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  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    The Voice of Civil Rights There were many people throughout the history of the United States that helped to get equality for African Americans; however, one man’s voice moved an entire race. That one man is Martin Luther King, JR. He has a way of making you listen when he speaks and of making you understand his ideas. Many people did listen and he motivated a whole race of people to strive with him

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    Essay Length: 1,464 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Gilgamesh - Was He a Good King?

    Gilgamesh - Was He a Good King?

    Was he a good king? Gilgamesh existed as one of the oldest known Sumerian rulers of all time and is accredited to many accomplishments. Legend has it that he created the first Sumerian civilization, constructing a city with many elaborate temples and immense walls. However, he has also been characterized as one of the cruelest and most self-centered rulers of all. Throughout the course of Gilgamesh’s life he goes from being a womanizing, slave driving

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    Essay Length: 675 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Dream of Dr. King

    The Dream of Dr. King

    If Dr. King were alive today, he would say that his dream has not come true. The dream of Dr. King has not come true because there is still some racism and discrimination in the world today. Our ancestors fought a long and hard fight for us. Many of us don't take advantage of the things this struggle has made possible. If Dr. King were alive today, he would say that his dream has not

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    Essay Length: 354 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Steve
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X grew up in different environments. King was raised in a comfortable middle-class family where education was stressed. On the other hand, Malcolm X came from and underprivileged home. He was a self-taught man who received little schooling and rose to greatness on his own intelligence and determination. Martin Luther King was born into a family whose name in Atlanta was well established. Despite segregation, Martin Luther King's parents

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    Essay Length: 1,987 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Victor
  • Comparison Between King Lear and a Thousand Acres

    Comparison Between King Lear and a Thousand Acres

    King Lear and A Thousand Acres have many things similar seeing that A Thousand Acres is based upon King Lear but it is the differences between these works that establishes each as a prominent mark upon literature. You can draw many ties between the works by looking at the characters and the overall synopsis of the plot. A lot of the differences occur with the characters’ temperaments, the setting, and the perspective that the story

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    Essay Length: 597 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Fonta
  • King Arthur

    King Arthur

    King Arthur Every culture has legends and heroes. In England, a well-known legend about king Arthur has been passed down through the generations. It is based upon an eighth century chief, named Arturius, who was well known for defeating the Saxons on the coast of Britain. The story of king Arthur first became an oral tradition and in the twelfth century Sir Thomas Mallory wrote it down. By this time the story was transformed into

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    Essay Length: 385 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Monika
  • Matin Luther King

    Matin Luther King

    Malcolm X was a very influential figure in Americas view on segregation. Malcolm was a very influential priest for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X questioned some of the views and beliefs of the Nation of Islam, which made Mr. Mohammed and the rest of the Nation angry. This forced Malcolm to travel on a journey overseas to find out what his true beliefs were. When he reached Arabia, he found that it was a

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    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Top
  • King of the Jungle Reader Response

    King of the Jungle Reader Response

    Reading the first paragraph of King of the Jungle by Perri Klass opened the door for my response. A fact about Walt Disney I bet you never knew. A thought that you do not see until you stop and clearly break down each Disney movie ever made. Walt Disney was the maker of some of the most amazing children’s shows around. But what do a lot of the movies have in common? Ariel, Bambi, Belle,

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Monika
  • Elvis: America’s King

    Elvis: America’s King

    April 22, 2005 America’s King Elvis Presley may be the single most important figure in American 20th century popular music. Not necessarily the best and certainly not the most consistent. But no one could argue with the fact that he was the musician most responsible for popularizing rock & roll on an international level. Viewed in cold sales figures, his impact was phenomenal. Dozens upon dozens of international smashes from the mid-'50s to the

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    Essay Length: 2,451 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”. This is an excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, one of the many that he wrote and is well known for. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an extraordinary life, and will be remembered for his

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    Essay Length: 569 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: David
  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Martin Luther King, Jr. came of age during a time when Jim Crow laws reigned supreme, a time when “separate but equal” was the accepted doctrine (Cornell University Law), a time when things were always separate but never equal for blacks and whites. This was a time when blacks were not permitted to use the same stores as whites, to stay in the same hotels, or to attend the same schools as whites. Oppression was

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    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Home Run King Wears Tarnished Crown

    Home Run King Wears Tarnished Crown

    Home Run King Wears Tarnished Crown On August 7, 2007 Barry Bonds, San Francisco Giants left-fielder, hit his 6th homerun to break Hank Aarons record of 5. According to an article entitled "Barry Bonds Breaks Home Run Record" posted on CBSnews.com on August 8, 2007, Bonds felt ecstatic that this day finally came and celebrated gleefully as he ran the final 90 feet to home plate to make it official. After a long career of

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    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • A Thousand Acres Vs. King Lear

    A Thousand Acres Vs. King Lear

    A Thousand Acres vs. King Lear By: Lisa Hohol Mrs. Fair ENG 4U1 Nov. 30th/06 The film “A Thousand Acres” is a reworking of the novel King Lear. Both novels contain primary themes that are common to one another, although there are some differences. The primary theme that is familiar to both is the generational struggle between the young and old. The old, who through the power they hold, end up corrupting relationships between

