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  • Life of Pi

    Life of Pi

    In his book the “Life of Pi” by Yann Martell, the author makes multiple references to animal behavior. Through this project we have researched each of the four animals: the zebra, Orangutan, Hyena, and the Tiger on their lifestyles and behavior. In order to write this book Yann Martel explained that he had to do a lot of research on zoo biology and animal psychology. In addition he spent 6 months doing research in India,

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    Essay Length: 307 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Mind of Kurt Cobain: A Look at His Life Through Freuds Eyes

    Mind of Kurt Cobain: A Look at His Life Through Freuds Eyes

    Kurt Donald Cobain was born in 1967 into a typical American family. His father was a mechanic, his mother was a home maker and he also had a younger sister. In his early life he was prescribed Ritalin for his attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Kurt regarded his childhood to be a happy one. This changed in 19 when his parents divorced. He was seven years old. Kurt became more withdrawn and his mother’s personality changed.

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    Essay Length: 1,204 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Jon
  • Secret Life of Bees

    Secret Life of Bees

    Set in the American South in 1964, the year of the Civil Rights Act and intensifying racial unrest, Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees is a powerful story not simply about bees, but of coming-of-age, of the ability of love to transform our lives, and of the often unacknowledged longing for equal women and human rights. Although this novel is not one of a higher reading level, Kidd displays many hidden meanings, ones

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    Essay Length: 980 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Anna
  • Life Without Friendship? Is It Possible?

    Life Without Friendship? Is It Possible?

    Life is more rewarding with friendship. Every day is a chance to meet someone new. It does not matter if you're at school, work, or just out running around, people are everywhere. Whether you get along with them or not is your choice. In my experiences, I have found there are three different types of friends that help your life run more smoothly. Many of us meet a good number of friends though work. These

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    Essay Length: 564 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Langston Hughes’s Life Influences

    Langston Hughes’s Life Influences

    James Mercer Langston Hughes, also known as Langston Hughes was an African American writer who wrote various works, including poetry, novels, newspaper articles, and playwrights. He was born to the father and mother of James Nathaniel and Carrie Langston Hughes in Joplin, Missouri. His father later abandoned the marriage and left him and his mother for Cuba and Mexico, however later on, he was sent to his grandmother to be raised during his childhood life.

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    Essay Length: 362 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Max
  • Social Class: The Un-Chosen Way of Life

    Social Class: The Un-Chosen Way of Life

    Social Class: The Un-chosen Way of Life For families throughout the world it is known that social status and money depict the lifestyle that family lives, their viewpoints, and possibly their goals. Different social classes can be distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power, authority, wealth, working and living conditions, life-styles, life-span, education, religion, and culture (Cody). The more money one has, the higher the ambition they may choose to aspire toward, as

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Janna
  • Life and Times

    Life and Times

    LETTER III To Mrs. Saville, England July 7th, 17--. My dear Sister,-- I write a few lines in haste to say that I am safe -- and well advanced on my voyage. This letter will reach England by a merchantman now on its homeward voyage from Archangel; more fortunate than I, who may not see my native land, perhaps, for many years. I am, however, in good spirits: my men are bold and apparently firm

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Life Is Precious

    Life Is Precious

    Life Is Precious It has been argued that it should be made legal for patients to have doctor-assisted suicide, or mercy-killing, which is the term used to describe ending life through the voluntary self-administration of lethal medication, expressly prescribed by a physician for that purpose (DHS-Internet). By approximately a two-to-one ratio, most adults in the US agree that it should be this way. “When read a brief description of the Oregon proposition, allowing physician-assisted suicide

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    Essay Length: 738 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Life and Works of Annie Leibovitz

    The Life and Works of Annie Leibovitz

    The Life and Works of Annie Leibovitz Annie Leibovitz is one of the best portrait photographers in this modern age. Her works focus on varied subjects but hover more among celebrity portraits. Apart from these, her photographs depict visual stories that affect audience’s emotions. The diversity and life of her photographs create visual artistic realms that touch the soul. Biography: In 1949, Annie Leibovitz was born in Westbury, Connecticut. Based on Peter Marshall’s article posted

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: July
  • The Life of Galileo

    The Life of Galileo

    Galileo behaves atrociously, stealing credit for other's discoveries, putting his family and friends into grave peril, destroying his inquisitive daughter's spirit, and ultimately recanting in the face of the Inquisition. These actions are never explained away, never justified in the name of the greater good. They are simply presented as the terrible things a great man did to survive in difficult times. The plot of the play concerns the latter period of the life of

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    Essay Length: 506 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Edward
  • A Life in Time

    A Life in Time

    Robert Robart was born on January 25th, 1933 in Greenfield, Nova Scotia. He born into family four sisters, and later on his parents had two more children, all of which were boys. Robert's father, Cameron, was a man of the army and fought in both World War 1 and World War 2. Through out World War 1, Cameron was over in many areas of Europe and then was stationed in Halifax, Nova Scotia for the

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Preparing for College and Life Summary

    Preparing for College and Life Summary

    In "Preparing for College and Life," published in Swimming World, author Dan Callahan points out the advantages of prep school and the great experiences you will have. Callahan gives an example right away about a swimmer getting out of bed at 6:00 a.m. and getting ready for practice. It shows that it isn't easy to be a part of a team. It takes hard work, dedication, and the willingness to get out of bed in

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    Essay Length: 268 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Collison of My Life

    The Collison of My Life

    The Collision Of My Life Disappointment, disbelief and fear filled my mind as I opened my tear filled, burning eyes. Everything was a blur, as if it were surreal. There was a massive amount of dust from the air bag, and smoke coming from under the hood of my car. As I turn to my right, remembering Josh had been with me in the car, I begin to panic. All that I can see is

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    Submitted: March 31, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Death Through Adam Life Through Christ

    Death Through Adam Life Through Christ

    Death Through Adam, Life Through Christ As many of us know it today as the Bible states, God created man, “he formed him from dust and breathed into his nostrils to bring him to life. He planted a garden in Eden and put the man there. Out of the ground God made every tree pleasant to see and good for food.” (Nietzsche) For the serpent had told Eve that the tree of knowledge of good

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Tommy
  • How Gambling Affects Human Life?

