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  • Air Pressure Effects the Speed of Falling Objects

    Air Pressure Effects the Speed of Falling Objects

    Research An object that is falling through the atmosphere is subjected to two external forces. The first force is the gravitational force, expressed as the weight of the object. The weight equation which is weight (W) = mass (M) x gravitational acceleration (A) which is 9.8 meters per square second on the surface of the earth. The gravitational acceleration decreases with the square of the distance from the center of the earth. If the

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    Essay Length: 1,646 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    The House and the Ushers One of the central themes underlying the short story, The Fall of the House of Usher, is that of the nature of the house. The way it is described and the way it is so mysterious. Another central theme about this story is the nature of the people that live in the house. They are portrayed very much in the same manner throughout the story. Thus, they have several similarities

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    Essay Length: 612 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 30, 2009 By: Mike
  • Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    Okonkwo’s Attempt at Perfection “To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none” is a great quote by Francis Bacon, the Renaissance writer. He reveals how important fear is, saying that fear is one of the only emotions that can keep intensifying over time. In Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is an example of what can happen to a man who allows fear to control his life. It is stated clearly in the

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    Essay Length: 1,336 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Enron’s Fall

    Enron’s Fall

    Abstract: Ray Bowen, a Citigroup banker at the time and now Enron's chief financial officer, once asked Mr. [Andrew Fastow] about a batch of complex equations that filled a whiteboard in the conference room next to the Mr. Fastow's office. "You can't tell me you understand those equations," Mr. Bowen commented to Mr. Fastow. Mr. Fastow replied: "I pulled them out of a book to intimidate people." The Fastows headed to Mrs. Fastow's native Houston

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    Essay Length: 2,870 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Sudden Rise and Fall of Margot Macomber

    The Sudden Rise and Fall of Margot Macomber

    The Sudden Rise and Fall of Margot Macomber Did Margot Macomber intentionally kill her husband? Well, is the grass green? Is the sky blue? Yes, and yes she did kill her husband intentionally. The only reason Margot wouldn’t have killed her husband intentionally was if he promised to leaver her or allowed her to divorce him. He wouldn’t do that, however, so she had to get away from him in some way. She had to

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    Essay Length: 581 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Artur
  • Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    Throughout History there has been a desire for main stream white culture to explore and expand to new areas with many different objetives in mind. Many were looking for new lands that had untold riches while others were spreading cultural or religious beliefs in an attemped to gain support for their beliefs. Some times this was a welcomed addiction to foreign societies bring them new technologies and ideas to improve there life. But it was

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    Essay Length: 1,319 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 3, 2010 By: Mike
  • The Flaws of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart

    The Flaws of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart

    The Flaws of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart "Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all." (Aristotle). In Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo is living proof of Aristotle's statement. Although he is arguably the most powerful man in Umuofia, His personal flaws of fear of failure and uncontrollable anger do not allow him true greatness as a human being. Okonkwo

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    Essay Length: 1,048 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • In Chinua Achebeўїs Narrative Ў°things Fall Apartў±, Analyse How the Tribeўїs Culture and Tradition Are Broken Down

    In Chinua Achebeўїs Narrative Ў°things Fall Apartў±, Analyse How the Tribeўїs Culture and Tradition Are Broken Down

    In Chinua AchebeЎЇs masterpiece Ў°Things Fall ApartЎ± the author illustrates the fall of the Ibo tribe during the period of colonization by white people which takes place in lower Niger during the 19th century. This novel can be likened to the idea of Wiliam Butler YeatsЎЇ Poem Ў°The Second ComingЎ± where he suggests that removal of important mechanism causes things to Ў®fall apartЎЇ. In Ў°Things Fall ApartЎ±, Okonkwo is signified as the centre of the

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    Essay Length: 1,315 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 4, 2010 By: Monika
  • Spring, Summer, Fall Winter, and Spring” Movie Review

    Spring, Summer, Fall Winter, and Spring” Movie Review

    You don't have to be into religion to understand and allow yourself to get into this movie. Excellently set on a secluded lake in the mountains in Korea , director Kim Ki-duk has created a classic love story with a religious twist with the movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, And Spring. The movie doesn’t have a lot of talking and characters. The title is used to show the growing up of a young boy

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    Essay Length: 832 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Mike
  • Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    Prehistory. History. Post history. It is evidence of the arrogance of Occidental culture and discourse that even the concept of history should be turned into a colony whose borders, validations, structures and configurations, even life tenure, are solely and entirely decided by the West. When the race for Africa had begun Africa ceased to exist for it was devastated and torn apart by the European arrival. Europe's need for territorial expansion and accumulation of wealth

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    Essay Length: 1,028 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 5, 2010 By: Yan
  • The Rise and Fall of Newspapers

    The Rise and Fall of Newspapers

    Brandon Freeman Intro to Communications 10/19/05 F Block The Rise and Fall of Newspapers “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspaper without a government. I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”(Thomas Jefferson, 1787). Newspapers today are said to be crucial in the democratic process and preventing complete corruption throughout our society. They provide the public with information and facts that help them

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    Essay Length: 1,152 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 7, 2010 By: David
  • The Fall of Twins

    The Fall of Twins

    Introduction On September 11, 2001, the whole world watched as the towering symbols of American economic might crumbled down the streets of lower Manhattan. The collapse of the World Trade Center Twin Towers left everyone in disbelief. The chain of events were so abrupt, anxiety filled the streets of New York. It has been said that the buildings design were structurally deficient, that the steel trusses melted and gave way, or the sprinkler system failed

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    Essay Length: 1,894 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Jon
  • Did the Roman Empire Deserve to Fall?

    Did the Roman Empire Deserve to Fall?

