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End Of The Story Story The Reader
1,634 wordsThe style and motives of Ambrose Gwinnet Bierce are those of a great intellect and cynic. Through his short stories, his views on war, death, religion, love, and for a twist, the supernatural are blatantly illustrated. His experiences in his own life evidently shaped his literary works, and the end of his life as mysterious as it was was fitting for such a man. Having no true formal education, other than that from his one-year stay at the Kentucky Military Institute, his writing shows remarkable...
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John Oakhurst Poker Flat Maverick
540 wordsMaverick and Oakhurst: Gamblers at Heart There come a time when a man has to do what a man has to do. Sometimes It is standing up for himself when confronted with a problem or other times it's just turning tail and running. John Oakhurst from "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and Maverick from the movie Maverick, both know when to push there limits. John Oakhurst is a Gambler who is as proper as a person can get when in the gambling business, for example once after winning all this kids money he gave...
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Persian Empire Battle Field
1,486 wordsAlexander the Great, a patient and often devious man; had never struck without careful planning. The youthful, headstrong Alexander liked to settle problems by immediate action. Making decisions with great speed, he took extraordinary risks; his success was achieved by the amount of sheer force and drive to overcome these risks. Alexander was educated as a student by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. The philosopher imbued Alexander with a love of Greek art and poetry, and instilled in him a last...
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Sleepy Hollow Heads Will Roll
642 wordsHave you ever heard of The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow? Its a wonderful story, written by Washington Irving in 1819. It was then made into a movie entitled Sleepy Hollow by the gothic film maker Tim Burton in 1999. Basically, it tells the story of a constable named Ichabod Crane sent to a small Dutch community called Sleepy Hollow in the state of New York to investigate the deaths of many people found with their heads cut off. The locals say that the murders have been committed by the legendary Head...
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Mad Cow Disease Kind Hearted
1,238 wordsHorse slaughter has been going on for a long time now and humans have increased their horseman consumption because of the mad cow disease. Mad cow disease is issued from the fattening foods farmers give to their cattle. In the food are sheep's bones granted into tiny, tiny bits. Ignorant till the outburst, makers didnt know that in sheep bones there is the virus of the dreaded disease. The disease doesnt affect sheep as it is only in their bones but when the cows eat it, it gets into their syste...
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Word Chevalier Meant Order Of Knighthood Knight
785 wordsChivalry, the order of knighthood, and especially, the code of knightly behavior, comes from many origins. In Middle English, the word chevalier meant mounted horseman. In Old french, the word chevalier meant knightliness or chevalier meaning knight. (Microsoft, Encarta) Almost all origins of the word meant horseman. Warfare was not an option in the medieval period and the knight was the most crucial part. The knights ability, and the military strength of the lord or king were nesses ary for the...
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Foreign Owned Human Consumption
2,574 wordsThe Slaughter of Americas Horses Any one who has wanted to travel to Europe or Asia, or go on a cross-country trip should follow along with one of many horses at local auctions. That s right, the symbols of the Wild West get to travel where most Americans will never go in their lifetime. However, its recommended that traveling and housing accommodation be booked separated from the horses. One morning they get on a trailer, a week or two later they are on plates as delicacies in other countries. ...
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Blanche Ingram Third Floor
505 wordsJane Eyre The story begins when Jane is 10. Her parents are dead and her aunt at Gateshead Hall has taken her care of. There she lives a miserable life with her cousin John who bullys her. After a fight with John she is put in the room where her uncle died. There she has a nightmare. Late at night she is taken back to her room by Bessie, the nurse. She isnt well so Bessie calls the apothecary. To him Jane says that she wants to go to school. For weeks nothing happens. At one day Mr. Brocklehurst...
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John Oakhurst Poker Flat Maverick
539 wordsMaverick and Oakhurst: Gamblers at Heart There come a time when a man has to do what a man has to do. Sometimes It is standing up for himself when confronted with a problem or other times its just turning tail and running. John Oakhurst from The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Maverick from the movie Maverick, both know when to push there limits. John Oakhurst is a Gambler who is as proper as a person can get when in the gambling business, for example once after winning all this kids money he gave it...
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Quot Lowell Fixed Stars
2,070 wordsThomas R. Edwards Imagistically the poem is built upon " enclosure" burial by snow, the subways vaults, the truss of the El, the interred Union dead, the sword in the groove foreshadowing the " mausoleum" of the last line. But these images suggest not only constraint and death but ceremony, formal rituals like burial, inauguration, or for that matter battle itself. The city observes the occasion: the subways drum, the girders " charge" as the poet passes them, the s...
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Edgar Allan Poe Poe
562 wordsThe Blessing Way Edgar Allan Poe has influenced many mystery writers of the modern times. In The Blessing Way, Tony Hillerman uses the usual detective mystery features traceable to Poe. These include an observant detective, a baffled friend, and the delayed explanation and conclusion. In this mystery, the observant detective and the baffled friend are especially used. Another Poe element, the dumb police, did not really show up in this story. I could not really find any instances of this element...
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Commit Suicide Opposing Views
1,632 wordsIn his play, Death and the Kings Horseman, We Soyinka would have us examine every clash and conflict, save for the one involving culture. Certainly this may seem the most obvious part of the play, but we would do the general understanding of Death a disservice if we ignored one of the central conflicts in the play. Every element of the play is placed in terms of two extremes, and the cultures must be considered one of those pairs. Suicide is no exception to this examination; it must be seen in t...
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