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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
1,892 wordsCatcher in the Rye's pallid cover, adorned only with seven multicolored bands in its upper-left corner, is not what one would call eye-catching. Its reverse side lacks criticisms or reviews of any sort; in fact, it is bare of anything except a copyright date. Human beings are advised not to judge books by their covers, rather that they should look further than the obvious and try to apprehend the implied meaning. The world has peered past Catcher in the Rye's cover, cracked its pure, uniform she...
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San Diego Back Home
1,481 wordsOhmigosh! You will never believe this. I, Nebula Stellar, got a date with an Earthling! I know this might seem stupid to you, but Im not from your planet. Im from the planet Koosha, just a couple of light years away from Earth. Kooshians look like little balls of fluff with arms and legs and faces. So how did I meet this guy? Well I was out exploring in my Spacecruiser on a nice summer day, when I found I planet Ive never saw before in my space explorations. Oh so this must be Earth! I said to m...
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Ford Motor Company Target Audience
945 wordsThe target audience throughout the 129 -year history of Popular Science magazine has traditionally been working age males. The advertisements within that magazine reflect the audience in whom they are attempting to reach. From new technological gadgets to old-fashioned tools, the advertisers know what will be attractive to the reader, and to the readers wallet. Of these advertisers, the most popular by far have been those from the automotive industry. The Ford Motor Company has chosen to strateg...
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Knocked Unconscious Barbed Wire
1,285 wordsJuly 1 st 2001 Sweat poured down my rugged unshaved face, bathed in my camouflage, and dripped on my MP 5 sub-machine gun. As I ran for my God-forsaken life I spit out my fresh chew and screamed at my division sniping in the nearby trench, GET THE HELL OUT! ITS GONNA BLOW! ! Once I gained their attention it was too late. BAWOOSH! I tried to glance at my four other companions but I only caught a glimpse their distraught visages a split second before debris covered my sight and I was luckily blown...
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Machine Gun Red Army
1,278 words... one to the whole time. We may have been on duty but we still got ahold of some beer. Some beer wouldnt hurt. stashed in PFC Okawita's jeep he brought before it got demolished. He really loved that jeep. While arguing over the better chewing tobacco, PFC Taggart's Copenhagen and my Skoal, PFC Brown and Swerski were dancing around inebriated and wanted to visit the nearby village to find some escort service. Absolutely out of the question! Why? I insisted. Dont worry about us, well be fine wel...
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Song Tra Bong Ready To Kill
1,208 wordster> Difference Between Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong & A Soldier's Sweetheart Once a successful novel hits the market, producers are inclined to adapt the story into a movie. Since imagination, symbolism, and character psyches are explored in a novel, the movies tend to lack the luster of the original text. Using their imagination, readers are able to conjure up characters and scenes that are unique. This is the case with Tim Obrien's, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong. This is a stor...
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Running Water Looked Back
1,333 wordsWiping the sweat from my brow I called a halt to the crew. Phil and I dumped our packs and found a comfy boulder to rest on. I looked back to where the last guys were coming from back down the trail. They had stopped talking a while back and marched slowly along the dirt trail. Phil produced an energy-bar hed saved from breakfast and began to munch on it as I drained another water bottle. After the refreshing drink I laid back against the rock and stared up at the pine trees. But a moment later,...
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Television And Movies Politically Correct
1,204 wordsWhen I lived in Japan and talked with my friends about Americans, I had a strong impression that my friends think the average American is white. Of course they realize that there are many other ethnic groups in the U. S. but they do not realize the true extent of racial diversity in America. In their minds, an average American has white skin, a tall nose, long legs, wide eyes, and a muscular body. So I wondered what could have led them to this image of the average American. Then I realized that ...
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Stereotypical Groups People Feels
610 wordsThe other day I had a discussion with my roommate about the social psychological idea of stereotyping. I found it interesting how much I felt like she was contradicting herself. But in my opinion, I do not find it surprising that she did, because I feel like most people at the point in our lives (college students) do try and not prejudge people, but do anyway. When I asked how guilty she felt she was about stereotyping people, she said it depends on what shes stereotyping, but she does not feel ...
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Examples Of Nerds Nerd
964 wordsFor the longest time, images in the media have depicted nerds the same way. They are portrayed as intelligent yet socially inept, unaware of popular trends, and devoid of any sort of personality. Repeatedly they are made out to be shy and lacking in confidence, which makes them into victims of the cool people. These characters are rarely taken seriously in TV or movies, and are present mostly for comic relief or to provide some sort of sidekick for the hipper main character. Although it has hist...