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    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who represented the African American population in order to find justice in uniting blacks with whites, and to treat each other with respect as one of the same. He had the whole entire country watching him defending his own people to have equal rights and should be treated the same way as the whites do towards themselves. His legacy is still within us, of what he fought for

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Killing of a King

    Killing of a King

    In order to help us understand the meaning of Philosophy we must first understand the long debates regarding what it means to be human, and how "being" differs from "to be". Does an individual become human or is "that" individual only "that" individual? How does being differ from to be? The fundamental capacity to understand the world outside the world of the individual and his or her internal world includes the ability to interpret, characterize,

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    Submitted: January 8, 2010 By: Max
  • King Lear - Family: A Medium for A Betrayal

    King Lear - Family: A Medium for A Betrayal

    “Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.” (John LeCarre) In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of King Lear, characters are betrayed by the closest people to them. The parents betray their children, mostly unintentionally. The children deceive their parents because of their greed and power hunger. Their parents were eventually forgiven, but the greedy children were not. Parents and their children betray one and other, and are only able

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    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had a common purpose for African Americans; justice and equality. Illustrated through their speeches, Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” and Malcolm X’s “Talk to Young African Americans”, the two did not share techniques or ideas. Yet both men had the support of millions and millions of people. One of the worlds best known advocates of non-violent social change strategies was Martin Luther King Jr. He

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    Essay Length: 630 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Tasha
  • Maggie by Stephen Crane

    Maggie by Stephen Crane

    Najah Martin Professor Broderick Eng 102 Maggie:Life of a Girl on the Streets By Stephen Crane “Maggie: Life of a Girl on the Streets” by Stephen Crane is a short novel revolving around the coming of age story of a young woman in New York City. Maggie is a child living in the tenements of the Bowery, a slum area of New York City. Her father and mother are both alcoholics, which affected her self

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Theme of Madness in King Lear

    The Theme of Madness in King Lear

    According to the Paperback Canadian Oxford Dictionary, to be mad is to be “insane” and to have “a disordered mind.” Throughout King Lear, there are several different characters who one would question if they are in an orderly state of mind. The Earl of Kent, Edgar, the Fool, and King Lear all portray varying degrees of madness. Some have alternative motives behind their madness while others are simply losing touch with reality around them. The

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: regina
  • Thou Art the Thing Itself: A Journey from King to Father

    Thou Art the Thing Itself: A Journey from King to Father

    William Shakespeare’s 1606 The Tragedy of King Lear explores the character of a man and his change from a selfish and impatient King to a kind and forgiving Father. In the beginning of the play, King Lear has decided he would like to divide up his kingdom between his daughters so he could rest and enjoy the rest of his life. To test his daughters’ devotion, he demands them to tell him how much

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    Submitted: January 11, 2010 By: Victor
  • Incest in Kings Row

    Incest in Kings Row

    Shady characters permeate this film, but they can be easily forgotten under the thick melodrama that sweeps you into the storyline. Perhaps the most disturbing character to me was Dr. Tower. I mean, really, who is this guy? From the beginning I could detect a kind of strange dynamic between Cassie and her father. After she and Parris swim together as children, she says that if her father finds out she's been swimming with Parris,

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

    Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

    Thirty-two years after Martin Luther King Jr. was felled by an assassin's bullet in Memphis, Tennessee, he has become an idol, not only to America's black community for whose freedom he gave his life, but to all those who work for racial equality and justice all over the world. On January 15, the world commemorates the birthday of the slain civil rights leader, which President Ronald Reagan made an American public holiday in 1986. As

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Jack
  • King: The Man and The Prophet

    King: The Man and The Prophet

    King: The Man and the Prophet The date is August 28, 1963, and a mixed crowd of over 250,000 civil-rights supporters attending the March on Washington are assembled in the vicinity of the tallest monument in the District of Columbia, commonly known as Washington D.C. The Washington Monument is the name of the historical landmark located in the nation's capital. Segregation has drawn a line of deep ethnical division throughout the country, and the March

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    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Edward
  • Critical Analysis of Scorsese’s “the King of Comedy”

    Critical Analysis of Scorsese’s “the King of Comedy”

    Sick on my duck Critical Analysis of Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy” To be king for a day is the central theme in “The King of Comedy” by Martin Scorsese, a black comedy that features Robert De Niro as Rupert Pupkin, an eccentric wannabe stand-up comic hell bent on achieving stardom. Pupkin idolizes talk show host Jerry Langford (played by Jerry Lewis) the proclaimed “King of Late Night.” Pupkin’s goal in life is to replace

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    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X grew up in different environments. King was raised in a comfortable middle-class family where education was stressed. On the other hand, Malcolm X came from and underprivileged home. He was a self-taught man who received little schooling and rose to greatness on his own intelligence and determination. Martin Luther King was born into a family whose name in Atlanta was well established. Despite segregation, Martin Luther King’s parents

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    Essay Length: 2,197 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Steve

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