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Robert Frost And The Depression
1,917 words
Robert Frosts poetic images and topics changed as
a result of the depression. Reflected in Robert
Frosts poetry lie the feelings and concerns of
Americans, expressed through different poetic
images and topics. As compared to Robert Frosts
earlier work, which focused on man and nature,
Frosts poems during the Great Depression, shift
poetic images and topics to the relationship
between man and man. Later in Frosts life, after
the depression, Robert Frosts themes changed
another time to man and God...
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Call Of The Wild Survival Of The Fittest
1,116 words
... ing Black Burton during a barroom brawl, and
another time by pulling Thornton out of a series
of dangerous rapids. In another act of devotion,
Buck wins Thornton a $ 1, 600 bet by
single-handedly pulling a thousand pounds on a
sled. Thornton and his two partners, Hans and
Pete, use the money to support an expedition to
find a lost mine. They finally find it and begin
mining. Buck runs free through the forests as the
men dig for gold, continually testing himself
against the harsh environment....
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White Fang Man Named
316 words
Each night a female half wolf half dog would
seduce a dog away and allow the pack to kill him.
This killing of the dogs lasted until there were 3
dogs remaining. One man tried to save a 4 th dog
that was being killed by the wolves and ended up
getting killed also. From then on the wolves
closed in on the camp of the remaining man and 2
dogs. Just as the fire, that was keeping the
wolves away, on the camp burned low a rescue party
came and saved the man and the 2 dogs from being
eaten. After depa...
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Mental Handicap Fifteen Minutes
1,843 words
Year 2081 and everyone in America is equal to one
another. Nobody is smarter, better looking,
stronger or quicker than anyone else. It is
because of the 211 th, 212 th, and 213 th
Amendments to the Constitution. It is April,
Handicapper General's men take away George and
Hazel Bergeron's 14 -year-old son, Harrison. The
couple are sitting watching ballerinas dance on
television. George has an intelligence way above
normal and is required by law to wear a little
mental handicap radio in his ear, w...
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Running Water Looked Back
1,333 words
Wiping 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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Life And Death Cycle Of Life
1,957 words
Our universe is an ever-turning wheel that
maintains a beautiful balance of life. On the
spokes of this wheel the existence of all things
is assured; life is given, bodies and souls are
fed, each position on the wheel is cultivated by
the next, and then one day we will pass away, only
to start the circle again in another mysterious
way. Take a moment to look around you and see the
many cycles that exist for the sole purpose of
keeping our wheel in motion, and then recognize
how little these grea...
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Alcohol And Cigarettes Side Effects
886 words
Marijuana has been proven to induce less side
effects, or negative factors than either alcohol
or cigarettes. Smoking cigarettes causes cancer,
in several different forms, is physically
addicting, and has enough other chemicals in it to
kill small animals. Along with the extremely
addicting nicotine, and tar-filled tobacco,
cigarettes contain other chemical s such as
rodenticide, formaldehyde, and sometimes even
ammonia. Still, it is legal to buy, and smoke.
Alcohol, another prevalent "evil" in ...
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Amp Quot Sled Dog
994 words
In 1903, Jack London wrote his best selling novel,
concerning the life of a sled dog that travels
throughout Alaska, the Yukon, and the Klondike.
Throughout this book Jack London uses
personification to illustrate the dog's viewpoint.
London describes what adventures the dog
encounters after being kidnapped from his Santa
Clara Valley home to be taken to Alaska as a sled
dog to help men pursue gold in the gold rush of
1897. Buck, is the name of this sled dog who
experiences his primitive life st...
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National Institute On Drug Abuse Teenage Smoking
1,514 words
More Teenagers are still Hooked on Smoking at an
Early Age Abstract This research aims to determine
the daily cigarette consumption of male teenage
smokers on the average through a survey conducted
to fifty respondents. The research was undertaken
in an area frequented by teens at a time when most
of them are hanging out. The result proved that
teenagers are heavy smokers and almost a third of
the entire male smoking population. This proves
the fact that majority of smokers today started
smoking...
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Quot Quot Main Computer
703 words
The Terminal Man was about the neuropsychiatric
section of a hospital doing a breakthrough surgery
to help reverse the effects of psychomotor
epilepsy. The patients name was Harry Benson.
Harry had psychomotor epilepsy because he hit his
head in a car accident and it resulted in brain
damage. Harry was a good subject for the operation
because he was brilliant, being a computer
programmer with top level government security
clearance. The type of epilepsy that he had caused
him to black out for pe...
