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Shoot The Elephant George Orwell
1,409 wordsThe story that my evaluation will be based on is Shooting an Elephant written in 1936. The author George Orwell was born in 1903 in India to a British officer raised in England. He attended Eton College, which introduced him to England's middle and upper classes. He was denied a scholarship, which led him to become a police officer for the Indian Imperial in 1922. He served in Burma until resigning in 1927 due to the lack of respect for the justice of British Imperialism in Burma and India. He w...
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River Valley Yellow River
515 wordsFrom 3000 BC to 1500 BC four civilizations arose that historians to this day marvel at, the Egyptians, the Sumerians, the Indus River Valley people, and the Shang dynasty in China. They all had great accomplishments in government, and religion and inventions. While they had their own different civilizations many similarities arise, such as depending on the river and their polytheistic religions. They had very isolated civilizations with the exception of the Sumerians. The geography, religion, an...
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Chain Of Events One Month
1,253 wordsUpon my first reading of Jorge Luis Borges Death and the Compass I found myself reacting to the chain of events not unlike the bland but efficient Inspector Treviranus. The Hotel du Nord with its hateful whiteness, numbered divisibility, and general appearance of a bordello seemed a natural place for a crime of greed and betrayal to have gone sour on a luckless criminal. The lure of priceless sapphires and mistaken destination was more than enough to recreate the crime that had taken place. Insp...
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Biography Of Vincent Van Gogh
1,330 wordsI'm not going to include a full biography of Vincent van Gogh since such information is easily enough obtained from the more traditional media (do people still visit libraries and book shops these days? ). As I mention on my References page, David Sweetman's Van Gogh: His Life and Art is an excellent biography and I would definitely recommend it. In addition, the chronology I include below gives a reasonable overview of the important events in the course of Vincent's life. For my own Van Gogh si...
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Fort Ord Ocean Freeway
875 wordsWarm sunny days, golden tans, beautiful sandy beaches, and bright shimmering lights of the cities at night. These are the images that came to my mind when I thought of California. As a child, I often daydreamed of living in such a wonderful place. Little did I know that the images of sunny beaches, people walking around in shorts, and gentle breezes portrayed in the advertisements of the magazines and television were not as they appeared: however, I would soon find all this out. My husband was i...
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Star Trek Ha Ha
1,407 words... entry did a musical album entitled "Old Yellow Eyes Is Back. " The title parodies Frank Sinatra ("Old Blue Eyes") and the character Spider plays; he dons yellow contact lenses as part of his android costume. One of the songs on the album features his fellow co-stars as backup singers. A final note belongs to Wil Wheaton, who plays Ensign Wesley Crusher (and son to Dr. Crusher, the ship's doctor) on The Next Generation. He had already acquired some semblance of fame as the lead in the flick S...
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Kerry James Marshall Our Town Part 2
1,675 words... the sun. Garden Party, a four-minute DVD and corresponding painting, which is considered to be a fresh interpretation of the works of Impressionists, for example, Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party. Marshall substitutes the original characters with Asians, African Americans, and Hispanics, by means of this creating new socio-political focus. The Ladder of Success, an installation of colorful Plexiglass boxes. Each of these boxes lists a traditional western virtue (for example, punctualit...
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Nuclear Holocaust Internal Organs
935 wordsCreative Story: Death Close 2100 hours, Captain James S. Steward of the United States Air Force straps on his G-suit and goes over his mission briefings one last time. He walks out into the hanger and awaits his chariot. The SR- 71 Blackbird, the fastest plane in the world with its twin turbine engines and slick black radar absorbent skin make him a flying shadow in the air. His mission, to fly a covert reconnaissance mission over Moscow, the heart of the USSR Intelligence believe that the Russi...
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Tons Per Acre Fresh Market Cucumbers Cucumber
1,230 wordsAbstract This paper will Cucumbers Cucumbers Abstract This paper will focus on cucumbers. It will discuss their relationship to other plants, the region of its origin and the plant part used by humans. The way cucumbers are harvested and the value of the harvest will also be touched on. Diseases and insects that threaten cucumbers will briefly be discussed. Introduction From the times of the bible through Henry VIII reign and into the modern era, cucumbers have survived through the ages. Cucumbe...
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Victor Frankenstein Henry Clerval
1,322 wordsAuthor: Mary Shelley Country England Title Frankenstein Genre: Fiction/Horror 1. Characters, with a brief description of each. Victor Frankenstein: He is the main character, a paradigm of ambition and curiosity. He does not know when to stop, and therefore loses everything. Elizabeth Lavenza: She is the sweet sister-bride of Victor. With flawless personality, she represents the hope for escape to a good future. Caroline: As Victors mother, she is as generous as can be. A bit controlling, she des...
