words, 1 pages)

Making the decision to become a lawyer wasnt easy one to make. After months of confusion indecisiveness and even desperation at one point, I was finally able to figure out a field that is very interesting and filled with many opportunities and different kinds of ways to help others. The ... Read More

An Analysis of the Narrator in Greasy Lake by T.C. Boyle (740 words, 3 pages)

A dynamic character is a character who undergoes a major change throughout a story. In Greasy Lake by T.C. Boyle, the narrator can be classified as a dynamic character. Upon arriving at the teenage hangout, greasy lake, the narrator and his friends, Digby and Jeff, stumble across a car that ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013