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  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Summary The novel, Great Expectations, presents the story of a young boy growing up and becoming a gentleman. He must learn to appreciate people. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a

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    Essay Length: 858 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Economical Events That Lead up to the Great Depression

    Economical Events That Lead up to the Great Depression

    Information: In the 1920's, things were really rocking in the US and around the world. The rapid increase in industrialization was fueling growth in the economy, and technology improvements had the leading economists believing that the up rise would continue. During this boom period, wages increased along with consumer spending, and stock prices began to rise as well. Billions of dollars were invested in the stock market as people began speculating on the rising stock

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    Essay Length: 613 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: regina
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was a time of sadness and poverty for many. It became an unforgettable historical time in American history. The author of the book The Great Depression, Pierre Berton gives a clear view of what happened from 1929-1941. He basically outlines the Depression event by event, explaining what happened where and who was involved. Although many books can tell stories of the depression, I think the author of this book did a good

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    Essay Length: 2,235 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Tasha
  • Warfare of the Great War

    Warfare of the Great War

    Most of the fighting during World War I was carried out by land armies in Europe. Naval forces were used primarily to prevent food and supplies from reaching their destinations. Airplanes were also used in a major military campaign for the first time during World War I, although they played a small role in the war’s outcome. A Land Warfare Most of the decisive land campaigns of World War I occurred on the continent of

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    Essay Length: 1,025 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Edward
  • Great Awakening

    Great Awakening

    The first Great Awakening was a religious movement among the colonies in the 1730’s and the 1740’s. The movement was needed because of the substantial decrease in the amount of members in the church. The Puritans had “lost its grip” on society. When the New Massachusetts law of 1691 allowed colonial Americans to worship freely and the right to vote, colonist were overwhelmed that they discarded what might be in store for them in the

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    Essay Length: 330 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Jezza the Great

    Jezza the Great

    Jezza the great - Matt Posaner For many Carlton supports, the greatest player, bar non, in recent memory is Alex Jesaulenko. He represented all that was mercurial and brilliant in football; he was a player people came to watch because the unbelievable on a regular basis, and the unexpected 10 times a game. Like Mozart, the greatest composer of all time, Alex Jesaulenko was born of Ukrainian parents in the Austrian city of Salzburg. He

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    Essay Length: 429 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Max
  • The Minds of Two Great Philosophers

    The Minds of Two Great Philosophers

    The point of this paper is to get across the thoughts of two great minds on the topic of the rich and the poor. In Aristotle's book, The Politics, he talks about who would be a better ruler, the few (the rich) or the many (the poor). In Machiavelli's book, The Prince, he tries to figure whose support would be better, the great (the rich) or the people (the poor). Both philosophers have the same

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    Essay Length: 1,482 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Steve
  • Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great

    "It is a lovely thing to live with great courage and die leaving an everlasting fame." Alexander The Great Long before the birth of Christ, the land directly above what we know as Greece today, was called Macedonia. Macedonia still exists, but it is now Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and modern Greece. Macedonia was considered to be part of ancient Greece, but the people of these two countries couldn't be more different. No people in history ever

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    Essay Length: 1,556 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Max
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    12/19/05 Cont-World The Great Depression The Great Depression began in October 1929, and is the worst and longest period of unemployment and low business activity in modern times. The Great depression not only affected the United States, but almost every nation worldwide. Although the depression brought about many changes not all of them were positive. There are many things that contributed to the start of the Great Depression. One major cause of the Great Depression

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    Essay Length: 612 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Catherine the Great

    Catherine the Great

    Catherine the Great: Empress of Russia, (1762-1796) History 120, Section 4 Russell Smith Dr. Homer December 2, 1999 One of the most interesting, hard-working and powerful people to grace the pages of history during the eighteenth century was Catherine II, Empress of Russia. Historians have not always been so kind to her memory, and all too often one reads accounts of her private life, ignoring her many achievements. The stories of her love affairs have

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    Essay Length: 3,562 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Great Chain of Being Paper

    Great Chain of Being Paper

    Great Chain of Being Paper By: Brian Zwolinski The Great Chain of Being is the concept that the order of the entire universe is under a very strict hierarchical system. The chain goes from god which represents perfection to the bottom level which are the minerals of the earth. Perhaps the most important thing to understand about this chain was that it was impossible for one to move from one level to the next. Wherever

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    Essay Length: 1,101 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: regina
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression The Big Picture The Great Depression was the longest and most severe economic decline in American history. On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and began the depression. Although industry leaders issued optimistic predictions for the nation’s economy, the market crash wiped out nearly 40% of the paper values of stocks. Great innovations in productive techniques during and after the war raised the output of industry beyond the purchasing capacity

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    Essay Length: 755 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Great Expectations Continued

    Great Expectations Continued

    I decided to invite Estella for dinner back at home with Joe and Biddy, not sure whether she would accept. Surprisingly she accepted my invitation. So we headed back to Joe’s and on the way we talked on just about every subject there is to talk about. I was already aware of what had happened to Estella, but she told me the whole truth. She even described the beatings she had received from Drummle. He

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    Essay Length: 690 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mike
  • Macbeth's Relationship with His Wife Was Not Always Great

