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Dances With Wolves Confederate Army
592 words
Lt. John Dunbar was lying on a hospital bed, leg
totally mutilated. Barely conscious, the man over
heard the surgeon say he could not amputate this
mans leg as tired as he was. Dunbar didnt like
what he heard, so when the surgeons left, he
grabbed his boat, and he slowly slid the boat up
his mutilated foot biting on a stick to relive the
massive pain. He returned to the battlefield, with
only one thing on his mind, suicide. So, he took a
horse, and rode it directly in front of the
Confederate ar...
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White Foamy Water Walleye Out Of The River Canoe
791 words
It was early on a Sunday morning. My Mother was in
the kitchen cooking breakfast for my sister and
me. We were getting ready for our day on the
Delaware River. My Mom and Sister were going
spider tubing with some of their friends. I was
going canoe fishing on the River with a close
friend of the family. Little did I know at the
time, what would lie ahead in the way of danger. I
was really excited about the day ahead as I had
never been on the Delaware before. The swiftness
and height of the rive...
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Bermuda Triangle Coast Guard
1,229 words
The Bermuda Triangle is a triangular area in the
Atlantic Ocean bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and
Puerto Rico. Many people believed that people,
ships, and planes have mysteriously vanished in
this area. The size of the triangle varies from
500, 000 square miles. Some trace the mystery back
to the time of Columbus. Bermuda Triangle
estimates range from about 200 to no more than 8,
000 distress calls in the area and that there have
been more than 50 ships and 20 planes to go down
in the Bermuda Tria...
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Mrs De Winter Maxim De Winter
1,269 words
Rebecca, a classic suspense novel written by
Daphne Du Maurier is considered one of the finest
Gothic romance of the 20 th century. It was first
published in 1938, and became immediate best
seller. Alfred Hitchcock gave it a yet wider
audience when he made it into a memorable motion
picture. Starring Laurence Oliver as Maxim de
Winter and Joan Fontaine as Mrs. de Winter, the
black and white version of the movie, was based on
the book. The book and the movie are not very much
alike, in fact, they...
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Theory Of Evolution Voyage Of The Beagle
1,771 words
... osopher Herbert Spencer. A school of thought
led by Spencer, an influential contemporary of
Darwin's, held that some people were naturally
superior to others, and that the perfection of the
species required that the inferior ones bite the
dust, leaving the future of humanity to their
betters. This theory merged conveniently with
aspects of nineteenth-century capitalism to
justify economic policies sacrificing social
welfare in favor of rampant capitalism and the
rich getting richer. Traces o...
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Gulliver Travels Jonathan Swift
680 words
The book Gulliver's Travels was written by
Jonathan Swift. It takes place in different,
unusual places. Gulliver goes on four important
voyages, the first to the city of Lilliput, the
second to Brobdingnag, the third voyage to Laputa,
and the last voyage to the country of Houyhnhnms.
On Gulliver's first voyage, he did not mean to go
to Lilliput, but Gulliver's ship wrecked on rocks
and he had to swim to land. When he found land, he
was so tired that he could not move and the people
captured him....
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Gap Between The Rich Mortality Rate
518 words
A number of aspects about the film, Captains
Courageous were quite interesting. The first is
the gap between the rich and the working class.
The second is the way the shipmates could work
their way up the ladder to captain. The third
aspect that interested me was the very high
mortality rate. Apparently this was considered
socially acceptable back then. I was intrigued
about how much camaraderie and competition existed
between the boats and their crews. Finally, I was
amazed at the father and so...
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Gilgamesh Epic Earths Surface
1,150 words
Like dragonflies their [dead bodies] have filled
the river. Like a raft they have moved to the edge
[of the boat]. Like a raft they have moved to a
river bank (flood-myth. com, 3 / 15 / 00). Whether
the above is fact, fiction, myth, or legend it
appears that all civilizations have a strong
fascination with The Deluge. Bible believers feel
that it was an act of God, who intern wanted to
cleanse the earth of immoral people and evildoers.
Chosen survivors, for example Noah, as well as
present day C...
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Mark Twain And Olivia Langdon
1,408 words
Have you ever wondered what makes a successful
relationship and marriage? Samuel Clemens and
Olivia Langdon had a successful, long-lasting
relationship. The couples success accounts for
their love and completion in marriage. The
long-lasting relationship that existed between
Mark Twain and Olivia Langdon is due to the fact
that they were both truly in love with each other.
Olivia Langdon was born in 1835 and died in 1904.
She had four children. Her and Samuel Clemens were
married for thirty year...
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Lewis Life And Influence In Alice Wonderland
1,117 words
... uspicious of his motives for associating with
her children (DLB v. 163 61). Despite her
feelings, Carroll was still permitted to escort
the girls on day trips, which they enjoyed (62).
During the afternoon of July 4, 1862, the story,
which would become known as Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland, was told for the first time (63).
