394 results found, view free essays on page:
-
John Smith White Man
1,021 words
Many moons ago, an Indian girl was not yet born
but there were many problems with Indians and the
white man as the Indians. This unborn child would
become a huge part of colony history between the
Indians and the English; this child was to be
recognized in history by many different names the
most famous name would be Pocahontas. The book I
read was about Pocahontas by Grace Steele
Woodward. This book covers many different subjects
in Pocahontas life. The book begins with a
background of The Powh...
Free research essays on topics related to: pocahontas, john smith, white man, jamestown, woodward
-
Iron Fist Golden Age
851 words
Eli Katz was born in Latvia on April 6, 1926. His
family emigrated to New York in 1929, while he was
still 3 years old. An avid reader of comics and
pulps, gil broke into the comic field in 1941 as
an assistant in the Jack Binder shop erasing
pencils and eventually became an inker and
penciled while still there Also during this time
he began drawing comics for MLJ, the publishers of
Archie. He drew the Scarlet Avenger for almost two
years at MLJ and at the same time free-lanced at
Street and Smi...
Free research essays on topics related to: iron fist, comic book, free lance, five years, golden age
-
Women And Children Atlantic Ocean
765 words
The non-fiction novel A Night To Remember by
Walter Lord is about the well known disaster that
the luxury cruse ship the "Titanic" went thorough.
This story takes place on the ship and on its many
decks. During the story the Titanic sails along
the Atlantic Ocean. Walter Lord wrote this book in
1955, but the famous collision occurred on April
14, 1912 at 11: 40 P. M. In this novel the author,
Walter Lord wants to show what happened at every
moment on the cruse liner. The Novel also has not
one m...
Free research essays on topics related to: atlantic ocean, april 14, women and children, p m, titanic
-
Counselors And Put Don Egriss One
550 words
This camp you sent me to is so crazy! I was really
starting to like it at first. I had a lot of fun
playing the games and meeting the people. Everyone
excepted me for who I was. Even some of the older
kids liked me! The fact that I am smart and like
to read books helped me connect with the older
boys. Because of my intelligence I was made
captain for many events. First of all I was voted
the leader of my cabin. I had to make many rules
up to keep us in order. Also, I was the captain of
my team d...
Free research essays on topics related to: older boys, counselors, mason, frank, straight
-
Lewis And Clark Meriwether Lewis
1,104 words
1774 was the birth year of Meriwether Lewis, of
Albemarle County, Virginia Meriwether Lewis, who
was to become a captain in the United States Army,
secretary to President Thomas Jefferson, leader of
the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the pacific,
Governor of Louisiana Territory and helmsman
extraordinary of the American frontier. (pg 6)
Meriwether Lewis was born to a prestigious family.
Some of his family members include: great uncle
who was a part of the Kings Council before the
Revolution and F...
Free research essays on topics related to: louisiana territory, lewis and clark, meriwether lewis, thomas jefferson, general washington
-
Dead Poets Society Three Main Characters
797 words
Both stories, A Separate Piece and Dead Poets
Society, have at least three major characters.
Each of which are similar and different. The three
main characters in A Separate Piece are Gene,
Phineas, and Brinker with his relationship with
his dad. The three main characters in Dead Poets
Society are Todd, Neal, and Neal's relationship
with his dad. The similarities between Gene and
Todd are a lot alike. One example is that in the
beginning Gene was shy and so was Todd. They both
needed a source of...
Free research essays on topics related to: committed suicide, neal, three main characters, dead poets society, character in the story
-
Lady Olivia Sir Toby
789 words
William Shakespeare, arguably the most important
writer in all of English literature, is certainly
the most influential playwright of the English
Renaissance. Born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon
in rural northern England, he was the son of a
middle-class glove maker. Competing against such
illustrious company as Christopher Marlowe and Ben
Johnson, Shakespeare quickly became one of the
most popular playwrights in the city of London and
a favorite of the monarch, the powerful and
long-lived Queen...
Free research essays on topics related to: lower class, viola, twelfth night, lady olivia, sir toby
-
The Great White Whale And Its Many Meanings
859 words
The Great White Whale and its Many Meanings Herman
Melville, in his epic novel Moby-Dick, utilizes
the symbolism of the color of the Great White
Whale to demonstrate his theme of duality.
However, Captain Ahab tragically had a single mind
set towards Moby Dick, as he believed that the
whale was the symbol of the worlds evil and had to
be destroyed. On the other hand, Ishmael sees that
the color white can mean many various and opposing
things. It would be dangerous to settle upon any
one single m...
Free research essays on topics related to: captain ahab, evil in the world, color white, white whale, moby dick
-
Joseph Banks Suggested Aboard The Endevour Sailed
343 words
In June of 1769, aboard the Endevour, Captain
James Cook completed his scientific assignment to
observe a transit of the planet Venus across the
face of the sun from Tahiti in the South Pacific.
Afterwards, Cook and his crew headed westward;
their secret mission was to find the undiscovered
southern land, Terra Australias Incognita. Many
geographers believed it had to exist to
counterbalance the northern continents. They were
ordered to travel as far south as the fortieth
parallel in their searc...
Free research essays on topics related to: sailed, convicts, botany, cook, aboard
-
Mc Murphy Nurse Ratched
511 words
Although there are numerous themes in the story,
Manipulation is one of the key terms. An extremely
powerful and unique skill. There are numerous ways
to use it, but a selected number of people have
the skill and ability to use it. There are a
couple of characters in the book that know how to
use this skill. The first character that
manipulates patients and other people is Nurse
Ratched. The second character is Mc Murphy. The
third topic is about how both Nurse Ratched and Mc
Murphy use their ma...