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Line Of Work Living Room
1,069 wordsOn a cool afternoon I rang the doorbell to a firehouse located in Phoenix, Arizona. I had feelings of anxiousness and was waiting very impatiently at the door. My preconceptions were that I would speak with a very buff male (probably someone who looked as if they were in the WWF), that I would meet nothing but arrogant cocky guys who wanted to be a bunch of heroes, and that I would see them flying down poles and cute white Dalmatians chasing after their little red engines that could. All of this...
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George And Lennie Rest Of His Life
1,077 words... reality she is living in a boring ranch, with no companionship in isolation. However, she also believes that she would make it to the movies one day. She says to Lennie "I aint used to livin like this. I coulda made something of myself... maybe I will yet " (p. 124) Because she is so lonely, she wants to think of herself as having a future ahead of her, but of course she doesn't. When Curley's Wife is killed by Lennie, Steinbeck describes Curley's wife as a prettier figure. He writes .".. th...
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Back Of The House Alarm Clock Cops
1,021 wordsIt was a normal Friday morning, getting up around 10: 00 or so, except someone had set my alarm clock to go off at 10: 00. That right there, kind of pissed me off because I was having a really good dream. I usually never have good dreams; the dreams usually consist of me getting the shit kicked out of me, or some really bad tragedy where I lose my family. But there is nothing that I can do about this, so I got up and had some cereal. While I was eating breakfast, the phone rang. Michael, Travis,...
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Comparing Great Expectations And Of Mice Men
1,121 words... prologizes for his outbursts and says that he likes Lennie. This shows the reader that George is willing to put up with Lennie because they are friends and he enjoys Lennie's company. Steinbeck uses imagery to portray Lennie's cumbersome physique. Drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse. This shows the reader that Lennie is like a horse, strong and not very bright. He drank out of a stream without even checking the water to see if it is safe. This is the behavior common t...
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Mice And Men Aunt Clara
1,153 words... Lennie makes the mistake, which leads to his death. He strokes the hair of Curley's wife, at her invitation, but does it too roughly; she panics and tries to cry out, and Lennie shakes her violently, breaking her neck. There is no proper asylum for Lennie: Curley is vengeful, but even if he could be restrained, Lennie would face life in a degrading and cruel institution - a mental hospital, prison or home for the criminally insane. George's killing of Lennie, supported by Slim is the most me...
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Patty Doll Raggedy Ann Kaitlin
985 wordsKaitlin Jones was a normal seven-year-old girl. She had lots of toys, and she played with them all. But she liked Patty Doll the best. Patty Doll enjoyed this attention very much. Guess what! ? exclaimed Patty Doll as she burst into the toy chest at exactly 8: 45 on Tuesday night; Kaitlin's mom made me a new dress today! I was so nice. Kaitlin said it was beautiful- just like me. Then we had a tea party! I know. I was there, said Teddy. He was Kaitlin's big stuffed bear. He was also considered t...
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Media Violence Tv Violence
885 wordsThere are many problems in linking media violence with violence in society. First, only a small percent of those who watch violence are responsible for violent acts. Most of us are seemingly unaffected by it. Even though we can't establish a simple, direct, cause and effect relationship between media violence and violence in our society, we can draw some conclusions from the data. Studies show that people who watch a lot of TV violence not only behave more aggressively, but are more prone to hol...
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Garden Of Eden Boys And Girls
1,741 words/ 5 / 4 Discuss Margaret Laurence "The Loons" and Alice Munro The Found Boat." How do they depict Canadian/Western Canadian landscapes, characters, and values? O temporal, o mores! (Oh, different times, or different values! ) Greek philosopher I would like to start by saying that Alice Munro is well known for her strength of the fiction based on the regional focus with most of her stories speaking about Huron County, Ontario, that makes her a famous Canadian writer. She has gained recognition ac...
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Pulp Fiction Death Experience
955 wordsMandy Pulp Fiction Pulp Fiction Mandy Carter Pulp Fiction is like boot camp for the Marines. You come into it from your civilized life, they subject you to violent language until youre numb, they abuse you verbally and physically until all of your normal feelings and values are reduced to dust. Leaving you aware that you have changed, and able to describe the change, you find yourself questioning the person you were previously. Next thing you know youre saluting. This story is a cleverly disorie...
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John Rocker Sports Illustrated
785 wordsRacism and Rocker The controversy started when John Rocker, the relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves baseball team, told a reporter from Sports Illustrated magazine just how he felt about New York Mets fans. When asked if he would ever play for the New York Mets, Rocker told the reporter that he would retire first. He also added, Imagine having to take the number 7 train to the ballpark, looking like you re riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair next to some queer with AIDS rig...
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