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Shell Shock Gas Attack
929 words
1. 0 INTRODUCTION Congratulations, you are now a
soldier. You now have the duties that come with
that and that is to fight for your country. The
front is very different compared to recruit
training and for that reason this is why we have
published this manual. It hopes to help you
familiarize yourself on what you will go through
at the front. Take note on the points given in
this manual as it could help to save your friends
life or more importantly yours. 2. 0 BASICS 2. 1
READ MANUAL -Be sure to...
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Normal Human Didn T
1,660 words
Explore the characterisation of Teddy and his
significance in the play as a whole, starting from
a close examination of his words and behaviour on
p. 86 to p. 89 (I think we ll go back to You just
rest. I ll go pack). We see straight away that
Teddy, who ostensibly should be relaxed in his
home, is tense. He talks incessantly, posing
questions and seeking reassurance, while Ruth
speaks and acts with confidence. When Teddy
announces: I think we ll go back and asks Ruth if
she agrees that they sho...
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Dragon Boat Races Dragon Boat Festival Yuan
483 words
The Dragon Boat Festival Dragon boat racing is
more than an exciting water sport. It is also a
very dynamic part of the Chinese folklore and
culture. Chinese people traditionally regard the
dragon as a great creature that has been presiding
over the water. It also represents the symbol of
power. The emperor of the Chinese kingdom would
wear a rope that has a dragon on it, to make
himself powerful. Dragon Boat Festival in Taiwan
is celebrated by Dragon boat racing, eating rice
dumplings, and wear...
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Jack London White Fang
1,508 words
The idea of peaceful rebellion through nature is
the basis for many books. Kipling was one of the
first one to do it through many of his novels, but
Jack London got a lot deeper into that concept. He
was born in 1876 in San Francisco, an illegitimate
child born to a single woman, but his mother did
marry a man named John London, and named her son
John London. This family moved a lot, but ended up
in San Francisco again where John London, now
known as Jack London worked in the bay patrol.
Jack wa...
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Marijuana Laws Norml U S Government
2,486 words
Decriminalize Marijuana for the Good of America
Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of
concerns of Americans and are considered one of
the major problems facing our country today. We
see stories on the news about people being killed
on the street every day over drugs. To many people
drugs are only an inner-city problem, but in
reality they affect all of us users and non-users.
I believe that the negative affects we associate
with drugs would be greatly reduced if the United
States adopted ...
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Doe Season Story Progresses
1,217 words
" Doe Season, " David Kaplan uses
symbolism to carry Andy through her rite of
passage into womanhood. I. Andy is unknowing as
she ventures out on a hunting trip with her
father. A. She leaves at night and arrives at her
destination early in the morning. B. She comments
on the space between where she was and the moon.
II. Andy is maturing slowly as the story
progresses. A. Andy carries her own pack. B. She
drinks coffee imitating her father (holding the
cup like he does. ). C. Andy volu...
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Rite Of Passage Doe Season
1,213 words
Thesis: Doe Season Outline Thesis: Throughout Doe
Season, David Kaplan uses symbolism to carry Andy
through her rite of passage into womanhood. I.
Andy is unknowing as she ventures out on a hunting
trip with her father. A. She leaves at night and
arrives at her destination early in the morning.
B. She comments on the space between where she was
and the moon. II. Andy is maturing slowly as the
story progresses. A. Andy carries her own pack. B.
She drinks coffee imitating her father (holding
the c...
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College Is About Learning First Place People
511 words
College is about learning. Its not as simple as
learning whatever it is thats being taught in your
required gen-ed classes, though. Its about
learning how to listen, how to speak, how to
think. Learning who you are, who your friends are,
the type of people you want as friends. Learning
how to trust your innermost feelings, and how to
find those feelings in the first place. Its about
learning whats really important to you, and
learning what you really dont give a damn about.
College is about lear...
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Didn T Night
1,389 words
Wiping 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 he? d 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
late...
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Twenty Five Percent Centers For Disease Control
1,930 words
Forty-eight million Americans smoked in 1997 which
is equivalent to about twenty-five percent of the
nation s adult population, according to a U. S.
government survey released in November, 1999
(Cooper n. p. ). According to Michael Ericsson,
director of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention s Office on Smoking and Health, the
smoking rate among young adults ages 18 - 24 rose
about four percent because of the increase in teen
smoking seen over the next ten years. He said, As
these teenag...
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