    Macbeth's Relationship with His Wife Was Not Always Great

    Macbeth's relationship with his wife was not always great. This is shown in one of there conversations; MACBETH: "We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss, Not cast aside so soon."(Macbeth,I,vii, ) LADY MACBETH. "Was the hope drunk Wherein you dress'd yourself? hath it slept since? And wakes it

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    Essay Length: 3,431 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Janna
  • Causes of the Great Depression

    Causes of the Great Depression

    Causes of The Great Depression The Great Depression was the worst economic slump ever in U.S. history, and one which spread to virtually the entire industrialized world. The depression began in late 1929 and lasted for about a decade. Many factors played a role in bringing about the depression. The main cause for the Great Depression was the combination of the greatly unequal distribution of wealth throughout the 1920's, and the extensive stock market speculation

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    Essay Length: 3,796 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • The Two Great Gods of Earth - Demeter and Dionysus

    The Two Great Gods of Earth - Demeter and Dionysus

    The Two Great Gods of Earth Demeter and Dionysus The broad topic of Mythology was somewhat forgotten, but is now being rediscovered. Mythology involves tales of gods and goddesses to explain things that are now used science for. Demeter and Dionysus are two different characters in this tale of gods from Greek mythology. Demeter and Dionysus are two characters that are closely related but are both very different at the same time in terms of

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    Essay Length: 1,026 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Analysis of a Scene from Great Expectations

    Analysis of a Scene from Great Expectations

    Analysis of a scene of Great Expectations. I have chosen to look at how the relationship of Pip and Magwitch develops during the novel. I have chosen 3 key scenes in which Magwitch and pip meet and I will look at how each is portrayed in terms of character, development, setting and the messages or morals that dickens is trying to convey. Magwitch first meets pip at the graveyard on the marshes, from this we

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    Essay Length: 1,827 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Trek, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal

    The Great Trek, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal

    The Great Trek or Voortrek is the central event in the history of South Africa, beginning in the mid-thirties of the 19th century and going out in the early forties. This great northward migration of the Afrikaner people, involved thousands of cattle and sheep farmers who fled British authority. Leaving the frontier regions of the Cape Colony, and founded the independent republics of Natal, the Orange Free State and the Transvaal. The struggle of the

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    Essay Length: 770 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Yan
  • The Great Music Debate: Classical Vs. Non-Classical

    The Great Music Debate: Classical Vs. Non-Classical

    While is it is true that classical music is more complex, challenging and demanding, the merits of music are not based on rational or irrational/abstract discourse rather it is based on taste. Classical music cannot be listened with the same inattentiveness and distractions as other musical styles because there are many intricate details within classical music that set the ambiance and characters. To appreciate classical music properly you must give it your full attention, as

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    Essay Length: 550 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Andrew
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The economic depression that beset the United States and other countries in the 1930s was unique in its magnitude and its consequences. At the depth of the depression, in 1933, one American worker in every four was out of a job. In other countries unemployment ranged between 15 percent and 25 percent of the labor force. The great industrial slump continued throughout the 1930s, shaking the foundations of Western capitalism and the society based upon

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    Essay Length: 535 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Great Presidents

    Great Presidents

    In terms of their lasting significance, Lincoln and Roosevelt represent two of the most memorable presidents in American history. Both presidents faced not only severe economic crises and devastating wars, but a struggle for the very survival of democracy. Lincoln was immediately confronted with the secession of the southern states which resulted in the Civil War, one of this country’s greatest domestic crises. Roosevelt not only confronted the Great Depression, an incredible domestic plight,

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    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Anna
  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    Pip is the narrator of the story, which begins when he is aged seven. He is an orphan living with his sister and her husband who is the local blacksmith. Their home is set in the marshes of Kent. One evening while visiting his parents’ graves, an escaped convict, who orders him at the peril of his life to obtain food and a file for his leg irons, grabs Pip. Pip obeys and the convict

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    Essay Length: 695 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: regina
  • Safety of Work in the Usa & Great Brittian

    Safety of Work in the Usa & Great Brittian

    UNITED STATES Within the United States safety of work issues exist just as they do in my other countries around the world. In the United States the major governing body that overseas the administration and regulation of workplaces acts and situations is the Department of Labor. Within the Department of Labor there are several agencies and offices that handle various issues, such as the (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the (BLS) Bureau of Labor

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    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: regina
  • To Be Great Is to Be Misunderstood

    To Be Great Is to Be Misunderstood

    “To Be Great Is To Be Misunderstood” The quote that I chose for this essay is “ To be great is to be misunderstood.” I agree with this quote, and I believe that it applies to many people’s lives. This quote, as I interpreted it, means that if you want to be a great at what you do you might be misunderstood sometimes. This quote applies to many famous people. For example Albert einstein was

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    Essay Length: 317 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 5, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt During the Great Depression

    Franklin D. Roosevelt During the Great Depression

    Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt’s community dealt with many problems of The Great Depression. The people of the United States were unemployed, and businesses were closed down. After the stock market crash everyone panicked. However, others were saying to accept the New Deal. During the twenties businesses opened for new production. It included kitchen items, automobiles, and other products. Jobs were opening and were available too many people and in

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    Essay Length: 420 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: July

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