    How Gambling Affects Human Life?

    Many people choose now gambling as a way of life. Gambling is being introduced as a way to boost the economy, create jobs, etc. But there is a high human cost. Although it might create revenues, because of its easy accessibility in Russia it also creates problems similar to drug abuse. In fact there are many examples of gambling related crime that ranges from individual all the way up to organized. Moreover some cases when

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Anna
  • Weewho Life Is Greatr

    Weewho Life Is Greatr

    MARTIN LUTHER, the greatest of the Protestant reformers of the 16th century, was born at Eisleben, on the 10th of November 1483. His father was a miner in humble circumstances; his mother, as Melanchthon records, was a woman of exemplary virtue, and esteemed in her walk of life. Shortly after Martin's birth, his parents removed to Mansfield, where their circumstances ere long improved by industry and perseverance. Their son was sent to school; and both

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    Submitted: April 1, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Most Effective Decisions in My Life

    The Most Effective Decisions in My Life

    The most effective decisions in my life A decision is to take a position or make an opinion or judgment after consideration. People make decisions all the time. It is impossible to count how many decisions you have made in your lifetime. However, the most important decisions can change your life and they can’t be forgotten. I can remember those important decisions I have made in my life and my life has been deeply affected

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    Submitted: April 2, 2010 By: Mike
  • Narrative of the Life Frederick Douglass

    Narrative of the Life Frederick Douglass

    Frederick Douglass born a slave, educated himself, escaped, and made himself one of the greatest leaders in American History. His anti-slavery speeches were intelligent, brilliant, and eloquent, which made many people question if he really was a slave. To prove them wrong, Douglass decided to write his own story. Douglass wrote three autobiographies, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845), My Bondage and My Freedom (1855), and Life and Time Frederick Douglass (1881). This

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Janna
  • The Life of Ernest Miller Hemingway

    The Life of Ernest Miller Hemingway

    The Life of Ernest Miller Hemingway There were several writers in the twentieth century, and among them was Ernest Miller Hemingway. Hemingway had a interesting, but strange life. By analyzing and exploring the literature and biographies of Ernest Hemingway, one will be able to understand the life of Ernest Hemingway and see the major contributions he had to literature. He was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway was born in the

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • Film:analysis: The Life of David Gale

    Film:analysis: The Life of David Gale

    The debate about whether capital punishment should be used has raged incessantly since it was reinstituted in the Democratic United States in 1976. The latest statistics on the death penalty reveal that 71% of Americans favor it for citizens convicted of murder, while 26% oppose it. Although the United States doesn’t lead the world in total numbers of executions per year, it is within the top five. Of all the 38 states that still have

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Secret Life of Bees

    The Secret Life of Bees

    Written by Sue Monk Kidd the novel “The Secret Life of Bees” traces the life of a 14 year old girl searching for love and care. The story begins in a peach farm in Sylvan, South Carolina but travels toward and ends in Tiburon, South Carolina. The city of Tiburon unleashes many truths that lily has wondered throughout her life. The town brings her what she has been longing for since she was a child.

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    Submitted: April 3, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Dialogues: The Guidelines for a Spiritual Life

    Dialogues: The Guidelines for a Spiritual Life

    Dialogues: The Guidelines for a Spiritual Life The idea of what is considered a ‘pious’ life differs for every person. Catherine explains her views on the subject throughout Dialogues with God’s divine inspiration guiding her pen. Through the use of metaphors, biblical references, repetition, and the fact that these ideas are reportedly coming straight from the Lord Himself, the sometimes ambiguous idea of being entirely one with God swiftly becomes clear and unmistakable because of

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    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The Philosophy of Life

    The Philosophy of Life

    In his text entitled, "A Philosophy of Life", Sigmund Freud clearly states that religion is nothing more than an illusion created by man in light of psychological needs. In Freud's opinion, religion simply serves certain functions in society, and does not stand up to scrutiny of science. He also attacks the "religious Weltanschauung" (world view), saying that it is does not allow for thought and therefore is a threat to mankind. Whether Freud is correct

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    Submitted: April 4, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Describe a Significant Opportunity in Your Life and the Impact That It Has Had on You

    Describe a Significant Opportunity in Your Life and the Impact That It Has Had on You

    I was an addict. I needed to sing. On July 11, 2001 I was forced to take an opportunity that would forever change the course of my life. At 14-years-old, what I wanted most was to spend the summer taking singing lessons, but was denied the opportunity of becoming one of the world's best songstresses and was sent off by my father to build roofs. I thought it was an end to a dream. I

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    Essay Length: 538 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Communicating End of Life Decisions - the Importance of Advance Directives

    Communicating End of Life Decisions - the Importance of Advance Directives

    COMMUNICATING END OF LIFE DECISIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVANCE DIRECTIVES A woman lies silent on a hospital bed high above the sterile tile floor. She is hooked up to three large, elaborate and expensive machines. Feeding tubes act like veins from her nose to the bags of nutrients she needs to hang on to life. With the finest and most advanced technology at their disposal, how much should the doctors and hospital staff do to

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    Submitted: April 7, 2010 By: Jack