Free research essays on topics related to: manipulate people, nurse ratched, murphy, one example, mc murphy
-
Townshend Acts Samuel Adams
1,198 words
... upper British troops in America but also to
provide salaries for British officials who would
the collect taxes. Such monies would make these
tax collectors financially independent of other
colonial assemblies. This attempt was to raise
revenue through trade tariffs and to circumvent
American control of imperial officials which
greatly angered many colonial officials. John
Dickinson argued in his influential Letters from a
Farmer in Pennsylvania (1767) that the Townshend
duties were not for t...
Free research essays on topics related to: british troops, stamp act, boston massacre, samuel adams, townshend acts
-
Operas Quot Pg Watching Quot Pg Jim
664 words
Glass Menagerie: Relationship Between Jim and
Laura Essay submitted by Sarah In high school, Jim
was basically your all around nice guy. He was
friendly to everyone, and an example of this is
that he called Laura " Blue Roses" . He
was being friendly when he nicknamed her that, but
otherwise they didnt really talk to each other.
That was basically under the only circumstances
that they actually talked. The only reason that
Jim asked Laura what was the matter in the first
place, was bec...
Free research essays on topics related to: confident, laura, club, basically, friendly
-
Political Correctness Typical American
786 words
Fahrenheit 451 is an engrossing futuristic tale of
a society where all printed material is banned. In
this country of the future, officials believe that
people who read and are able to think for
themselves are a threat to the nation where
individualism is strongly discouraged. Fahrenheit
451 is recently the most notable work of social
criticism that Bradbury has written. This novel
has one very important aspect dealing with
symbolism. This story deals with the extremely
serious problem of the ba...
Free research essays on topics related to: firefighter, typical american, montag, political correctness, fahrenheit 451
-
Inability To Act Kill The King
638 words
Hamlet? s Whatever Complex William Shakespeare? s
Hamlet is a play that is full of several themes
and ideas that relate to today? s society as well
as they relate to the Elizabethan Era. Probably
the one aspect that stands out though, is the
theme of courage and confidence demonstrated
through Hamlet? s inability to act on his
decisions. Several times throughout the play
Hamlet feels one way and acts another, or just
doesn? t act at all. Hamlet? s inability to act is
really his tragic flaw and i...
Free research essays on topics related to: kill the king, inability to act, hamlet , father , inability
-
Dream Come True Harriet Tubman
584 words
Freedom Harriet Tubman was a brave woman, she
managed to take eleven slaves to Canada, with no
one noticing anything. She also did something that
was surprising, she took the gun that she had with
her to make a slave stay or to die, We got to go
free or die. She didnt allowed a slave to go back
while they were traveling because someone might
figured that he / she were returning from the
running slaves and might have to answer questions.
She traveled to different's places to stay like
Thomas Garr...
Free research essays on topics related to: captain, dream come true, pilot, harriet, harriet tubman
-
Inside Every Human Heart Of Darkness
893 words
Christian Rivas 5 - 20 - 2000 Period 6 Heart of
Darkness/Apocalypse Now Inside every human soul is
a savage evil side that remains separated by
society. Often this evil side breaks out during
times of isolation from our culture, and whenever
one culture confronts another. Whenever different
cultures meet, there is often a fear of
contamination and loss of self that leads us to
discover more about our true selves, often causing
madness by those who have yet to discover. Joseph
Conrad's book, The ...
Free research essays on topics related to: inside every human, joseph conrad, heart of darkness, evil side, captain willard
-
John Smith White Man
1,034 words
Many moons ago, an Indian girl was not yet born
but there were many problems with Indians and the
white man as the Indians. This unborn child would
become a huge part of colony history between the
Indians and the English; this child was to be
recognized in history by many different names the
most famous name would be Pocahontas. The book I
read was about Pocahontas by Grace Steele
Woodward. This book covers many different subjects
in Pocahontas? s life. The book begins with a
background of The P...
Free research essays on topics related to: white man, didn t, life, john smith, aren t
-
War Of 1812 Won The Battle
957 words
offered better food and pay. The life of a English
navy sailor was not good. They were constantly
working and the food was terrible. Meat, when
available was almost always rotten and covered
with mold. Ships biscuit a type of bread that was
rock hard, was frequently covered with maggots.
English sailors often ate in dark corners to avoid
seeing what bugs might be on their food. American
merchant ships offered 10 times the pay and
although the food was not fancy it stuck to your
ribs. The English...
Free research essays on topics related to: war of 1812, won the battle, peace treaty, james madison, congress passed
-
Felt That Earthmen Colonize Mars Spender
445 words
The Martian Chronicles, written by Raymond
Bradbury, is a book that discusses s what might
happen if Earthmen were to try to colonize Mars.
There were four expeditions by Earthmen to Mars.
The first three expeditions were destroyed by
martians who were jealous or who were afraid of
being colonized. The fourth expedition was
different. There were no hostile martians or any
martians at all. The men sent out a search and
discovered that the martians had been wiped out by
chicken pox, presumably tra...
Free research essays on topics related to: expedition, mars, martians, spender, wilder
-
Lava Flow Complex Dome And Lava Flow Complex Augustine
613 words
St. Augustine Volcano Augustine Volcano is the
most frequently active and the youngest of the
Cook Inlet volcanoes. Detterman considered
Augustine to be entirely Quaternary and Johnston
concluded that volcanism at Augustine began during
the late Pleistocene Moosehorn glacial advance 19,
000 - 15, 500 IBP. Since its discovery by Captain
James Cook in 1778, Augustine Volcano has had
seven historical eruptions. 1883, 1935, 1979,
1985, 1986, and 1987. Yount and others, 1987. The
activity in 1908, re...
Free research essays on topics related to: inlet, cook, eruption, side of the island, augustine
394 results found, view free essays on page: