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  • Evolving Myself

    Evolving Myself

    Within each human lies the instinct to evolve. Our desires draw the learning experiences that cause us to discern what we like and don’t like, what we want and don’t want and through this process we learn and grow and evolve to realize our full potential. Our lifetimes are spent searching for the center of the maze, the center of ourselves. Much of that time we spend running frantically around the periphery of self, not

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    Submitted: June 6, 2010 By: regina
  • Examinatin of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    Examinatin of Charlotte Perkins Gilman

    Examination of Charlotte Perkins Gilman Intro: Prominent and progressive writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an icon of the Women’s Rights Movement of the late 1800s, noted as the "brains of the US women's movement” (Davis). Often leading through example, her 1982 short story, “The Yellow Wallpaper”, is based upon her real life experience of undergoing the “rest cure”, prescribed by Dr. Weir S. Mitchell. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a first person narrative of a woman’s

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    Submitted: September 19, 2016 By: ilikeitmonster
  • Examination Day by Henry Slesar

    Examination Day by Henry Slesar

    The story Examination Day is a short dystopian story by Henry Slesar. The story takes place in the future city, when every children turns 12 they need to take the Government exam. The exam is about seeing how smart and intelligent they are. The young main character Dickie Jordan who just turned 12 had some conversation with their family about exam. After he took the exam the phone call came to the parents and the

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    Submitted: January 24, 2019 By: (James) Hajin Hyun
  • Examine Pip’s Relationships with the Main Female Characters in the Novel Great Expectations

    Examine Pip’s Relationships with the Main Female Characters in the Novel Great Expectations

    Pip, was the best name that Philip Pirrip could pronounce as a child. Growing up, Pip didn't have a mother or a father to look after him, they died when he was younger, and this caused his older sister Mrs.Joe to have to look after him. Throughout the story, Pip has a large number of women who influence him in many different ways. First there is his sister, Mrs. Joe, then Biddy, Mrs.Havisham, and Estella.

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    Submitted: April 29, 2010 By: Artur
  • Examine Shakespeare’s Treatment of Relationships in Romeo and Juliet

    Examine Shakespeare’s Treatment of Relationships in Romeo and Juliet

    Examine Shakespeare’s treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. In this essay I will be examining William Shakespeare’s treatment of relationships in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire and was alive during the Elizabethan era. He was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language. He wrote at least thirty seven plays and also wrote poems. His plays were comedies, histories and tragedies

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    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Examine the Ways in Which Shakespeare Develops the Character of Romeo Through His Use of Language

    Examine the Ways in Which Shakespeare Develops the Character of Romeo Through His Use of Language

    Romeo’s character is developed greatly throughout the play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, through Shakespeare’s use of language. Various themes are introduced to the play; love, tragedy and conflict are some examples. Romeo’s character can be identified by his connections with the themes. At the beginning of the play, Romeo seems quite mature, in the sense that he is in love, and growing up. However, immaturity is beginning to arise, as Romeo shows that he cannot cope

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Examining Perspective in Literature

    Examining Perspective in Literature

    When writing literature, authors will adapt points of view to mold the perceptions of their readers. Three points of view that authors use to draw readers into their works of fiction are the limited perspective, the first-person perspective, and the objective perspective. Three stories will be examined and critiqued for their use of these narrative techniques. Of the three perspectives that will be examined, the first-person perspective is the most useful for sharing the authors’

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    Essay Length: 689 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Exchange Students

    Exchange Students

    A Year in America “No one looks back on their life and remembers the nights they had plenty of sleep.” Jamal Mughal- Exchange Student “Exchange isn’t a year in your life, it is life in a year.” Norma Latini I have always wanted to travel around the world. It is very exciting to see and learn about other cultures and traditions. Also I wondered what people in other countries think of my country. That is

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    Submitted: November 21, 2015 By: mohamedwaseem
  • Exclusionary Rule

    Exclusionary Rule

    he Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures by government officials. Like other guarantees in the Bill of Rights, however, the Fourth Amendment cannot enforce itself. Much of the modern debate about the enforcement of the Fourth Amendment has focused on the wisdom of and constitutional necessity for the so-called exclusionary rule, under which evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment is ordinarily inadmissible in a criminal trial.

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    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Edward
  • Execution of Louis Xvi

    Execution of Louis Xvi

    What you are about to read is a retelling of the event leading up to what happened on the morning of King Louis execution, from a peasant lady. The morning would have started like any other except today was the execution of a king and not just any king but King Louis XVI. Many have been waiting for this day to come and some only thought of it in there dreams but indeed it is

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    Essay Length: 458 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Exemplification Essay

    Exemplification Essay

    Higgins Michelle Higgins English 101, Section D51 November 6, 2015 Exemplification Essay There are Several Study Techniques to help a Student Learn More Efficiently Numerous students are normally left behind by the modern education systems. Therefore, it is a necessity for one to develop the necessary study skills that will aid in learning more efficiently. According to Dunlosky "improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central premise of this monograph is

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    Submitted: December 9, 2015 By: higginsm2
  • Exile in San Rancisco

    Exile in San Rancisco

    Charlie Goldman, as portrayed in Ann Packer’s Nerves, is a thirty-something man-child who is losing his wife and comes to realize that it is he who is lost, somewhere in the streets of New York City. Gripped with overwhelming fears and psychosomatic ailments or hypochondria, Charlie suppresses the true causes of his condition while making a futile attempt to save his marriage. His childlike approach to life and his obsessive approach to marriage pushes his

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Existentialism

    Existentialism

    Existentialism is a philosophy about life that says being is more important than the indispensable everyday occurrences. It acknowledges an individuals freedom to choose and says with this knowing there comes an immense sense of responsibility. Despair, hopelessness and anxiety are characteristic of a person struggling with existential thoughts. Nihilism sums up this condition by stating that all values are baseless, nothing is foreseeable and that life itself is meaningless. The characters in A Clean

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Max
  • Existentialism in Camus and Kafka

    Existentialism in Camus and Kafka

    Existentialism in Camus, ‘the Outsider’ and Kafka’s, ‘The Metamorphosis’ Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis and Albert Camus' The Outsider, both feature protagonists in situations out of which arise existentialist values. Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts. In The Metamorphosis the protagonist, Gregor Samsa, realizes

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    Submitted: June 3, 2010 By: Steve
  • Existentialism in Queston

    Existentialism in Queston

    Drew Elmore 2-22-17 World Literature Existentialism in Question Existentialism is defined as “a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will”. In a broader perspective, the theory of existentialism takes away the ability of people to blame their actions on outside forces such as God, religion, personal values etc. In a sense, every person on Earth

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    Submitted: April 11, 2017 By: nygiants23
  • Existentialism in “a Good Man Is Hard to Find”

    Existentialism in “a Good Man Is Hard to Find”

    Existentialism in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Existentialism is a philosophical movement that developed during the 19th and 20th centuries. One of the first things one may notice about existentialism is the confusion and disagreement of what it actually is. Existentialism proposes that man is full of anxiety and despair with no meaning in his life, just simply existing, until he/she makes decisive choice about his/her own future. Existentialist literature is often writing

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Exotic Pets

    Exotic Pets

    Pets are very common now a days, many people love and own cats and dogs, but many years ago people started taking a big interest in owning exotic animals. People also began to trade the animals as pets. Although it may seem like a great idea and an exciting thing to do some owners of these exotic animals payed consequences when the animals weren’t satisfied. They can be unpredictable; their behavior may change with season.

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    Submitted: February 10, 2016 By: ia55555
  • Expatriates in the Post War Era

    Expatriates in the Post War Era

    Expatriates in the Post War Era To understand a writer one must understand their background and the experiences associated with their lives. Each writer contributes a different style of writing, thus each writer is influenced by their past memory and present way of living. Wars influence writers that are and are not involved in them. Wars can influence soldiers to write vivid pieces from detailed memories and sometimes from flashbacks that can occur. Expatriate writers

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Victor
  • Expectations

    Expectations

    High school and college have become two different standards of education all in their own. Not only from the lifestyle, but a persons mind set of being dependent on their teachers in high school has to become independent in college. The teaching style a student is accustomed to be no longer available in college, for instance going to class’s everyday, teacher student relationships, and doing homework every night doesn’t exist anymore. As a student

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: July
  • Expectations

    Expectations

    At first glance, the narrator of “How” and the protagonist of “A Wall of Fire Rising” seem like two different people leading disparate lives. The Woman is a modern day female living in New York City while Guy is man who leads a more primitive lifestyle in a rural community. A closer look into the characters reveals that both are suffocated by the lives and roles they are forced to live and yearn only

