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  • 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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    Essay Length: 807 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Analysis of the Running Man

    Analysis of the Running Man

    Analysis of the Running Man Sometimes there are hurdles in life that require great courage to overcome. We must utilize our inner strengths to motivate these courageous actions. Loren Eiseley sets an example of this in The Running Man- a chapter from his autobiography, All the Strange Hours. In this essay he reveals memories that show his lonely childhood which gives him the courage to overcome his problems. Loneliness is what ultimately sparks his courageous

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    Essay Length: 628 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Steve
  • Man’s Search for Meaning Review

    Man’s Search for Meaning Review

    Not too long ago, I had joined a philosophy class at ULM. The class seemed to be interesting and quite invigorating. One of the class major requirements was to write a review on Dr Frankl’s book, “Man’s search for meaning.” At first, as most students would think, I thought “one more book to review,” but later on I also thought “let’s give it a fighting chance.” So, I began reading the book, somewhat, a few

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    Essay Length: 1,089 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Comparig to Kill a Mocingbird and the Man Without a Face

    Comparig to Kill a Mocingbird and the Man Without a Face

    Courage is a valuable and rare attribute in people today. In Harper Lee's novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, courage is shown by a reclusive character named Arthur "Boo" Radley. In Mel Gibson's movie, The Man Without a Face, courage is shown by Justin McLoud. Due to the noble actions of others, one can discover the true meaning of courage. In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Arthur Radley is a person who has not

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    Essay Length: 475 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Man with a Movie Camera - Vertov

    Man with a Movie Camera - Vertov

    Nesbet describes Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera, the centerpiece of the 23rd Pordenone Silent Film Festival. She claims that if Man with a Movie Camera remains an outlier in Dziga Vertov's oeuvre, it is rivalled in interest by a number of more rarely seen and more overtly political films.Nesbet describes Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera, the centerpiece of the 23rd Pordenone Silent Film Festival. She claims that if Man with a

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    Essay Length: 551 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Steve
  • Theme in an Essay on Man

    Theme in an Essay on Man

    Quinton Clark Professor Cain Int. Lit. 210.08 22 September 2005 Theme in An Essay on Man An Essay on Man strives to put into perspective man’s place in this universe, as well as God’s dominion over man. Man only knows what is possible for him to know. There is a God who has in His infinite wisdom created man and all else in all universes. He has allotted man a time and place in his

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    Essay Length: 273 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Red Man’s Speech

    Red Man’s Speech

    RED MAN’S SPEECH Today’s hot and sunny Red Man, perhaps it’s the huge mass of people but I’m really getting hot in this tinny room for sure, the walls are shattered, the floor is ruined, those punks are cutting out the breeze I need!. God damn it! I’m sweating like a pig on a day-spa but it doesn’t matter, it’ll worth it. Should I pull the trigger now? No, not yet. I’ll wait, after all,

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    Essay Length: 497 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Yan
  • Old Man and the Sea

    Old Man and the Sea

    The epic journey of “The Old Man and the Sea” describes struggle, discipline and manhood. The main characters relationships exemplify how faith and skill overcome man’s adversity during life on the sea. Santiago’s growing relationship with the boy idealizes his statute as a father figure and develops his integrity and values towards the boy. Hemmingway shows us how an old fisherman’s will to overcome the sea’s obstacles proves his manhood to himself and the young

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    Essay Length: 1,243 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The Death of an Old Old Man by Roald Dahl

    The Death of an Old Old Man by Roald Dahl

    Oh God, how I am frightened. Now that I am alone I don’t have to hide it; I don’t have to hide anything any longer. I can let my face go because no one can see me; because there’s twenty-one thousand feet between me and them and because now that it’s happening again I couldn’t pretend any more even if I wanted to. No I don’t have to press my teeth together and tighten the

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    Essay Length: 5,309 Words / 22 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Janna
  • Old Man and the Sea

    Old Man and the Sea

    Old Man and The Sea - Rough Draft Human beings need to live in a group where everyone respects them and treats them equally. No human being can live alone isolated from other people because one hand can not clap by itself. In The Old Man and The Sea, the author uses setting, character and symbolism to show that people who society perceives as different are usually isolated. Once one is able to discover the

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    Essay Length: 1,440 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Artur
  • Rain Man

    Rain Man

    Often in life the greatest thing you have is that which you have yet to even know existed. In Rain Main, Charlie Babbage(Tom Cruise) discovers he has a brother Raymond (Dustin Huffman). At first Charlie sees Raymond as an obstacle to inheriting his father's fortune but with time learns to love Raymond his mentally challenged savant brother. Charlie has run into financial difficulties and is about to lose his exotic car dealership. As he attempts

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    Essay Length: 330 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 22, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Psychosocial Aspects of the Old Man and the Sea

    Psychosocial Aspects of the Old Man and the Sea

    Psychosocially therapeutic aspects of The old Man and the Sea This exceptional story should be used as a therapeutic aid for hopeless and depressed people who needed a powerful force for continuing struggles of life against fate. They should say as the boy Manolin, "I'll bring the luck by myself." In the story the old man tells us "It is silly not to hope...besides I believe it is a sin." Hemingway draws a distinction between

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    Essay Length: 6,785 Words / 28 Pages
    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Edward
  • The Man Behind the Hat

    The Man Behind the Hat

    The Man Behind the Hat “More and more tension as if over inflating a balloon until the readers can not stand waiting for the “pop!” and then there is no pop, just deflation of the balloon(Hurst 2).” A perfect example of a writer named Theodor Seuss Geisel, also known as “Dr. Seuss.” A man who some think created, “the world of imagination” as we know it in children’s literature. Theodor Seuss Geisel wrote and illustrated

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Jon
  • Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket

    Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket

    Sometimes it takes a near death experience to realize what is important in life and what is not. A person is amid choosing whether to help out a family member in trouble or to complete a certain task of his own. The person selfishly goes to complete the task. One can refer that it was wrong to not help the family member. No matter what, family should be the number one priority and that is

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    Essay Length: 617 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Mike
  • Pieces of the Puzzle: the Island as a Macrocosm of Man

    Pieces of the Puzzle: the Island as a Macrocosm of Man

    Pieces of the Puzzle: the Island as a Macrocosm of Man In viewing the various aspects of the island society in Golding's Lord of the Flies as a symbolic microcosm of society, a converse perspective must also be considered. Golding's island of marooned youngsters then becomes a macrocosm, wherein the island represents the individual human and the various characters and symbols the elements of the human psyche. As such, Golding's world of children's morals and

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    Essay Length: 1,722 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Bred
  • Manned Space Flight Vs Robotics

    Manned Space Flight Vs Robotics

    Robotics Will Only Leave Man on Earth. Since man came to be, he has always explored what was over the next mountain. Now that we have covered all four corners of the Earth, we now look up. Man has only touched the surface on space travel. We are beginning to discover, what it has to offer us, from the discovery of distant galaxies to medical breakthroughs. Man need to be present for these accomplishments not

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    Essay Length: 1,740 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: July
  • A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Connor

    A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Flannery O'Connor

    A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Flannery O’Connor A woman who views herself as God and a man who views himself as Jesus Christ. This man didn’t go as far as to say he’s bigger than Jesus as a legendary Beatle once did; he however stated the following “Jesus thown everything off balance. It was the same case with Him as with me…” As the above briefly demonstrates, O’Connor’s “A good man is

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    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: July
  • Eat Drink Man Woman Summary

    Eat Drink Man Woman Summary

    Foreign films intimidate many people; it could be the culture shock, or it could be the hesitance to reading subtitles for two hours. Despite these setbacks, foreign films are some of the best made and Eat Drink Man Woman, directed by Ang Lee is no exception. Eat Drink Man Woman offers many elements of a great movie such as excellent filming techniques, interesting and unique characters, and unanticipated plot twists. Eat Drink Man Woman focuses

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    Essay Length: 352 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Max
  • Compare/contrast: "a Good Man Is Hard to Find" with "hills like White Elephants"

    Compare/contrast: "a Good Man Is Hard to Find" with "hills like White Elephants"

    Compare/Contrast: “Good Man” with “Hills” Currently, a plethora of outstanding stories have been written. What makes a story, though? The answer is the elements that the author includes into his or her writing, such as symbolism and imagery. “Hills like White Elephants,” written by Ernest Hemingway, and “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” written by Flannery O’Connor, are just two examples of admirable work. Each writer incorporated plenty of elements to improve the

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    Essay Length: 982 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • A Gay California Man

    A Gay California Man

    A gay California man, whose partner died in the September 11 terrorist attacks has become "legally vulnerable in ways (he) could never imagine"(Urges 1). Keith Brodowski lost his life partner, Jeff Coleman, to American Airlines flight 11, which was the first plane to hit the World Trade Center. Coleman was a flight attendant. Brodowski is now battling the state and the nation for survivors' benefits, granted to the widows of those who died. It

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Steve
  • How Does Man Addapt to Change: The Martian Chronicles

    How Does Man Addapt to Change: The Martian Chronicles

    In the Martian chronicles the question “how does man adapt to change?” is answered multiple times, but with all the same answer. The author, Brabury, takes real life situations that he was dealing with and made them into out of the ordinary times and settings, but with the same concept. Now he switched the answer to “how does man adapt to change?” to write his book. The answer to the question is of course, man

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    Submitted: January 26, 2010 By: Mikki
  • How Is the Film “one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest” Different from the Book and How Does a Man Loose His Life While Struggling to Change the System in His Own Way?

    How Is the Film “one Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest” Different from the Book and How Does a Man Loose His Life While Struggling to Change the System in His Own Way?

    The theme of this story “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” according to Daniel Woods is “Power is the predominant theme of Ken Kesey's 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest': who holds power, who doesn't, who wants it, who loses it, how it is used to intimidate and manipulate and for what purposes, and, most especially, how it is disrupted and subverted, challenged, denied and assumed” (http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/cuckoosnest/essays/essay1.html). No, it is not McMurphy who flew over

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Bred
  • Dead Man’s Path

    Dead Man’s Path

    DEAD MAN’S PATH by CHINUA ACHEBE The title of this story “Dead Man’s Path” foreshadows the series of events about to take place in the story. “Dead Man’s Path” does not only refer to the ancestral pathway but also refers to Obi’s choice of action. His “path” by not compromising has made him a “Dead Man”. Dead in this context is not death, but is referring to his failure. His dream died. The title also

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Man Myth and Legend

    The Man Myth and Legend

    Malcolm X, is the biographical story, written and directed by Spike Lee, about the famous African America activist and Black Nationalist, Malcolm X, formerly known as Malcolm Little. The film is based on Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X, which was told to him by the great nationalist. The film centers around the life of the African-American activist Malcolm X, covering the film into three sections of his life, which eventually to his death and

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    Essay Length: 530 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Mike
  • Malcolm X, a True Self Made Man

    Malcolm X, a True Self Made Man

    Alex Haley, the writer of Malcolm X’s biography knew that to succeed in America, a person must be educated. Without education it is almost impossible to achieve the self made man ideology (SMMI). In Malcolm’s case he achieved the SMMI without the help of a formal education. Malcolm X’s use of self education, coupled with religious inspiration and guidance, led him to become one of the greatest civil rights activists in America. It quickly became

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    Submitted: January 29, 2010 By: regina

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