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  • Star Wars Video Essay

    Star Wars Video Essay

    Overall I thought star wars was a really good movie. It had my eyes glued to the screen. George Lucas had a good plot to star wars. Ok Star Wars had a couple of mythical heroes. The mythical heroes are Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi, and Darth Vader. But Darth Vader is an evil mythical hero. There are folklore heroes are C3p0, R2-D2, and Han Solo. The thing that makes Luke Skywalker, Obi wan Kenobi

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    Essay Length: 311 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Essay on Love - Romeo and Juliet

    Essay on Love - Romeo and Juliet

    Essay on Love Love has in incredible, indescribable power over humanity. No one can explain the reason it makes people act the way it does; at times leading those under its spell to take risks. The power of love can be both healing and destructive and in Romeo and Juliet’s case, eventually ends the feud between their families yet their overly passionate feelings also lead to their deaths. Love’s power, being a balance between a

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    Essay Length: 666 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Jon
  • William Blake’s Chimney Sweeper Essay

    William Blake’s Chimney Sweeper Essay

    William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" offers a graphic portrayal of a particular cultural aspect of England in the 1790s. By examining my interactions with the poem, I will attempt to analyse and contrast my own belief system against that which is presented in the text. Blake's poem was initially very striking to me. While reading the first stanza, I was shocked and horrified by the imagery presented by the young narrator. I felt compelled to

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    Essay Length: 811 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Monika
  • Use This Sample Basic Essay as a Model

    Use This Sample Basic Essay as a Model

    Use this Sample Basic Essay as a Model -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The essay below demonstrates the principles of writing a basic essay. The different parts of the essay have been labeled. The thesis statement is in bold, the topic sentences are in italics, and each main point is underlined. When you write your own essay, of course, you will not need to mark these parts of the essay unless your teacher has asked you to do

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    Essay Length: 530 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: David
  • Viewpoints Comparison Essay

    Viewpoints Comparison Essay

    This is a U.S. presidential election year and a big story has been the rise of Senator Barack Obama as a serious candidate for presidency. I was interested in what various segments of the black community thought about this and chose two magazines that target the black community as their primary audience. JET magazine’s self-described mission is to inform, educate and entertain the African American community. The Network Journal magazine claims to serve the needs

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    Essay Length: 937 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: regina
  • College Entrance Essay

    College Entrance Essay

    I as a student and as a person have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity’s to know and experience many different people, from the poor minority to the rich majority. I try and absorb and understand while keeping an open mind at all time, their past present future culture, and physical location all of it interesting and fascinating. Just recently a foreign exchange student began living with my family due to complications with

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    Essay Length: 450 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Personal Essay

    Personal Essay

    That Voice It was late spring 2005 with summer only weeks away. During that time, high school students usually try to find summer programs which can enhance their academic resumes, or, at least some of them do. And I happened to be one of them. Have you ever experienced a time when a voice inside tells you something? And it’s not just a soft voice that tells you right from wrong. It is an audible

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    Essay Length: 1,039 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Essay Grading

    Essay Grading

    I was going through a bunch of old magazines and newspapers this week when I came upon an article about some software that was being developed for teachers to use that would grade essays. Over the past weekend I had the opportunity to talk to my aunt who was a teacher and college professor before she retired. She said, “there is nothing better to assess a student's knowledge of a subject, than an essay especially

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    Essay Length: 614 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: regina
  • Race & Ethnicity in Social Sciences

    Race & Ethnicity in Social Sciences

    Hazel Taylor December 2004 Q A Describe some of the ways in which the terms ‘race and ethnicity’ are used in the social sciences Defining identity can be complex and therefore we have to investigate the factors involved that make us who we are and how we are seen by others, collectively or individually. Social scientists have to consider the key elements which shape identity, the importance of social structures and agency involved. The differences

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    Essay Length: 921 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Family Essay

    The Family Essay

    When I was in India, I have heard lot of people going America for study. One of my cousins also came her for study. She told me that study in America and in India is so different. I was very eager to know about it. She told me the main difference is: The relationship between teacher and student, study policy, unity of students. To respect teachers is very important in India. Students have to

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    Essay Length: 442 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Macbeth Essay

    Macbeth Essay

    Macbeth takes part in many murders during the whole story. He is involved in killing King Duncan, and also his old friend, Sir Bandquo, and Macduffs’ son. Over time Macbeth started not feeling guilty for the things he had done. He was crying about how he had killed a friend, King Duncan, and how he was sad that he had committed to a murder. After his second murder, he kind of got more confident with

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    Essay Length: 585 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Jon
  • Witch Child Essay

    Witch Child Essay

    Change. It is a small word of only one syllable, yet it can evoke fear and hate like nothing else. Many people are terrified of changes. They worship the status quo and are the most faithful believers of conformity. In Celia Rees’ Witch Child, the author slowly reveals how humans fear and hate what they don’t understand. The novel shows us just how easily lack of knowledge about something that is new to a person

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    Essay Length: 622 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Quote Analysis Essay

    Quote Analysis Essay

    Analytic Essay Italo Calvino stated in his essay, “The Literature Machine”, that “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” Perhaps he is saying that after a reader finishes a “classic”, they are left to make their own assumptions about what it means. This can be seen in almost all books that are considered to be “classics”. In William Golding's novel, “The Lord of the Flies”, the book

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    Essay Length: 452 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Metaphor Essay

