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  • My Father’s Life

    My Father’s Life

    struggles of life In the story “My Father’s Life” Raymond Carver spends significant amount of time describing the life of his father. However, it seems strange that he does not reflect much about any personal memories of his relationship with his father. It seems that while growing up his father was too involved with the struggles of life and thus never had the chance to build a relationship with his son. As he grew

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    Essay Length: 324 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Being Happy with the Small Things in Life

    Being Happy with the Small Things in Life

    Being Happy With The Small Things In Life In “Barbie-Q,” Sandra Cisneros chooses a particular point of view in order to communicate the central points of this story. The story is narrated by one of the two young girls who are the main characters. The story begins with the following: “Yours is the one with mean eyes and a ponytail.” “Mine is the one with bubble hair.” (Cisneros 576) This clearly shows that the narrator

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    Essay Length: 835 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Victor
  • Career Choice

    Career Choice

    Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions a person has to make in their life. It is so important because that is what we will have to do to support ourselves throughout life. Imagine being stuck in a dead end job and having to go to work every morning and dreading it. That is no spending oneХs time and life is too short to work 35 years and be unhappy with it.

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    Essay Length: 394 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Steve
  • The Life Cycle of an Erythrocyte

    The Life Cycle of an Erythrocyte

    The diameter of a typical human erythrocyte is 6-8 µm. Adult humans have roughly 2-3 Ч 1013 red blood cells at any given time (women have about 4-5 million erythrocytes per cubic millimeter of blood and men about 5-6 million). Red blood cells are thus much more common than the other blood particles: about 4-11 thousand white blood cells per cubic millimeter, and about 150-400 thousand platelets per cubic millimeter. The red blood cells store

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    Essay Length: 329 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Mike
  • Living the Good Life: Herodotus V. Epicurus

    Living the Good Life: Herodotus V. Epicurus

    What is considered a good life? Herodotus and Epicurus presents readers there depiction of a good life in their works, Persian Wars and “Letter to a Friend,” respectively. The ideas of a good life presented by Herodotus in Persian Wars and by Epicurus in “Letter to a Friend” both share identical aspects of a good life, but at the same time both works are distinct from one another. One similarity between the two writers’ idea

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    Essay Length: 883 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Pat Tillman: A Hero or A Waste of Life

    Pat Tillman: A Hero or A Waste of Life

    Pat Tillman: A Hero or Waste of Life? Many peoples’ ideas differ about the subject of Pat Tillman. Pat Tillman, 27, was a member of the 2nd Battalion, th Ranger Regiment based at Fort Lewis, Washington. Tillman was a great football player prior to joining the army. He turned down a three year, 3.6 million dollar contract for the Arizona Cardinals in 2002, to join the army in the wake of the September 11th attacks.

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Anna
  • Summer Life

    Summer Life

    Back in 1990, a man named Gary Soto decided to write an autobiography about himself, titled A Summer Life. One of the more interesting portions of the book was when Mr. Soto described a summer day back when he was six years old. On that day, young Gary found out what it felt like to be a true sinner, as he stole an apple pie from the local bakery. Some readers found this as one

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Max
  • A Day in the Life of a Photographer

    A Day in the Life of a Photographer

    A Day in the Life of a Photographer The flashing alarm clock rings loudly in my ear as I awake from my dreams. I hit the snooze button many times before I actually get up and out of bed. Today I have plans to meet with a friend for a photography shoot at her house. These photos will be added to my ever-growing portfolio. Although still groggy, I am, however, incredibly excited that I have

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    Essay Length: 694 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Max
  • Visionaries for a Better Tomorrow: Comparing the Life and Leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

    Visionaries for a Better Tomorrow: Comparing the Life and Leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

    The Civil Rights Movement was a critical event that is important in African American History. From the 1950’s to the mid 1960’s, civil rights activists and leaders rose up across the nation to fight for equal rights and against discrimination. Even local citizens such as Rosa Parks, took a stand against segregation on public transportation. Others also participated in “sit-ins” inside diners for “whites only”. Although people expressed the need for equality, many efforts were

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    Essay Length: 1,741 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Life of Charlemagne

    The Life of Charlemagne

    Komal Sandhu History 100 Dr. Meyer November 29, 2006 The Life of Charlemagne What makes ‘a’ king into ‘the’ king and then onto Emperor and Augustus? What made King Charles, Charles the Great? In Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne, a very succinct description of King Charles’ ideals, beliefs, attitudes and traits are depicted along with his life’s territorial as well as mental conquests illustrated. Charlemagne was a man with a vision of a utopian society united

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Life at Simsree

    Life at Simsree

    Sydenham Institute of Management Studies Research and Entrepreneurship Education or SIMSREE as we fondly call it has in every way brought about a pleasant new angle to my life and also for the others. I remember the very first day when I stepped into SIMSREE to take up my admission, new faces all around you, a little apprehensive feeling while greeting each other, getting to know each others background. We were virtually exchanging our CV's

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Usa Patriot Act: Preserving Life and Liberty

    The Usa Patriot Act: Preserving Life and Liberty

    The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress sprang into action. Within a month, U.S. lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the USA Patriot Act of 2001, giving law enforcement and intelligence agent’s broader authority to fight terrorists operating in the United States. Q. What are the major provisions of the Patriot Act Signed into law by the President on October 26, the Patriot Act is

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    Essay Length: 737 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Jack
  • Book Review: First Man, the Life of Neil Armstrong

