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  • Jim Morrison Biography

    Jim Morrison Biography

    Jim Morrison once said, “I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then- whoosh and I'm gone...and they'll never see anything like it ever again... and they won't be able to forget me- ever.” Jim Morrison was not only the songwriter and singer for one of the most influential psychedelic rock groups of the 60’s, but also a powerful writer, poet and

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    Essay Length: 826 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Top
  • Written Analysis of the Short Story “the Revolt of ‘mother’ ”

    Written Analysis of the Short Story “the Revolt of ‘mother’ ”

    Written analysis of the short story “The Revolt of ‘Mother’ ” Shirlley Padia Lopes This work will treat about the short story “The Revolt of Mother”, written by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman and it will be based on the feminist criticism. By this criticism, this short story from Freeman is a kind of innovation in literature made by women. Feminist Criticism has been developed with the rising of the feminist movement in sixties, and particularly

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    Essay Length: 1,184 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Gorbachev (biography & 4 Min Speech)

    Gorbachev (biography & 4 Min Speech)

    Mikhail Gorbachev was born on March the 2nd, 1931, in Stav-ro-pol, to a Russian agricultural mechanic and his Greek wife. As a child and student, he was particularly bright and stood out in the classroom, with particular talents and interest in mathematics and history. Once he had graduated, a position at Moscow University was made certain by his exceptional ambition and intelligence, and the fact he was awarded the Order of the Red banner of

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    Essay Length: 677 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Edvard Munch: A Biography

    Edvard Munch: A Biography

    Edvard Munch: A Biography Edvard Munch is regarded as a pioneer in the Expressionist movement in modern painting. At an early stage Munch was recognized in Germany and central Europe as one of the creators of a new movement in art. Munch and many artists of the time needed to express their feelings about all the change that was happening around. Edvard Munch was born in Norway in 1863; he knew how a person's emotional

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    Essay Length: 726 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Biography on Julius Caesar

    Biography on Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar A Man of Great Stature Julius Caesar was a strong leader of the Romans who changed the course of the history for the Roman world decisively and irreversibly. With his courage and strength, he created a strong empire and guided the empire for almost 20 years. His life was short, but had many adventures. I will tell of some of this man’s remarkable life. He did many things, therefore, I will only discuss

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    Essay Length: 751 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Jon
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence: A Short Film Report.

    Rabbit-Proof Fence: A Short Film Report.

    Rabbit-Proof Fence is an Australian-produced drama movie and semi-documentary, being based on a book and true story told by Doris Pilkington Garimara. Her book is called Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, and by watching the movie we can easily see why it bears that name. The story takes place in 1931, a time quite different from ours, when the indigenous Aborigines were suppressed by the relatively newly arrived white Europeans. The Aborigines were reduced to “lower-caste”

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    Essay Length: 379 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 16, 2009 By: Mike
  • Shelley and the Quest for Knowledge

    Shelley and the Quest for Knowledge

    Shelley and the Quest for Knowledge Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, was the daughter of the radical feminist, Mary Wollstonecraft, and the political philosopher, William Godwin, and the wife of the Romantic poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Through these familial affiliations, she was also acquainted with Lord Byron, Samuel T. Coleridge, and other literary figures such as Charles and Mary Lamb. Surrounded by such influential literary and political figures of the Romantic Age, it is not surprising that

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    Essay Length: 3,946 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Mike
  • Short English-Spanish Glossary on Corporate Law

    Short English-Spanish Glossary on Corporate Law

    company (UK) corporation, incorporation (US) sociedad mercantil foundation, organization, charity, trust, association fundaciуn, asociaciуn (es otro tipo de persona jurнdica) legal body, legal entity, legal person, body corporate persona jurнdica limited company/ corporation sociedad capitalista accionistas no responden ante las adversidades natural person/body, individual, physical person persona fнsica partnership sociedad civil (Espaсa) (personalista) personas que las constituyen son mas importantes que el capital que aportan. Los partidarios responden por todo el capital si algo va

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    Essay Length: 1,230 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Ninety-Nine: A Biography of Wayne Gretzky

    Ninety-Nine: A Biography of Wayne Gretzky

    Ninety-Nine The National Hockey League has hosted the finest athletes in which the game of hockey has ever offered. Throughout over a century of history one person has had more of an impact on this league and this game. This man is Wayne Gretzky. Nicknamed “the great one”, no player has done more positive for the game of hockey than him. Gretzky holds more records in the NHL than any other player in history, which

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    Essay Length: 1,550 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Spiderweb Biography

    Spiderweb Biography

    Spiderweb is a Serbian heavy metal band, strictly guitar-oriented and the whole idea about this band is an attempt to hopefully shed some light on the nearly-extinct metal scene in these areas. Being influenced by numerous types of music, everything from classical, medieval and neo-classical to the 80' heavy and thrash metal, the band is not trying to run away from its influences (as many people are), but rather to merge them all in a

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    Essay Length: 512 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Khaled Hosseini Biography

    Khaled Hosseini Biography

    Khaled Hosseini was born on March 4, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. His father was a diplomat who worked for the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother was a teacher at a girls’ high school in Kabul. He spent his early years in Kabul until the age of five, when Hosseini and his family moved to Tehran, Iran, where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan. They returned to Kabul in the historic year of

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    Essay Length: 441 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Biography of Mahatma Gandhi

    Biography of Mahatma Gandhi

    BIOGRAPHY OF MAHATMA GANDHI : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar, India. He became one of the most respected spiritual and political leaders of the 1900's. GandhiJI helped free the Indian people from British rule through nonviolent resistance, and is honored by Indians as the father of the Indian Nation. The Indian people called Gandhiji 'Mahatma', meaning Great Soul. At the age of 13 Gandhi married Kasturba, a girl the

