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  • My American Dream Compared to the American Dream in Death of a Salesman

    My American Dream Compared to the American Dream in Death of a Salesman

    What is the "American Dream"? The "American Dream" has as many definitions as there are souls that strive for it. I know that my "American Dream" is being able to have the freedom of choice and helping others that I care about get their dream as well. Willy Loman's definition differs from mine; he is looking for social status and material belongings, instead of true peace and happiness within. The "American Dream" is the idea

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Jon
  • Death Penalty Is It Really Necessary?

    Death Penalty Is It Really Necessary?

    Katherine Reider English 200 Death Penalty, Is it Really Necessary? Suppose one of your family members or a loved one is convicted of murder and sentenced to the death penalty. He is innocent but there is nothing you can do. The death penalty has been an accepted punishment for murder and other serious crimes for years. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU.com), 54 percent of Americans favor the death penalty. However, it should

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Hamlet, the Prince of Death

    Hamlet, the Prince of Death

    Mel Gibson says that all of the deaths during the play result from Hamlet’s decision to not kill Claudius while he is praying. Agree or disagree and explain why. Hamlet, The Prince Of Denmark, one of the most well known plays written by William Shakespeare, it’s a tale of tragedy, revenge, greed, and love. Surely one would think it to be disturbing, and perhaps even a little on the gory side, but why did

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Coutersy, Our Way of Life

    Coutersy, Our Way of Life

    The art of smiling is an art that is possessed by one and all, and yet we hesitate and refrain from the numerous occasions when we could exhibit such skill. Is this some sort of health consciousness among our fellow beings, for the truth is that smiling employs only a few muscles, whereas the diverse manifestation of a gloomy mood generates more muscular tension. Or is it that a smile-less facial appearance expresses a more

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Bred
  • Is Scott's Fitzgerald's Life Reflected in the Character of Jay Gatsby?

    Is Scott's Fitzgerald's Life Reflected in the Character of Jay Gatsby?

    Is Scott’s Fitzgerald’s life Reflected in the Character of Jay Gatsby? After conducting a through investigation on the author of the Great Gatsby, Scott Fitzgerald, one may say that the protagonist of this novel is a very clore representation of the author, himself. There are numerous and meaningful similarities between Jay Gatsby and Scott Fitzgerald’s life, and all of them are far from being coincidence. Their similarities begin in their background. Scott Fitzgerald and Jay

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: July
  • Life of Pi

    Life of Pi

    Pi was greeted by a few people who cared for him and gave him food. Pi was sent to a briefing station where he was to be interviewed about his journey but also to make sure he wasn't carrying any diseases or he wasn't faking the whole thing. While he was there two men interviewed him and found his story to be quite impossible. They had no proof that there ever was a tiger or

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Self Types & Their Differences Across Generations and the Life-C Ycle

    Self Types & Their Differences Across Generations and the Life-C Ycle

    SELF TYPES & THEIR DIFFERENCES ACROSS GENERATIONS AND THE LIFE-C YCLE With modernization, the quest for knowledge of oneself has become a major preoccupation for many Americans. "Who am I?" "Know Thyself" and "Unto thine own self be true"--Such are the themes of wall plaques, self-help manuals, and religious maxims. When surveying older individuals' reflections on the whole of life, one 83-year-old nun told one of my student researchers: I would tell any young person

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Best Years of My Life

    The Best Years of My Life

    Looking back now, I can see that people were right when they said that my high school years would be the best years of my life. Most teenagers complain that their lives are unfair and that high school is the worst part. I know this to be true because I have done my share of complaining. Even though I have many responsibilities, probably more than most people my age, my teenage high school years have

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Vika
  • Journal Review: Literacy in Literature and in Life

    Journal Review: Literacy in Literature and in Life

    Journal Review: Literacy in Literature and in Life This journal article is very interesting because it uncovers the importance of literacy in literature and how it affects one’s life through a book named The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell, written in 1910. Through this book, many types of literacy are defined. The first one is street literacy (or mass journalism), which is a common way a group of individuals will communicate, like colloquial language.

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Janna
  • My Death Experience

    My Death Experience

    My Death Experience Death is defined as “the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism” (The American Heritage, 2007). Death is inevitable to all. It is the end of the cycle that began with life. Every individual experiences and reacts to death in their own way. An individual’s reactions to a death experience are recognized as a process, referred to as grieving

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Life on a Plantation

    Life on a Plantation

    Life on a Plantation The life on a plantation was different for different types of slaves. There were the Filed Slaves and House or Domestic slaves. Both slave types were treated very poorly and unfair. Their were severely beaten and punished, often for no reason. Female slaves were also often raped by their masters or by local village boys. They could not defend themselves because the punishment for that would be even more devastating. The

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Vika
  • Describe a Significant Setback, Challenge or Opportunity in Your Life and the Impact That It Has Had on You.

    Describe a Significant Setback, Challenge or Opportunity in Your Life and the Impact That It Has Had on You.