    Book Review: First Man, the Life of Neil Armstrong

    First Man The Life of Neil Armstrong by James Hansen James Hansen is a history professor at Auburn University who has spent 25 years studying and writing the history of space. In the book the “First Man”, he provided the most comprehensive analysis of Neil Armstrong. There are 648 fact-filled pages, which are supplemented by another 121 pages of acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, index, and photo credits. And well “First Man” is, as Hansen himself notes,

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    Essay Length: 710 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: regina
  • Greek Life

    Greek Life

    Granger Kenly Writing 201 9/20/05 Professor Gidley Greek life is a very big part of life here on the URI campus. Being in a fraternity I know this first hand. There are many people here on campus that are part of a fraternity or sorority and they all really enjoy it. There are 11 fraternities and 9 sororities on campus. I have been in this fraternity for just a semester so far but I have

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Top
  • Euthanasia: A Choice of Decisions

    Euthanasia: A Choice of Decisions

    Euthanasia: A Choice of Decisions Should medical professionals consider euthanasia as a valid treatment option for patients who are victims of debilitating and/or fatal diseases? This is the basis of any argument on euthanasia in the medical field. However, some knowledge is required to deliberate such an important idea. After all, life and death is no simply matter. A doctor has an obligation to attend a patient wither it be a person dying from an

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    Essay Length: 2,224 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Janna
  • Comparison: Computer to Life

    Comparison: Computer to Life

    Outline Introduction: Have you ever had computer trouble? Well, I know many who have. I used my computer for everything, to shop, pay bills, mainly homework. One day I fell asleep and I woke up and turned off my computer because I left it running. When I woke up in the morning I turned it on and I got an error message "Missing or corrupted file, try re-installing windows to fix this problem" I was

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    Essay Length: 451 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Anna
  • Being Homeless After a Good Life

    Being Homeless After a Good Life

    Homeless Biography Nicole Isenberg September 27, 2005 Being Homeless After a Good Life I talked to a gentleman that I met as I was walking through the park one day. He began to tell me his story, I sat down and I listened to the events that caused him to be homeless. He started out with the fact that in the previous year of his life he had a good paying job with a wonderful

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    Essay Length: 423 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Andrew
  • The Life of Abram (abraham)

    The Life of Abram (abraham)

    Abram (Abraham) “To your offspring I will give this land…(Gen 12:7)” How do we begin to view the life of a great man? How do we begin to understand his journey, faith, and passion? How do we look at his life without viewing the lives of others? THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM According to Nisbett, the life of Abraham may be considered under four major periods: (1) His life prior to his journeying to Canaan, at

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    Essay Length: 2,995 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Choice Is Clear

    The Choice Is Clear

    America stands to elect one of two men as its head of state. It stands at a cross roads where it can go down one of two ways. The two men who have the Presidency of the greatest nation on Earth within their reach are as different as light and darkness; as different as fire and water; and much as oil and water, their views do not mix and are at eternal odds with each

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    Essay Length: 880 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Fight Club: An Awakening to Life

    Fight Club: An Awakening to Life

    Fight Club: An Awakening to Life At one point or another, we have all felt our lives were pointless or futile. Chuck Palahniuk harnessed these feelings in his Fight Club through the use of a character, Tyler Durden. Tyler shows the people he affects how meaningless their lives had been and gives them new reasons to live. The first life that Tyler Durden changed was essentially his own. The narrator and Tyler are actually the

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: David
  • Steinbeck Essay - of Mice and Men - the Tragedies of Life

    Steinbeck Essay - of Mice and Men - the Tragedies of Life

    The Tragedies of Life No matter how hard one might try, one’s dreams may never become a reality. That is something that young people may find hard to believe, but it is something that many people have had to learn to accept. In his poem, “To a Mouse,” eighteenth century Scottish poet Robert Burns expressed a tragic view of life in words that would later become famous: “… The best laid schemes of mice and

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Live Life to the Fullest

    Live Life to the Fullest

    Living life to the Fullest When I herd we were going to write a paper on how we could live life to the fullest, I was very excited. I feel that if you waste your life by only doing enough to get by should be a crime. We were put on this earth to do something special with our lives and we should never take that for granted. People that do not do everything to

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Top
  • Life

    Life

    In the Bible, a book meant to be the word of God, condemns such things as murder, adultery and theft. I find it hard to believe that an all-powerful, all-knowing, infinitely-good being that "created" this world and everything in it would allow any of these things to occur. He would not only condemn them in an ancient book, but abolish them altogether along with any other things evil. If God is supposed to be the

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    Essay Length: 396 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Abortion: Pro Choice

    Abortion: Pro Choice

    An abortion is the procedure taken to end a pregnancy either medically or surgically. Like many topics of great controversy, abortion has its positive and negative sides. There are those that claim they have the right to do as they choose to their bodies; and those who say it is wrong to take lives of the unborn. I happen to believe in pro-choice, not that I don’t think taking lives is wrong, but in

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Bred
  • Does Art Imitate Life or Does Life Imitate Art?

    Does Art Imitate Life or Does Life Imitate Art?

    Two of the greatest philosophers disagreed on a debate that still in going on today. Does art influence life or does life influence art. Plato believed art imitated life; and Aristotle believed that life imitated art. For Plato, life is spent in balance and if that balance is interrupted life wouldn’t be perfect. Reason helps keep a person in balance, therefore he stated that if emotions took over reason would be deleted and an imbalance

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Mike

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