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A Personal Story, My One-Year Transformation (1801 words, 6 pages)

My One-Year TransformationThe way in which I think and feel has drastically changed in the last year since my transition to a new life at Boston University. Since moving away from a small suburban town to a large metropolis, the way I accomplish my tasks has changed. In addition, the ... Read More

My Flashback of the Time I Was an Incoming Freshman in High School (792 words, 3 pages)

Final Exam EssayWhen I look back to when I was an incoming freshman in high school, I would describe myself as having, tunnel vision. The only thing I was really thinking about was the friends I would make, the difficulty of classes, and just high school in general. I would ... Read More

A Portrayal of My Path Towards Literacy Through the Events in My Life (1517 words, 5 pages)

Do I convey my path towards literacy clearly and effectively?Do I paint a vivid picture of the events that occurred in my childhood? Is my interpretation of my love of the Series Of Unfortunate Events intriguing?Is it clear what inspired me to become a Division 1 athlete?In my essay, I ... Read More

The Importance of Not Starting Over When Faced with an Obstacle in Life (1415 words, 4 pages)

Starting Over Is No Way To BeginWalking into a new place for the first time is intimidating. The anticipation of not knowing what to expect behind that white metal door can feel like a jab in the gut. One would usually want to remove ones self from the uncomfortable situation, ... Read More

My Dream (604 words, 2 pages)

It was hot in my dream. I could feel it. A couple years ago, my family and I had visited the vast desert wasteland that the Grand Canyon sits in. That is what it was like. Except there was no Grand Canyon. Just miles and miles of empty desert.The sky ... Read More

A Comparison of the Strenuous Life by Theodore Roosevelt and to Build a Fire by Jack London (1480 words, 6 pages)

Our America The Abiding Question of Nation and National Identity in American Literature American character is heavily based upon the persona of theadventurer, someone who fearlessly explores the wilderness, the unknown.Theodore Roosevelt says in his 1899 speech, "The Strenuous Life", that,"The men who founded these communities showed practically by their ... Read More

What I Learned from Analyzing Sample Student Essays (558 words, 2 pages)

Reflection on Argument Essay AnalysisWriting a timed, in-class essay is something that can be extremely difficult and stressful. Fortunately, I have been prepared to deal with this daunting task through reading sample essays on past prompts. I have learned useful information from reading, scoring, and reviewing these essays and the ... Read More

The Life and Times of Oskar Schindler (2708 words, 11 pages)

Schindlers Motives World War II consisted of every mans worst nightmare, where tyrants sought to rule the world in any and every given way possible. Many people today still hold a sense of suspicion or mistrust toward the Germans, almost like given them their own stereotype of some sort, after ... Read More

How the National Football League Has Changed over the Last 90 Years (1078 words, 4 pages)

Injury Prevention in the NFLInjuries are a huge part in any sport. In professional sports, injuries can completely destroy a teams record and cause them to lose. In the NFL, this is especially true. Injuries plague teams season in and season out, with quite a few players every year needing ... Read More

The Life and Times of George Nelson (1278 words, 6 pages)

George NelsonGeorge nelson was born in the year 1908 and lived until 1986. He was an American architect and one of few who were American at this time. He is most known for his work done while working for Herman Miller, and designing most of what is known as twentieth ... Read More

A Study on Quantifying Honey-Mesquite System Carbon and Nitrogen Changes (797 words, 4 pages)

Quantifying honey-mesquite system carbon and nitrogen changesHoney mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa torr) is a woody legume encroaching on Texas grasslands and savannas (Ansley et al. 2013). As mesquite becomes established, it threatens to reduce local grass-species biomass (Simmons et al. 2008). Mesquite encroachment may affect nutrient cycling in grassland and savanna ... Read More

The Concept of Conflict in the Stories The Sniper and My Oedipus Complex (727 words, 2 pages)

Consider how conflict is an essential element in two of the short stories you have studied.Conflict is of huge significance to every story, whether it be a scuffle among teammates or a full-scale war. The stories chosen to be discussed in this essay are The Sniper and My Oedipus Complex. ... Read More

A Look at My Office Setting and Its Significance in My Life (1149 words, 4 pages)

My Office Beep beep. Here we go again. The familiar sound of keyboards swiftly clicking away replaces the outside chatter at Heritage Cafe as the turnstile slowly rotates to let me set foot inside the building of ancient literature and fresh unopened books. The air conditioned room quietly cools my ... Read More

The Need for a Change in the Youth Church Culture (5204 words, 18 pages)

INTRODUCTIONHow should youth be taught? Scott Brown recently published a book called A Weed in the Church, a combatant against modern youth ministry. He, like so many others, is trying to solve this serious problem inside the church. A great shift in church culture in the 1990s brought millions of ... Read More

The Importance of Ethics in Our Life and Work (921 words, 4 pages)

Ethics is the branch of philosophy dealing with values relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.With this basic definition, we can understand that ethics talks about the actions that we ... Read More

An Analysis of Mark Doty’s Use of Poetry in His Book “My Alexandria” (790 words, 3 pages)