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    Essay Length: 387 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Differences Between the Birds the Movie and the Birds Short Story

    Differences Between the Birds the Movie and the Birds Short Story

    The Birds The Birds, the movie was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and was based on the short story “The Birds” written by Daphne du Murrier. If you would have read the book and then watched the movie, you would see that very few things are the same. In both the short story and the movie flocks of gulls, robins, crows, and sparrows join each other. This is really weird because different species of birds never

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    Essay Length: 594 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Jon
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography

    Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography

    American author assignment Harriet Beecher Stowe I have chosen the book Harriet Beecher Stowe a biography by Dana Fuller Ross. The reason that I have chosen this author is because she fascinates me by her anti slaver novel Uncle Toms Cabin. I am also fascinated by the courage she had to be able to write a story like that. I have also heard many fascinating things about this author. She started writing with her sister

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    Essay Length: 313 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Long Work, Short Life

    Long Work, Short Life

    Bernard Malamud, who died two years ago last Friday, gave this talk at Bennington College on Oct. 30, 1984, as part of the Ben Belitt Lectureship Series. A longer version of his remarks was printed last year in The Michigan Quarterly. I Intend to say something about my life as a writer. Since I shan't go into a formal replay of the life, this will read more like a selective short memoir. The beginning was

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    Essay Length: 3,742 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 20, 2009 By: Mike
  • Biography of Charles Dickens

    Biography of Charles Dickens

    A BIOGRAPHY" This report will talk about the life of a famous author, Charles Dickens. It will tell you about his early, middle, and later years of his life. It will also talk about one of his great works of literature. In conclusion, this report will show a comparison of his work to his life. EARLY LIFE Charles Dickens was born at Landport, in Portsea, on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk

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    Essay Length: 1,128 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 21, 2009 By: Top
  • Bob Marley Biography

    Bob Marley Biography

    Bob Marley is without a doubt the greatest musician a third world country ever produced. Through Rastafarian ideas, he influenced many others with songs that touched the lives of millions with his constant message of unity. His wisdom through experience helped him achieve a grand distinction over other artists. Marley was a great ambassador to the world preaching unity and justice for all. He wanted everyone to get along without violence. Not many people can

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Jon
  • Biography - Personal Essay

    Biography - Personal Essay

    Biography My name is Jacqueline Toy. I have a wonderful 3-year old that is the light of my life! My sister is an RN and has a boy a little younger than my daughter. The most awesome thing is that she is pregnant again and we just found out she is having a girl. God has truly blessed us with children. My sister is also my best friend in the entire world. We live an

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    Essay Length: 274 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Willa Cather’s Short Story Paul’s Case

    Willa Cather’s Short Story Paul’s Case

    In Willa Cather’s short story Paul’s Case we learn of a young man who is fighting what he fears most: to be as common and plain as his world around him. How others perceive Paul only encourages him to fulfill his dream of escaping his monotonous lifestyle. Paul feels he is drowning in his everyday environment and his only breath of air is his savior: the theater. Paul has very little interest in his

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    Submitted: November 23, 2009 By: July
  • Promethian and Faustian Presences in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

    Promethian and Faustian Presences in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

    Promethian and Faustian Presences in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein A myth may be defined, however loosely, as an answer to an otherwise unanswerable question, in some cases due to the incomprehensibility of such an answer. It cannot be denied that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) poses a number of such unfathomable questions, largely concerning that which separates men from gods, and the point at which supposedly beneficial ambition becomes mindless and destructive obsession. The best alternative for

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    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: July
  • Cannery Row by John Steinbeck- Short Summary

    Cannery Row by John Steinbeck- Short Summary

    Cannery Row By John Steinbeck In Cannery Row, John Steinbeck describes the unholy community of 1920s Monterey, California. Cannery Row is a street that depends on canning sardines. It is where all the outcasts of society reside. Steinbeck himself, in the first sentence of the book, describes Cannery Row as "a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream." Lee Chong, the owner of the

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    Essay Length: 440 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 24, 2009 By: Jon
  • Short Story (ap English Midterm) 95

    Short Story (ap English Midterm) 95

    Tara and tom, part of an average family living on the northern coast of California, had a lot of family and friends but not many material things. Sure they were happy but they wanted more. Tara spent most of her day at a local clothing shop working and tom at a drug store just making there monthly bills and there small donation to charity. They barely had time to themselves Although Tara and Tom did

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    Submitted: November 25, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Biography: George Orwell

    Biography: George Orwell

    George Orwell was the pen name of British author Eric Arthur Blair, born on June 25, 1903 in Motihari, India where his father, Richard Walmesley worked as a civil servant for the British Empire. Orwell’s mother, Ida Mabel Blair, moved him and his sister Marjorie to England a year later as that they could be brought up in a more traditional Christian environment. Orwell went to prep schools and went on to Eton College. Orwell

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Short into on the Philosophy of Transcendentalism

    Short into on the Philosophy of Transcendentalism

    TRANSCENDENTALISM A MODERN PHILOSOPHY Mankind has lost its place at the center of God's universe. Now, when you watch the weather, or plants growing, or someone suddenly die, what you feel is obnoxious bafflement. In the past, you might have said God was responsible or the devil... Definitions of the universe based on speculation or on scriptural faith are no longer automatically accepted... You would have looked out on this vast and undefined universe in

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    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Mike
  • Mark Twain Biography

    Mark Twain Biography

    Mark Twain (pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910), was an American writer, journalist and humorist, who won a worldwide audience for his stories of the youthful adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Clemens was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri, of a Virginian family. He was brought up in Hannibal, Missouri. After his father's death in 1847, he was apprenticed to a printer and wrote for his brother's newspaper. He later worked

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    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Max

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