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Alice In Wonderland Lewis Carroll
1,107 words
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis
Carroll, is recognized by all as the silly
fairy-tale author of stories such as Alice in
Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking
Glass. However, little is known about what drove
him to write such obviously fantastic stories.
Themes such as nonsense and fantasy, education,
drug abuse, racism and prejudice, money,
malnutrition and public health are touched upon
throughout his works. While only speculation can
be offered, it is clear that these ...
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High School I Played School I Played Rousseau
1,956 words
Henri Rousseau, the Dounier, as many people called
him lived in a world of his own. It was a world
filled with ghosts and goblins, eternal Sunday
paintings, and simple worries. This world, I
believe, I also share with Henri Rousseau. We are
alike in many aspects of personality, talent, and
friends. Not many people remind me of myself, but
Rousseau is the only person to have done this. We
are different in some aspects of our talents,
because his lies in the arts while mine lie in
sports. Our pers...
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British Medical Association British Medical Journal
1,228 words
Discuss: Cannabis is no more harmful than tobacco
or alcohol and should, therefore, be legalized.
There has recently been much debate in the media
about the decriminalization of cannabis, both for
recreational and medicinal use. This topic has
proved controversial especially in political
circles. Drawing on evidence from recent press
reports, research on the web and recent
publications, this essay will assess the evidence
of how harmful cannabis really is. In 1971
Cannabis was reclassified by pa...
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Figurative Language Cash Register
737 words
Life in Stamps, Alabama is very difficult and
callous for the Negro people. The Negroes must
work long hours at ridiculously low pay just to
survive, and often it just was not enough. Angelou
explains in the early chapters of I know why the
caged bird Sings, just how hard life in Stamps is
and how her people are able cope. Angelou conveys
this so that the reader will have a greater
understanding of what the times she lived in were
like; she is also trying to teach us about the
circumstances in w...
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Air Pollution Natural Gas
879 words
Pollution and Environmental Protection 2 This is
very well known that automobiles are a very good
factor of technology advancement and human beings
are very grateful to engineering and science to
have it. But as it recently become evident
automobiles usage has its internal and external
factors as well as benefits and costs. Some of the
costs of automobile usage that is of particular
interest is environmental pollution that currently
exceeds all possible frames. Everyone seems to be
concerned wit...
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Amount Of Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels
1,430 words
1. Explain why any one species cannot live
everywhere. Any species cannot live everywhere
because this would effect the natural balance.
Also one species cannot adapt to all the different
environments of our planet. For example a marine
creature can only live underwater and cannot live
on ground. 2. Explain how the activities of some
species can lead to: a) an increase b) a decrease
in the population size of another species. Some
species act as population controllers of other
species. There must...
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Trading Partners Cash Flow
905 words
Without doubt EDI can create a significant impact
to organizations. These can generally be
classified into strategic, operational and
opportunity benefits and will vary in emphasis
across different organisations, depending on why
and how EDI has been implemented. Initial EDI
applications have concentrated on corporate
efficiency by improving data flow and error
reduction. In these instances the business case
for EDI was based primarily on direct cost
savings. With EDI, businesses can eliminate t...
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Form Of Art Taking Place
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Douglas Barmore What constitutes as graffiti?
Graffiti is defined as any type of writing on a
surface of any type. If that is the case, then
would a cave mans drawings be considered graffiti?
If it is considered graffiti, then what is
different about then and now that would change the
worlds views about graffiti. Why is graffiti
against the law? Is graffiti an art form? Can
something that is done against the law, and with a
total disregard for others property be considered
art? The definition of...
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Short Term Memory Smoking Marijuana
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The Effects of Marijuana Marijuana is a mood
altering or psychoactive drug that has many
nicknames, such as pot, weed, ganja, sensi, herb,
and others. It is an ancient drug that dates back
to hundreds of years to Asia. Many cultures have
used it during meditation, religious worship, and
for intoxication. Marijuana itself comes from the
Indian Hemp plant. It is the third most widely
used drug in the United States, according to a
survey taken in 1988, and it is the number one
illegally used drug i...
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Million Tons Energy Consumption
369 words
ENERGY CONSUMPTION The United States of America
uses more than one fifth of the worlds resources.
Energy consumption doubled between 1952 and 1972
and although consumption has slowed it continues
to rise at an alarming rate. In the 1940 s the U.
S. A exported fuel but by 1952 it was importing
large amounts of oil and coal. Since 1981 the cost
of fuel imports has been over 75 billion a year.
The U. S. A is now being forced to mine oil and
natural gases in places like deep-sea basins. Only
6 % of ...
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Chinese New Year Peoples Lives
578 words
Our Lives Versus Firecrackers Bong! Bong! Bong!