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    Submitted: February 24, 2010 By: Janna
  • Expectations Fulfilled (cheating)

    Expectations Fulfilled (cheating)

    Rose English 1B 4/12/05 Expectations Fulfilled When one hears stories about cheating, automatically the first response that the individual will have is that the person who cheated is heartless. Oftentimes people have mistakenly misjudged the person who has cheated on their loved one. There is always another disclosed side of the story of the deceitful person. For instance, in “The Bridges of Madison County,” Francesca Johnson is a woman who has encountered a non-intimacy life

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    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Mike
  • Expectations of Students: College Vs. High School

    Expectations of Students: College Vs. High School

    Expectations of Students: College vs. High School The older you get the higher people’s expectations seem to become for you. Anyone can easily argue the fact that the work-load of a college student is much greater than that of a high school student, but the most profound difference in the two is the expectations that are set for the students. The expectations that college professors and high school teachers have for their students are set

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    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Steve
  • Experience Difficulties in Speaking Eng

    Experience Difficulties in Speaking Eng

    Describe situations when your use of spoken English has caused some problems for you. Either the person you were speaking to didn’t understand, got the wrong message or may have even become offended by what you said (though this was not your intention). Analyse the situation and explain why communication broke down. You will need to reflect on your performance in light of what the literature says about pitfalls in learning to speak English as

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Experience in English Class

    Experience in English Class

    My Experience in English Class I feel this semester, only the first of many I will endure, was a successful one. The objective of the course was to make us better writers, and I certainly have improved. I learned what makes a paper good or bad, what makes it easier to write a good paper, and how the manner that the class is held makes a difference. We all did so many papers and every

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    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Steve
  • Experience Through Language

    Experience Through Language

    Experience through Language. Different stories, plays, poems and films, told in different ways and at different times, can all provide insights into our contemporary society. This is the power through language and also one of Ted Hughes’s two main themes along with “the war between vitality and death”. Many of Ted Hughes’s poems show this “war” and “elements of shock and violence and aggressive imagery”. This is experience through language. Good morning year 11 and

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: July
  • Experience, Interpretation and Evaluation of Poetry

    Experience, Interpretation and Evaluation of Poetry

    The Experience of Poetry Experiencing a poetry concerned primarily with subjective responses, which to say a personal reaction of the reader. This reaction is reflected on how the poem may be related to reader’s life. Each reader reaction to the same poem are probably vary based on the standpoint of their experiences. By reading a poem, reader will call upon a memory much like the one that was written in the poem. But even if

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    Submitted: February 13, 2018 By: Bo'im Tri Ardika
  • Experiences of a Soldier

    Experiences of a Soldier

    Experiences of a Soldier When Harold returns from war he is welcomed by no one and is treated like a normal citizen instead of a war hardened hero who has risked his life to protect his country. Harold experienced the hardships of war and wasn’t even awarded a proper welcome by his fellow citizens. It is my belief that Harold had suffered incredible trauma while fighting over seas. “A distaste for everything that had happened

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    Submitted: May 7, 2010 By: regina
  • Experinces

    Experinces

    Its weird how a heard of elk could change the way you think about life, but it can. Not in a way where you realize nature’s true beauty, but in a way that makes you appreciate the life you have and being alive. I had grown up knowing about these animals. We even have a festival every year called the Elk Festival. These animals were just a part of life for us. I’ve always had

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Mike
  • Explain 1984 Song Lyric About Rebellion

    Explain 1984 Song Lyric About Rebellion

    Nguyen NHUT NGUYEN Professor Abraham Tarango English G110 03/21/2016 “1984” by David Bowie In world history, there were many countries have been ruled by another country, or they were controlled under the totalitarian governments. The dominators used their power to control the citizens and killed anyone who tried to resist. But there were many people who were ready to risk their life to stand up and fight for freedom. There were many rebellions in world

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    Submitted: April 24, 2016 By: kingsley2403
  • Explain the Harmful Effects of Drugs Such as Ecstasy on the Individual and Society.

    Explain the Harmful Effects of Drugs Such as Ecstasy on the Individual and Society.

    In recent years, the rising use of addictive drugs has become one of the biggest social problems menacing certain countries. The illicit use of a variety of drugs appears to be increasing. Generally, a drug can be a substance, other than those required for the maintenance of normal health, which by its chemical nature alters the structure or function of a living organism. In this essay, drugs are more appropriate defined as psychoactive drugs such

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Mike
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