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Education on Indian Reservations (488 words, 3 pages)

Education on Indian ReservationsSherman Alexies main purpose for writing Superman and Me was to illustrate the severity of a disturbing trend in Native American culture disdain for education. Alexie conveys this purpose by manipulating the tone of his writing and using loaded phrases.Initially, Alexie uses a blunt tone to describe ... Read More

The Dangers of Social Media in Our Society (307 words, 2 pages)

Dangers of Social MediaA thirteen-year-old boy named John in New York started bragging on Twitter that he was going to bomb his school after he received a bad grade on his test. Obviously, this was an empty threat, as the boy was just joking. However the FBI and the United ... Read More

The History of the Fall of Rome (899 words, 3 pages)

DBQ Essay The Fall of Rome Rome frequently faced many conflicts for centuries, which include factors from within and without the empire. However, the decline of Rome was due to the political causes of oppressive government and corrupt officials, economic issues, and military causes from within the empire. Therefore, Rome ... Read More

A Character Analysis of Pap in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (520 words, 2 pages)

Pap's Speech In-Class Essay Twain satirizes the ignorance and idiocy of poor Southern whitesthrough the character of Pap by utilizing tone, diction, and irony. Twaincreated Pap as an example of a poor Southern white and uses Pap's actionsand words to draw attention to the appalling problem of poor stupidity.Even only ... Read More

A Film Analysis of Idiocracy by Mike Judge (1601 words, 3 pages)

Idiocracy is a barely watchable celebration of human stupidity, and an overexaggeration of life in America today. It tells the story of two "average"people Joe Bauers, and a prostitute, Rita, who are involved in a militaryhuman hibernation project gone wrong. After being forgotten about for 500years, they awake in a ... Read More

The Contrasting Imagery of Light and Darkness in the Novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (415 words, 2 pages)

English Lit and CompositionAs defined by nature itself, the most apparent contrasting imagery is that of light versus darkness. Light often being connotated with goodness and knowledge, as opposed to the evil and ignorance often associated with darkness, are images used often by Joseph Conrad in his novel Heart of ... Read More

The Portrayal of the Life of John Nash in the Movie A Beautiful Mind (1020 words, 3 pages)

A Beautiful Mind focuses on the story of John Nash, a brilliant mastermind at math that is overtaken by his mental illness, schizophrenia. Nashs story portrayed in the film A Beautiful Mind is based off his true story but as Hollywood typically does, some elements are changed andor fabricated to ... Read More

A Personal Account of the Importance of Patience While Fishing for Marlin (1081 words, 3 pages)

Fishing for patienceAlong the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the water is the color of an emerald in the sun and as warm as a hot bath. When you head out to deeper water, you see darker patches of sea. Mysterious murky patches of colder water that loom beneath ... Read More

A Fictional Story About Ian, an Adrenalin Junkie, Murderer, and Delegate of Hell on Earth (1141 words, 4 pages)

In his earthly days in Minnesota, Ian had worked as a low level laborer for the wealthy CEO of his current employer. Ian was born an adrenaline junkie, and dreamed of conquering unexplored areas, traveling far distances, and engaging in thrilling feats. As an adrenaline junkie, he enjoyed testing and ... Read More

The Dangers of Using Cell Phones While Driving (1462 words, 4 pages)

Cell Phone Use and Driving Picture this, you are driving home on a beautiful day and you hear that familiar noise coming from your phone telling you have a new text message, you have your eyes off the road for just a few seconds and when you are least expecting ... Read More

A Critical Analysis of the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (1942 words, 6 pages)

The novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie highlights problems faced by a native boy with a disorder living on a reservation. Junior is the main character of the story, and readers have the opportunity to read his diary and hear his thoughts on what ... Read More

Personal Writing: Family Fun (937 words, 2 pages)

Family FunI was baking in the oven that was my mothers car on that hot August day. My mother hooked a right onto our street, and at the end of the hot pavement I saw my dog, which had been missing for weeks, sitting in a green field. Good memories ... Read More

The Speaker’s Disapproval of Humanity’s Decisions and Hatred Against Wars in the Poem Apostrophe to Man by Edna St. Vincent Millay (894 words, 3 pages)

Apostrophe To ManWar is a prominent and reoccurring event in the history of the human race as we evolve into more dynamic and intellectual beings, so do the wars we create. The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, sees these wars as a sign of humans being senseless and unwise. The ... Read More

The Human-Like Capabilities of Watson, an Computer Created by IBM (738 words, 3 pages)

Are computers capable of doing what humans can do? It often seems that way. Alan Turing asked a similar question, and proposed the argument that computers can think. While a computers processor isnt identical to how a human processes thought, machines are able to imitate human thought, according to Turing. ... Read More

Questioning Things in Life (860 words, 3 pages)

Everyone has been scared to ask a question at some point in theirlife. Sometimes it is an important question, and not knowing the answerseriously affects the person's future. Other times, the answer doesn'treally have much weight. But no matter the importance, the question wasnever asked, and the person never finds ... Read More

The Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan (320 words, 2 pages)

Memento Mori by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolans film adaption Memento contain a similar protagonist and bear several similarities, but they have significant differences in how existential premises and portrayed.In Memento and Memento Mori, both Leonard and Earl are alienated from society due to their condition. The estrangement which Leonard ... Read More

An Overview of the History and the Nicolas Carr’s Article Is Google Making us Stupid (1045 words, 4 pages)

Throughout history, the method by which information and ideas areshared and understood have continually evolved. In our time, a greater andgreater portion of information is being stored and accessed digitally, adeparture from the grand collections within libraries. To some, thistransition causes some to ponder the implications of this intellectualrevolution. Nicolas ... Read More

The Unethical Reporting of News Stations (408 words, 2 pages)

Mass MediaThe main intention of News broadcasting was to inform us, on the facts of what we should be aware of, even some doings or opinions of "high" seated people in the county, city, state, or even nation. It's not that anymore. Now it's all about the influence. News stations ... Read More

The Plight of a Neuropsychiatric Patrient (1263 words, 4 pages)

Im Not Like ThatRight?It was nine at night. Bedtime. I was standing at the door to my room, ready to begin my bedtime ritual. I entered my small room and turned the closet light on. I had to. If I didnt, something bad would happen. I didnt know what, but ... Read More

The Overall Meanings in the Play, The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (876 words, 4 pages)

Overall Meanings The first overall meaning that can be found in this play states that jealousy does not do us any good, instead it just makes us look like fools. This is shown throughout the play specifically by Master Ford, the most jealous man of them all. The first time ... Read More

The Different Literary Devices Used in Act Two, Scene One of the Play The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (1860 words, 7 pages)

Act Two Commentary One of the first literary devices that Shakespeare uses in Act Two, Scene One of The Merry Wives of Windsor,is an example of elegy. Mistress Page is reading Falstaff's letter that he wrote to her, and unbeknownst to her, Mistress Ford as well. He goes on to ... Read More

A Satire of Religious Figures in Tartuffe, a Play by Moliere (376 words, 2 pages)

Religious Hypocrite Currently, some religion figures are not following through with the basics of religion concepts. The current media exposes gay priests and priests who abuse of others. In Tartuffe, Moliere satires religious figures. Moliere uses Tartuffes character to expose how religious figures are able to take advantage of their ... Read More

An Analysis of Montaigne’s Opinion on the Critical Components of Speech and Its Uses in The Art of Conversation (1538 words, 5 pages)

Essay 4Montaigne was an influential man in his time. He had a castle but the most important part to him was his library. He thought it was important to read and therefore had an admirable collection of texts. With the belief that reading is important he decided to write. In ... Read More

A Summary and an Analysis of Stand By Me, a Film (1176 words, 4 pages)

Stand by me is a film about a group of four twelve year old boys growing up in Oregon in the eighties. The movie is narrated by one of the boys once he has grown into an author, Gordie Lachance. He is the quieter one of the group and likes ... Read More

The NBA D-League as a Better Basketball Destination to Help NBA Prospects Than NCAA (777 words, 2 pages)

Pro CaseTheir sport is painful to watch for anyone with an iota of aesthetic judgment, yet too many people are expected to think otherwise because telling the truth is considered mean, reports Dan Bernstein on NCAA Basketball. For this reason, I must affirm the resolution. Resolved All NBA prospects must ... Read More

A Lesson I Learned in the Schoolyard (1219 words, 4 pages)

A Schoolyard LessonWhen I was 8, I remember clearly that I had bolted out to the swings at recess, as I usually did, my sights set on the best one at the end that all 9 year olds usually hogged for the entirety of the fifteen minutes of recess. I ... Read More

An Analysis of the Article is Google Making us Stupid (954 words, 4 pages)

Google Helpful or Enabler? In the article Is Google Making us Stupid by Nicholas Carr, the writer explores the possible effects the internet has had on our brains. Carr discusses his personal experiences and beliefs in regards to the internet and the effect it has on the brain, or the ... Read More

A Question on the Internet Changing our Brain (692 words, 3 pages)

Is the Internet Changing Our Brain? In the article, Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet is doing to our brains, Nicholas Carr explains that the more people use the internet, the less focused they become. He uses being able to effectively read as an example. Before using the ... Read More

George and Lennie’s Friendship in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (721 words, 2 pages)

(This is my argumentative essay about the book Of Mice and Men by JohnSteinbeck)Friendship is nothing when it's tied by weakness. Friendship is everythingwhen it's tied by loyalty. After reading John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men,some people believed that George and Lennie's friendship was broken fromthe start, and perhaps it ... Read More

An Overview of the Disorder, ADHD (1230 words, 4 pages)

Have you ever felt like you can't control yourself and have you everfelt like you can't concentrate? Well, you would most likely to have ADHD.According to the centers of disease control and prevention between 9 and10 of kids in the US between the ages of 3 and 17 have been ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013