These are the typical sounds one would hear
passing by a Chinatown around February of every
year. Indeed, these are the sounds of
firecrackers, which are distinctive features
Chinese people use to welcome a new beginning on
Chinese New Year. However, can anyone imagine how
many people have died or have been injured by
these explosive features? According to a report, a
firecracker storage area in China caught fire
which caused the death of forty-sev...
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Earth Surface Stop Global Warming
980 words
In the last century, the earth? s surface
temperature has increased 0. 45 - 0. 60 degrees
celsius. Although some scientists believe global
warming is not a problem, many scientists believe
that global warming is a serious problem, and can
not be ignored. Global warming, as the term
implies, is the increasing temperature of earth. A
factor that is believed to play a part in this is
the greenhouse effect, which is the effect in
which greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide
allow incoming solar r...
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Romulus And Remus English Language
1,477 words
Immigrant Allegory: Language and the Symbolism of
Being Lost The symbolism of being lost is a
universal immigrant theme that occurs throughout
many immigrant literatures, particularly in Henry
Roth's Call it Sleep. Language, or lack of
understanding it, has a profound contribution to
the process of being lost. This contribution is
shown earlier in the book, in a passage where
David is lost trying to find his way home (Passage
1) and is mirrored later on in the book, when
David and Aunt Bertha ar...
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Hamlet Father King Hamlet
1,434 words
Your reading of the ghost will deeply affect your
understanding of the meaning of Hamlet as a play.
Argue for one or another reading of the ghost? s
reality and explain what that means in terms of
what Shakespeare is trying to say in the play.
Authors view and message Hamlet? s is one of the
most recognizable work of William Shakespeare. The
primary reason for this popularity is that it go
so much criticism that any other play of any
artist received. People view this play in
different perspectiv...
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Heart Of Darkness Joseph Conrad
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Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness, by Joseph
Conrad is a fictional novel with an overflow of
symbolism. Throughout the entire novel Conrad uses
a plethora of simple colors, objects, and places
in order to clarify very complex meanings. By
doing this, Conrad is able to lure the reader into
a world unlike his or her own: the Congo River,
located in central Africa. Although the
interpretation of these symbols is so elaborate,
the simplicity of each makes it somewhat easy to
overlook. A few exampl...
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Heroin Reaches Heroin Users
653 words
HEROIN Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived
from morphine, which is obtained from the opium
poppy. It is a downer that affects the brains
pleasure systems and interferes with the brains
ability to perceive pain. Heroin can be used in a
variety of ways, depending on user preference and
the purity of the drug Heroin can be: Injected
into a vein (mainlining). Injected into a muscle
Smoked in a water pipe or standard pipe, mixed in
a marijuana joint or regular cigarette Inhaled as
smoke through...
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York Chelsea House Publishers Long Term Affects
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In the past Heroin Heroin In the past twenty years
heroin use has grown dramatically. Psychoactive
drugs have become the young persons largest
problem to face. Drugs have become a part of even
the most stereotypically normal family's life. No
workplace, home, or school can be completely drug
proofed. To live with these drugs one must learn
about them. Not knowing the facts about heroin
will ultimately lead to the drugs winning the
game. What is heroin? Heroin is an opiate, which
comes from the o...
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Epic Poem Important Element
560 words
Hero s Epic In the course of time, many heroes
have made their name and many stories have been
written to proclaim their greatness. However, none
as captivating as Beowulf. This Anglo-Saxon epic
demonstrates it s power with beautiful language,
usage of kennings, metaphors, similes, and
alliteration. Also, it gives wondrous supernatural
beings as in God, and even of powerful creatures
as Grendel. On the other hand, it has human
struggles and afflictions. The very first element
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Hopi Indians Geometric Shapes
701 words
Pottery is an essential part of the lives of the
Hopi Indians in the Arizona region. They have
dweller in this region from about 1100 A. D and
have created some excellent pottery since then.
Although the same artistic techniques have been
renewed in each pottery, the styles have changed
within the years. In 450 A. D, the More, the Hopi
word for? the peaceful ones, ? developed the first
attempts of pottery after meeting the Mogollon
Indians. Thick-walled, gray, undecorated pottery
began to appear...
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Assisted Suicide Argument
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COMPARING DIFFERENT VIEWS ON EUTHANASIA Euthanasia
is a controversial subject, not only because there
are many different moral dilemmas associated with
it, but also in what constitutes its definition.
At the extreme ends of disagreement, advocates say
euthanasia is a good, or merciful, death.
Opposites of euthanasia say it is a fancy word for
murder. The author James Rachel's provides a clear
argument in defense of euthanasia in his article,
? The Morality of Euthanasia? . While Richard
Doerflin...
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