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Victor Frankenstein Outward Appearance
1,281 wordsThe Creators Faults in the Creation Often the actions of children are reflective of the attitudes of those who raised them. Conclusion Originally, Frankenstein had planned to use the results of his experiment to benefit mankind; but this idea soon transmuted into and obsession to perform the impossible just to satisfy his own ego. Victor Frankenstein believes that by creating a living being he will end death and sadness throughout the world. Frankenstein's thirst for knowledge leads him to the c...
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Beginning Of The Story Gothic Novels
1,389 wordsUnbelievably Mary Shelley Frankenstein Frankenstein Unbelievably Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein at the age of eighteen. This great work captures the imaginations of its readers. Frankenstein remains one of the greatest examples of Gothic literature. Unlike other Gothic novels of the time, however, Frankenstein also includes elements of Romantic writing, and therefore cannot be classified as soley Gothic. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist. The daughter of the British ...
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Ages And Ages Words And Phrases
790 wordsThe poem The Road Not Taken is popular for a good reason. It has many different meanings, all of which are fair interpretations. My interpretation is that throughout life, we are faced with many difficult decisions. We should strive to be unique when making these decisions. The reason I chose this poem is because this idea relates to me quite well. I try to live in the manner Frost describes. Taking the common path is not the best way to live and I think that Robert Frost is trying to tell us th...
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Gas Masks Street Corner
505 wordsGarret Augustus Morgan was born on March 4, 1877. He was the seventh of eleven children born to the Morgan family in Paris, Kentucky. As a young boy Morgan was very creative. Morgan taught himself after he left school. After he dropped out of fifth grade, he left home at the age of fourteen for Cleveland. Despite no formal education Morgan became a very successful man. He has created many inventions that have improved the lives of everyone. His inventions range from hair products, to gas masks, ...
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F Scott Fitzgerald Green Light At The End
693 wordsF. Scott Fitzgerald s use of symbolism and colors in The Great Gatsby is prominent in every chapter of his novel. To fully understand the meaning of his color use, a reader must recognize the situations in which these colors are used. The color green is traditionally associated with spring, hope, and youth. One possible meaning of the color green is envy. Gatsby can be seen as an envious, jealous character. He once had the love of his life, Daisy, but now she is married to another man. He spends...
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Yellow Sportscar School Friends
656 wordsAn automobile, a vibrant yellow sportscar, pulls up to the front of the school. Its mirrored windows reflect the faces of a large crowd, waiting breathlessly for the car door to open. A man steps out of the drivers side, dressed in a formal suit, with the roguish appeal and smile of James Bond, the famous 007 agent. He walks around the front of the car and helps his date get out. The two of them stride hand in hand towards the school as flashes go off and people point at them. As the beautiful c...
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Husband Women Speaker
373 wordsThe late eighteen-hundreds represented a period of oppression for women and their rights to individual freedom and happiness. Women were expected to care for the home and the children, and to obey the will of their husbands. They were discouraged from participating in the intellectual arena, and were frowned upon if they expressed independant opinions or desires. Charlotte Perkins Gilman experienced these things on a personal level and from her experiences with the feminist movement she develope...
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Fire Escape Glass Menagerie
914 wordsThe play the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams appears to be a jumbled mess of random scenes filled with half minded characters living in an insane world. But when you look into the details and analyze each scene and the object and references within you discover it s a carefully planned work of art. By far Williams s genius is scene by his use of symbolism to reflect the true conflicts in the characters lives. Many objects mentioned in the play have a direct connection to the characters pers...
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Made Me Feel Quit Smoking
1,054 wordsWhy I Quit Smoking My mother works as an elderly care specialist at Delray Beach Retirement Center in Florida. I often visit her at work when I? m on vacation in Florida. Of all the times I have visited her at the retirement center, I will never forget the day I met Mr. Wilson. Despite his age of sixty-five, Mr. Wilson? s health was the equivalent of a ninety year old. After meeting Mr. Wilson, I would try to visit my mother at the Retirement Center during the time she was caring for him. Mr. Wi...
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Devaluation Of The Dollar Aurum Gold Metal
811 wordsGold, nothing can compare to this precious metal. A symbol of wealth and prosperity, it has been a value for explorers and adventurers and a lure for conquerors. Today it is vital to commerce and finance; popular in ornamentation, and increasing importance in technology. The nature of gold is diverse. The chemical element gold is a heavy, soft metal. It weighs nearly twice as much as lead. Shiny and deep yellow in color, gold is one of two metals, which are not gray or white when pure. Gold is t...
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