Carroll created this fascinating story to
entertain the Liddell girls, Login, Alice, and
Edith throughout a boat ride on the river Isis.
From all three girls came the...
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Joe Jr Kennedy Family
1,103 words
John F. Kennedy was the 35 th president of the
United States 1961 to 1963. He was the youngest
person ever to be elected president. Also, He was
the first Roman Catholic president and the first
president to be born in the 20 the century. He
served in World War II on PT boat. He also helped
to solve the Cuban Missile Crisis and started
Peace of Corps to help 3 rd world countries better
them selves. Kennedy was assassinated before he
completed his third year as president. Therefore,
his achievemen...
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The Plague By Albert Camus
812 words
The Plague written by Albert Camus tells the story
of a city gripped by a deadly disease. The story
takes place in the desert town of Oran, Algeria,
in northern Africa. The city suffers from extremes
of weather conditions. In the summer, the heat
forces the inhabitants to spend those days of fire
indoors, behind closed shutters. The shutters are
closed just as the people of the town turn
themselves off from there neighbors. The main
focus of every citizen in Oran is himself. The
previously menti...
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Ad For Mens Wear Ad For Mens Product
826 words
Most people read magazines to inform themselves on
current news and fashion. People buy magazines for
different reasons, but the fact is that they do
buy them. Everyone who reads or looks through them
has seen advertisements. This is why
advertisements are such a big business in the
world today. Most people glance at the ads in the
magazine then flip the page to the next article or
next picture. The advertisers need the reader to
be intrigued with certain pictures or phrases so
they can sell the...
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00 A M Deep Sea
520 words
My Fishing Trip I had the greatest experience of
my life this year during August 7 - 10. I was
spending my day just as usual taking it pretty
easy. I was on the way to see my Grandma when I
happened to run into one of my good friends so we
stopped and got a little lunch. Just as soon as we
sat down to eat I got a call from my old boss, and
he was asking if I would like to go to Florida to
go deep sea fishing. I was completely overcome, as
I had always wanted to go. So I had to agree. So I
had to...
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Epic Of Gilgamesh Eternal Life
1,182 words
Common Threads: Great Flood and the Flood in The
Epic of Gilgamesh Did the authors of the Old
Testament have a copy of The Epic of Gilgamesh? Or
was this fantastic plot, and its unmistakably
recognizable specifics, simply a part of the
broader oral history of the time, which possibly
originated with a real event? The story of the
Great Flood that takes place in Genesis would have
probably sounded familiar to someone who lived
thousands of years earlier, in the ancient Near
Eastern culture that p...
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British Home Front Ww
1,152 words
c) Britains immediate reaction to World War I was
a combination of excited anticipation, curiosity
and patriotism. The majority of people were swayed
by the initial euphoria and the country settled
into a state of patriotic unity. Initially,
Britain was sure that the war would be over by
Christmas. They had only ever before seen small
outbreaks of conflict like the Russo-Japanese War,
which was quiet insignificant when compared to the
results of the Great War to come. Whether it was
soldiers abo...
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Mrs Danvers Set Mrs De Winter Rebecka
693 words
1) Is Rebecka Rebecka 1) Is Rebecka a suitable
name of the the book? Why? /Why not? Another name?
Why is it called Rebecka? Yes, I think it+s the
perfect name of the book since everything, every
subject is circulating around her. Her name
characterizes the book so well. Rebecka doesn+t
leave too much of a space for other things in the
book, even though she+s dead. 2) What does people
think about Rebecka? Does everybody like her? How
was she really like? Friends, servants, strangers,
they all ado...
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Saving Private Ryan World War Ii
865 words
Saving Private Ryan War cannot be faced. It is too
dreadful. It is the great emptiness that stands
before life, transforms itself into a million
shapes of unutterable horror, then returns to
mocking silence. It is the nightmare from which we
can never awake, because the nightmare is the
truth: We die. We die like animals because we are
animals. We are all creatures who blindly run
until something big and hard hits us and our torn
insides spill out and we die. It was easy to read
the message in h...
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Moby Dick Ahab
1,035 words
? Vengeance Can Only Occur Through Providence? ?
Man cannot get away with vengeance because
vengeance is God? s job? (Great Books, MD).
Through this quote, one can conclude that man is
not one to judge others and exact revenge.
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville and The Scarlet
Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne are two anecdotes
that teach a lesson in regard to revenge. The
Scarlet Letter, telling a tale about the
commitment of adultery, reveals that revenge is
unable to be done by man. Obsessed with find...
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Red Badge Of Courage Maggie A Girl
314 words
Stephen Crane Biography Stephen Crane was born in
Newark, New Jersey on November 1, 1871. Stephen
was the last of 14 children. His father a
Methodist Minister died when he was nine. Stephen
never cared much for school. He became well known
as a social critic, journalist, and as a poet. He
was original in his field of work. Crane attended
Claverack College also the Hudson River Institute,
and the University of Syracuse for one semester
where he was most known for playing baseball.
Crane was obses...
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