    Did the Roman Empire deserve to Fall?No The achievements of the Roman Empire were unmatched at its time. Many things it accomplished are ideas and ways of life that did not become widespread until after its fall. The Roman Empire would have made the advancement of people in Europe much faster. The Roman Empire was the most modern ancient empire. It made many advancements in the arts and sciences. It had many great poets, philosophers,

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    Submitted: January 9, 2010 By: Vika
  • Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah

    Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah

    SUMMARY: There is a superstition in China known as Ke Xing which says that the baby that causes the death of her mother during child birth is considered to have something stronger than the mother’s spirit, which is considered bad luck. Adeline’s mother died in giving birth to her. Falling leaves is the true story of Adeline Yen Mah. It told of a person that was discriminated and emotionally abused by her family for all

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    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Top
  • Things Fall Apart Extended Response

    Things Fall Apart Extended Response

    Unoka’s and Okonkwo’s success is based on performance, which is a reflection of their self determination and hard work. Unoka was a very lazy man with little drive and that reflected on his success; he was a debtor, unsuccessful with yams, and a drunk. “In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow. If any money came his way, and it seldom did, he immediately bought gourds of

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    Essay Length: 387 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 10, 2010 By: Artur
  • The Fall of Germany in World War I

    The Fall of Germany in World War I

    The Fall Of Germany In World War I None of the European power wanted World War I, but they feared Germany. Germany was newly unified, and was beating the European powers in population and Industry. France wanted to recover the Alsace-Lorraine. Britain was a country used to being on the ocean, so they felt threatened by Germany's colonial expansion and William II's insisting on a large navy. Russia and Austria feared pressure on their unstable

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    Essay Length: 1,060 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Jack
  • Things Fall Apart

    Things Fall Apart

    As you know many novels are structured around routine themes, symbols, and occasional motifs. The novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is no exception to the mean. The culturally crafted novel showcases an African man named Okonkwo and the Igbo people, a tribe in Nigeria, and they're being susceptible to change. Mostly focusing on Okonkwo's characters solid stubbornness to change and how it causes his demise and eventually destroys him completely. It is a

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    Essay Length: 2,038 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Monika
  • The Rise and Fall of Nazism

    The Rise and Fall of Nazism

    - Hitler was fully responsible for the order for the mass executions in Poland in 1939 and 1940. He was also actively engaged in setting up plans for a Jewish reservation in Poland and he backed the Madagascar plan. He was continually preoccupied with further deportations and deportation plans. - In 1941 Hitler ordered the extermination of every potential enemy in the occupied Eastern territories. He was fully aware of mass executions of Jewish civilians

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    Essay Length: 686 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Anna
  • Fall of the Qing Dynasty

    Fall of the Qing Dynasty

    The fall of the Qing dynasty was caused by internal changes within the dynasty, peasant revolts, the rise of Sun Yat-Sen and overall western influence. What happens when there is a trade imbalance between two major trading countries? Just ask Great Britain and China. It's hard to get by when the country you need goods from does not really need to trade goods with you. This is what happened with Great Britain and the Qing

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    Essay Length: 934 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Vika
  • Okonkwo as a Sympathetic Protagonist in Things Fall Apart

    Okonkwo as a Sympathetic Protagonist in Things Fall Apart

    Okonkwo as a sympathetic protagonist in Things Fall Apart “Okonkwo’s machete descended twice and the man’s head lay beside his uniformed body” (146). Okonkwo, the son of the effeminate and lazy Unoka, strives to make his way in a world that seems to value manliness. In so doing, he rejects everything for which he believes his father stood. Unoka was idle, poor, profligate, cowardly, gentle, and interested in music and conversation. Okonkwo consciously adopts opposite

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    Essay Length: 258 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: regina
  • The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher is based on the relationship between the mental and the physical. The mental aspect deals with the affect caused by the physical surroundings. As the reader follows the story, this relationship becomes more concrete. The author uses different approaches to show the reader the relationship between the two and how it affects Usher. The use of imagery and other literary tools helps to give a clear picture,

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    Essay Length: 774 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jon
  • The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    The Fall of The House of Usher The Fall of The House of Usher is an eerie, imaginative story. The reader is captured by the twisted reality. Many things in the story are unclear to the reader; but no less interesting. For instance, even the conclusion of the story lends it self to argument. Did the house of Usher truly "fall"? Or, is this event simply symbolism? In either case, it makes a dramatic conclusion.

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    Essay Length: 452 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Steve
  • Short Story:the Fall

    Short Story:the Fall

    Lisa walked down to the Powderhorn Falls. She always went there to calm her mind, and escape the world for a few mere moments. When her father hit her mother - Lisa ran to the Falls. When her boyfriend got shot during a drive-by, she ran to the Falls. The Powderhorn Falls was Lisa's place. She never told anyone about her secret hide-out. It was better that way. Then they wouldn't know how to find

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Things Fall Apart and the Spirit World

    Things Fall Apart and the Spirit World

    When turmoil comes about, many have merely one attribute to rely on to help them overcome certain disasters: their faith. The characters of Things Fall Apart are no exception. The people of Umuofia call upon representatives of the spirit world as a means of hospitality. They rely on their religion to settle resolutions with other tribes and to answer questions. They depend on the spirit world also to take care of punishments and in addition

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    Essay Length: 566 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: David
  • Rise & Fall of the Warrior

    Rise & Fall of the Warrior

    Rise & Fall of the Warrior The samurai was one of the most proudest and feared warriors of all time. They enjoyed a quick rise to power with an equally quick drop to normal society. There undying devotion to there leaders honor, and even more importantly there own, set them apart from any other society. There rise to power, there code of life, there perfected technology, and there sharp downfall are all part of the

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    Essay Length: 1,181 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Jack

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