    Metaphor Essay

    My writing is like a little kid telling a story. All little kids do when telling a story is exaggerate on all the details. “They walked miles.” “They ate tons.” The monster was as big as a house.”, every time I write I use my own form of exaggerating, procrastination. I am always the last minute student when it comes to work. Given I complete things well they are usually just barely on time or

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    Essay Length: 399 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Mike
  • Grapes of Wrath Essay: Naturalism in the Grapes of Wrath

    Grapes of Wrath Essay: Naturalism in the Grapes of Wrath

    Naturalism in The Grapes of Wrath In John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family and the changing world in which they live is portrayed from a naturalistic point of view. Steinbeck characterizes the Joads and their fellow migrants as simple, instinct-bound creatures who are on an endless search for paradise (Owens 129). The migrants and the powers which force them to make their journey--nature and society--are frequently represented by animals. The Joads,

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    Essay Length: 1,438 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Rhetorical Reading Essay

    Rhetorical Reading Essay

    Joshua Stonehocker Steven Gibson English 1010 046 March 28th, 2005 Rhetorical Reading Essay(Revision) Since they started pouring the concrete for the dam Lake Powell has been a center of controversy. From nature preservationists to ancient ruins advocates the subject has been heated and intense. On the other hand, those who support Lake Powell are just as avid and active in their defense of the reservoir. One of the former, Edward Abbey, sets forth his plea,

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    Essay Length: 1,075 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mike
  • Eddie Murphy Essay

    Eddie Murphy Essay

    The candidate I picked to become a member of the African-American Hall of Fame is Eddie Murphy. Eddie Murphy is a man of tremendous success, but it all started back when he was born in the projects of Brooklyn, New York, on April 3rd, 1961. His father was a policeman and his mother was a telephone operator. His parents divorced when he was three and she remarried. They lived in Brooklyn until he was ten

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    Essay Length: 477 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Jon
  • Persuasive Essay on Fireworks

    Persuasive Essay on Fireworks

    Nearly every year the government tries to prohibit fireworks because of the possibility of fires and injuries. This is ridiculous because not only are we hurting ourselves all the time anyway, also there are people can be trusted with fireworks. Instead of spoiling the privilege for everyone, a system needs to be devised, that looks something like this: When someone turns 18 (or 21 depending on how trustworthy 18 year olds are), they can

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    Essay Length: 250 Words / 1 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Essay Question 2

    Essay Question 2

    ESSAY- Question #2 Around 500 BC, the Romans brought new, innovative ideas of architecture. Such ideas included arch's, baked brick, and cement. From this period, architecture branched off those ideas leading to temples, and coliseums built with brick and marble. Around this time domes, theaters and public bathing were also popular. For the city, aqueducts and sewers were expanding too. Market building was a complicated concept back then that we see in every city today

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    Essay Length: 287 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Jack
  • Newsletter Essay

    Newsletter Essay

    I did my newspaper-style review, of a destination I have visited,on this lake resort which my family and I always visit and enjoy its luxuries. In Porta Verde we enjoy all its family recreational activities. I am actually a share holder of this Porta Verde so my family and I go there to relax and enjoy the stunning scenary... Porta Verde is a stunning leisure and vacation home that basks in owned and rented

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    Essay Length: 809 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: David
  • Narrative Essay

    Narrative Essay

    My Happiest Moment My happiest moment was when my nephew/god son was born at Freodert Hospital on November 29, 2006 at 4:16pm. It was my happiest moment because it was exciting, amazing, but at the same time nasty. On November 29, 2006 I got a phone call telling me that my stepsister was at the hospital. When I got there my other stepsister was sitting in the waiting room waiting on me to get there.

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    Essay Length: 407 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Monika
  • Harvard Admissions Essay

    Harvard Admissions Essay

    Influence? Why is it that the people who influence us most influence us in ways that are not easily quantified? Through her work with abused children, my mother has shown me the heroism of selfless dedication to a worthy cause. By being an upstanding individual, my playwriting teacher in middle school acted as an inspiring male role model at a time when I needed one most. By being approachable and interesting, my World History teacher

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    Essay Length: 698 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: David
  • Dennis Oppenheim Device to Root out Evil

    Dennis Oppenheim Device to Root out Evil

    Device to Provoke Censorship Tom Bricker Contemporary Art History May 11, 2006 Journalist Allan Jenkins once said, "Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas." Censorship weakens a society's ability to produce provoking and interesting things, and ultimately results in a homogenized world where all is made bland in order to avoid offending anyone. Censorship is an all too common plight of the art

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    Essay Length: 617 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 10, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Racial Ethnic Relations Towards Hispanics

    Racial Ethnic Relations Towards Hispanics

    Attitudes Towards Race and Ethic Relation in the U.S A public attitude toward race and ethic relation for the United States suburban regions is experiencing racial change. There was a survey that was done in race relation problems which has increased over a period of time. Many residents believe that racial change is having negative consequences and favor the anti-illegal immigrant initiatives. They say that the use of programs will raise public understanding about cultural

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    Essay Length: 2,093 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Jon
  • Kinsey Essay

    Kinsey Essay

    Alfred Kinsey In the early twentieth century a time a time where sex was an unspeakable subject, when adolescents were taught that masturbation was not only a sin ,but could cause blindness or hairy palms, along came Alfred Kinsey, who first started as a biologist studying gall wasps, and suddenly turned his interest from insects to people, disturbed by the lack of scientific knowledge concerning human sexuality he released a series of books called sexual

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    Essay Length: 525 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Anna

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