The Cruelty of FateGreek philosopher Plato once said, Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history. Poetry is a tool that poets use in order to reveal deeper meanings that they cannot communicate through mere prose. The artistic elements of poetry are open to interpretation by readers, and with the ... Read More

Themes of Love and Memories in Willa Cather’s Story My Antonia (589 words, 2 pages)

Awakenings in My ntonia In My ntonia by Willa Cather, Jim Burden tells the story of his friendship with ntonia Shimerda, a Bohemian girl living on a farm in Nebraska. After becoming an orphan at ten years old, Jim travels from Virginia to Black Hawk, Nebraska to live on his ... Read More

The Difficulties of Kim in Karen Sylte’s Short Story This Is a Scream and Their Parallels with My Life (1059 words, 3 pages)

In the short story "This Is a Scream," author Karen Sylte writes aboutKim, a fifteen-year-old girl who struggles with the hardships that comewith a broken home and the difficulties of adjusting to a new school. LikeKim, I too come from a broken home, and I too had a difficult time ... Read More

African-American Bodies of Information in Harriet Ann Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (954 words, 3 pages)

Short Synthesis 2 African-American Bodies of InformationThe African-American body is voided of language, while the adversarial, torturing or injuring slaveholder is most fully vocal. The African American body (and individual) is defined by spectacular physical pain , a circumstance that... brings about an immediate reversion to a state anterior to ... Read More

The Very Enticing Effect the Media Has on Society in Dude, Where’s My Car (549 words, 2 pages)

Media has a very enticing effect on society. Characters, young or old, can be seen as role models. Story lines evoke responses and possibly create ideas for the viewer. Each movie sends out a message whether it is easy to spot or not. In the movie, Dude, Where's my Car, ... Read More

The Life and Achievements of Shigeru Miyamoto (1597 words, 12 pages)

The Father of Modern Video GamingHave you ever wondered how Shigeru Miyamoto got into game design and helped Nintendo become who they are today? Well, when Miyamoto was a young boy, he did not have many toys to play with instead, he created his own puppets made of wood and ... Read More

Role Models in Life in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (491 words, 2 pages)

Role ModelsIn J.D. Salingers The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has few role models in his life. Holden Caulfield, the protagonist, finds faults in everyone. His excuse for getting expelled was that there were too many phonies, superficial people. He then decided to go to New York City as ... Read More

The Life of Ilsa in Marcus Zusak’s The Book Thief (565 words, 2 pages)

Ilsa HermannMarcus Zusaks The Book Thief took place in Nazi Germany during WWII, where countless unjust and inhumane events occurred. Many Germans fell under the category of either survivors, victims, bystanders, perpetrators, or rescuers. As the privileged yet sheepish wife of the mayor, one lady in particular clearly falls under ... Read More

The Theory of What Is Good by Different Philosophers (1974 words, 6 pages)

What makes some moral judgments such as keeping one's promises to a friend a good principle to follow? Aristotle, St. Augustine, and Thomas Hobbes all have their own differing perspectives. Their theory of what is good becomes part of the basis for their development of ethics and morality. Each of ... Read More

My Mistakes During My Tenure as a Teacher (1589 words, 3 pages)

A Few Mistakes I Made Early as a New Tutor and How I tried to Better Myself It can take a lot of time and effort to develop good writing skills. Many of the student writers I encountered in my experience were native English speakers who usually had trouble with ... Read More

The Most Important Rules That Engrave My Mind While Growing Up as a Child (483 words, 2 pages)

Growing up as a child, I had countless rules engraved into my mind. The most important of the rules enforced upon me was always remembering my manners. As I grew older, I realized that those rules did not deem important or crucial to other people. Hearing older adults ramble on ... Read More

My Reading and Writings From the First Semester; Hedda Gabler and The Penal Colony (824 words, 3 pages)

Reflecting upon all my timed writings from the first semester, I thought that sentence variety appeared in most of my essays as a strength. I used complex sentences frequently, demonstrating stylistic maturity in my writing these complex sentences often included two related independent clauses joined by a semicolon, so I ... Read More

American Justice System Needs to be Changed (2066 words, 8 pages)

The United States of America is at a turning point. The people are sick of being treated unfairly by politicians and big money interests. Unfortunately a lot of that anger is being directed at the ones who enforce the laws these politicians create. The justice system is not directly to ... Read More

The Influence of Puritans on New England’s Way of Life (1096 words, 4 pages)

10162011Period 3Early History of the Colonies EssayThe New England way of life was developed by the Puritans, its main inhabitants. Unlike the south and some of the middle colonies, New Englands social unit was based on populated towns and not isolated farms. Communities were very religious, and all members signed ... Read More

The Colonial Life in the Southern Colonies (682 words, 3 pages)

15 September 2011Period 3Economy and People of the Southern ColoniesIndentured servants were people who bound themselves to masters in order to serve them for a certain period of time. Early in the colonial period, they were the principal labor force in the 1600s. Many indentured servants accepted this servitude for ... Read More

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Published: Friday 25th of January 2013