    It was getting steeper and steeper, and my heart started pounding faster with each little step that I took. My tired legs were weakening and dragging me back. I slid with each tenuous step and kept wishing my shoes would give me a better grip. I reached for the railings beside me and swore never to look back down the steep slopes of the largest marble found on earth, The Ayers Rock near Alice Springs,

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Monika
  • Comparison on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. : Who Had More Influence over the Civil Rights Movement

    Comparison on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. : Who Had More Influence over the Civil Rights Movement

    Throughout the Civil Rights Movement, many leaders emerged that captured the attention of the American public. During this period, the leaders’ used different tactics in order to achieve change. Of two of the better-known leaders, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., the latter had a more positive influence in the progress of the movement. Each of these two leaders had different views on how to go about gaining freedom. While King believed a peaceful

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • A Look into the Life of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “the Yellow Wall-Paper”

    A Look into the Life of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “the Yellow Wall-Paper”

    “The Yellow Wall-paper” is an amazing story that demonstrates how close-minded the world was a little over a hundred years ago. In the late eighteen hundreds, women were seen as personal objects that are not capable of making a mark in the world. If a woman did prove to be a strong intellectual person and had a promising future, they were shut out from society. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote her stories from experience, but

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Victor
  • Waking Life

    Waking Life

    Most (i didn't really even know what to make of it. its the kid from that movie dazed and confused basically trying to find out the meaning of life and his identity and shit.. and hes like constantly in this dreamworld.. that he cannot seem to wake up of.. he cannot differentiate his dreams from reality. so one of the points is that there is no waking life...there is life and nothing else....each experience is

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Bad Life

    The Bad Life

    The Bad Life Ones’ perspective on life and the decisions in which they decide to make throughout their entire being can consequently decide whether or not they live a relatively “good” life or a “bad” one. Among many different people, and at different times, there have been different conceptions of a bad life. Some wonder what constitutes person to view their life as abominable. Many preachers argue that all of our lives are good, that

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • Astrobiology - the Potential for Extraterrestrial Life

    Astrobiology - the Potential for Extraterrestrial Life

    Astrobiology: The Potential for Extraterrestrial Life Michael Russo Professor Nieter Science Inquiry: Geoscience Introduction Astrobiology is the area of study dealing with alien life, the likelihood of finding it, where it might be found, how it evolved, its morphology, its culture, etc. It’s a huge field that overlaps all the sciences but especially the geosciences, evolutionary biology, chemistry and bio-chemistry and astronomy. In the following report I focus on astrobiology as it applies to

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Death of a Hired Man

    The Death of a Hired Man

    One of the social issues dealt with in Ibsen's problem plays is the oppression of women by conventions limiting them to a domestic life. In Hedda Gabler the heroine struggles to satisfy her ambitious and independent intellect within the narrow role society allows her. Unable to be creative in the way she desires, Hedda's passions become destructive both to others and herself. Raised by a general (Ibsen 1444), Hedda has the character of a leader

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Lonliest Day of My Life

    Lonliest Day of My Life

    Raven Kunz Ms. Mariano English 50 17 January 2006 Writing Exercise – Descriptive Essay The Loneliest Day of My Life I remember every emotion I felt that day. Every tear I shed, every tremble of my body, every ounce of weakness in me. I remember the terror in my heart before I arrived and the deep sorrow I felt when I left. I remember every last detail of my visit to the Summit Family Clinic.

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: July
  • All the Years of Her Life

    All the Years of Her Life

    All the Years of Her Life Morley Callaghan 1. The main character in this story is Mrs. Higgins, who has a son named Alfred. Alfred is always swaying in and out of trouble. Mrs. Higgins has rescued Alfred time and time again from his childish misdemeanors, and she is growing weary of what seems to be a helpless case. “You’ve disgraced me again and again,” she said bitterly. “That’s the last time. That’s all I’m

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Edward
  • The Death Penalty

    The Death Penalty

    The death penalty is a subject that has become very big in the 21st century. Many centuries ago the death penalty is something that was widely practiced in almost all cultures. This “revenge” sort of diplomacy was the only way some old civilizations felt could really deter criminals from breaking the law. The United States today is almost left alone among western industrialized nations when it comes to the death penalty and I think that

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Adolescent Drinking and How It Affects ones Life

    Adolescent Drinking and How It Affects ones Life

    Literature Review Introduction Adolescent drinking has been a problem in the United States for decades. It has become one of the largest social issues among young people in America today. Statistically more than half of the high schoolers drinks on a regular basis, the problem are that they are not aware of how dangerous alcohol can actually be (Sanders, 1987). The reality is that underage drinking is a serious, even deadly, problem. Furthermore, alcohol use

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Monika
  • My Summary of the Good Life

    My Summary of the Good Life

    The Good life can be interpreted in many ways by various people. It is pondered by every individual and can be discussed and analyzed in different ways. The following texts have shown me a very different perspective to the good life. One that I would of never thought I would have. Every person can come to their own decisions to define the good life. I believe after one reads the chosen texts, one will have

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: July
  • The Death Penalty: Morally Defensible?

    The Death Penalty: Morally Defensible?

    The Death Penalty: Morally Defensible? The death penalty has faced much opposition as of late. Can the death penalty possibly be a morally acceptable punishment? A popular bumper sticker says, "We kill people to show people that killing people is wrong." The slogan is short, simple, and to the point. But is there really such irony in capital punishment as the slogan implies? WORD GAMES First of all, the slogan misses an important point. The

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • Life and Works of Loui Prang

    Life and Works of Loui Prang

    This essay discusses the life and work of 19th century chromolithographer Louis Prang, hailed as the greatest of American chromolithograph publishers. In it, I shall firstly introduce Louis Prang. Then I shall describe the graphic form which became known as chromolithography, after which I will have a look at Louis Prang's setting; his competitors and associates. After this I will focus on some examples of his work and the methods he used to produce them.

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Kevin

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