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A Biography of Mickey Mantle, a Baseball Player (932 words, 2 pages)

Mickey Mantle was a stupendous ball player. He was great at playingbaseball because he practiced a lot. His whole baseball career, is the career that I dream of having. He played in 12 of his 18 career years in the World Serieswith the Yankee's. When Mickey Mantle was growing up, ... Read More

An Analysis of A Separate Peace by John Knowles (2043 words, 7 pages)

In A Separate Peace by John Knowels, the value of dealing with your feelings and dealing with your enemies is shown by Gene Forester, a student in Devon during World War 2 dealing with few human enemies, but his emotions create a circumstance far greater than any human enemy. "I ... Read More

The Values of Dealing with Emotions and Enemies in the Novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles (2236 words, 7 pages)

Dealing with enemies has been a problem ever since the beginning of time. In A Separate Peace by John Knowels, the value of dealing with your feelings and dealing with your enemies is shown by Gene Forester, a student in Devon during World War 2 dealing with few human enemies, ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of A Separate Peace by John Knowels (2043 words, 3 pages)

An Analysis of A Separated Peace by John Knowles (2243 words, 2 pages)

EnemyDealing with enemies has been a problem ever since the beginning of time. In A Separate Peace by John Knowels, the value of dealing with your feelings and dealing with your enemies is shown by Gene Forester, a student in Devon during World War 2 dealing with few human enemies, ... Read More

An Analysis of a 1939 Film Called Jesse James (2053 words, 3 pages)

In a 1939 film called Jesse James there is a scene in which a horse and rider jump off a cliff into a river. In the next shot, rider and horse are shown swimming in the river. If you were to look very closely you might notice that the horse ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Tom Driscoll in Puddinhead Wilson by Mark Twain (720 words, 1 pages)

A Character Analysis of Tom Driscoll In Puddnhead Wilson by Mark Twain, the story of two boys, who were switched at early childhood, is told. One of these boys, Tom Driscoll, displays many characteristics in the novel. Tom shows how he is rude and a liar, but he also exhibits ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of a Separate Peace by John Knowles (1209 words, 2 pages)

In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, two school-aged friends, Phineas and Gene, go through many trials and tribulations together that mold Gene from a very dependent person to a very independent person. During World War II, Phineas (Finny) and Gene are juniors at a New England prep school called ... Read More

Dealing with Enemies in A Separate Peace by John Knowels (2238 words, 3 pages)

Enemy Dealing with enemies has been a problem ever since the beginning of time. In A Separate Peace by John Knowels, the value of dealing with your feelings and dealing with your enemies is shown by Gene Forester, a student in Devon during World War 2 dealing with few human ... Read More

A Personal Narrative of the Experience of Jumping into Cuyahoga River (536 words, 1 pages)

I sat anxiously on the edge of the bridge and watched as yet another one jumped. Their body flailed limply in the air as various obscenities were screamed before they finally hit the water below. No matter how many people I saw doing it, for some reason I could not ... Read More

The Themes of Fantasy and Reality of Death in an Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce (258 words, 1 pages)

Ambrose Bierce, the author or the short story, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge combines both the fantasy and reality of death into the hanging of a southern plantation owner named Peyton Farquhar. Bierce conveys the importance of time and the significance it has on those who are awaiting their ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Ned Merrill in the Swimmer by John Cheevers (683 words, 1 pages)

In John Cheevers short story The Swimmer, the main character Ned Merrill, does exactly as the storys title implies. The story is being told in the third person. It begins with a small group of people sitting around one of Ned Merrills neighbors pool one midsummer Sunday. All of the ... Read More

An Analysis of Gene’s Dealing With Feelings and Enemies in “A Separate Peace” by John Knowels (575 words, 1 pages)

My Summer Holiday With My Family and The Camping Trip (514 words, 1 pages)

During the summer my family and I like to go camping. For me it is a way to get away from everything that is happening in my life. When camping things are so relaxing and beautiful. When camping with my family I am always woke up by the smell of ... Read More

A Reflection of the Nanjing Massacre: The Forgotten Holocaust (1099 words, 2 pages)

"When we were bored, we had some fun killing Chinese. Buried them alive, or push them into a fire, or beat them to death with clubs, or kill them by other cruel means." Wrote in a December 15, 1937 entry to the diary of a Japanese soldier in the 23rd ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013