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Critique Of The Play Effects Gamma Rays
1,388 wordsOn Thursday April 11, 2002 the play, The Effects of Gamma Rays was performed in the Macfarlene auditorium at Utica College. The play was performed from April 11, 2002 through April 15, 2002. This play was written by Paul Zindel and was directed by Marijean Levering, a theatre teacher at Utica College. The play is another spin on the typical dysfunctional family. You have Beatrice, the unhappy mother whose hatred for life and its disappointments has led her to randomly torture her two daughters, ...
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Rises Must Converge Good Country People
1,549 wordsIn writing many authors have different techniques or styles in which they use in order to reveal their themes. These vehicles are what give fiction its ability to relate to people and life in general. By using setting, irony, and characterization in her short fiction Flannery OConnor reveals a theme of a both cynical and sinister universe in which death is imminent and impartial. She specializes in using artistic representation of human character or motives to accentuate this morbid theme. In he...
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Day To Day Amount Of Stress
1,434 wordsStress management is something we as people should take a lot more seriously than we really do. Whenever I tell someone that they need to learn how to control their stress they always tell me they need their stress. They are right, they do need their stress, we all need a certain amount of stress in our lives. No stress is almost just as unhealthy as too much stress. Just the right amount of stress is called Eustress. Eustress is a healthy stressor because it helps to keep us motivated. Unhealth...
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Lot Of People Dylan Klebold
1,050 wordsThere has been a lot of events that have happened over the years that have changed the that people veiw things. Like when Terry Fox decided that he wanted to run across Canada, even though he could only do it on one leg. Some people probably thought he couldnt even run ten miles with an artificial leg. So that was an event that changed the way people thought about something. The Colombine High School shooting, in Littleton Colorado, is one of those things. On April 20 th, 1999, two students who ...
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Wig Maker Replied Della And Jim Della's
1,339 wordsThe Gift of The Magi: A Continuation (Creative Writing) It was one week from Della's 30 th birthday and Jim didnt have enough money to buy her a present. Well, Jim thought, ? if I dont have a watch then why should I have a chain for one? ? So, he sold his watch chain in order to have money for Della's present. ? Now, what do I buy Della? ? he asked himself. ? I think Ill go to the flea market and look for something, because one little rusty old chain wont buy me very much, ? Jim stated as he sta...
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Race Of People Native Americans
520 wordsIn these types of cases where there is a dispute over Native American mascots, there are pros and cons on both sides. On the one hand, there is much pride in a schools mascot. It symbolizes the pride in the school and promotes the spirit of the crowd. Fans and students of the school look at those mascots and feel a rush of school spirit that only the mascot can bring out. Even long after they graduate, they will look back on their school days and see themselves as that mascot. As I look back at ...
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Friar Lawrence Juliet Stated Romeo
348 wordsYoung and Tragic Love By Nicole Juliet Capulet age 15 is in love with Romeo Manage. It was love at first sight says Juliet. They met at a Ball thrown by her parents Lord &# 038; Lady Capulet. Juliet was to wed Paris a prearrange marriage. When from across the room she sees Romeo. She had stated that she did not know that her feelings were for someone from the Montague family in which the Capulet and Montague's were feuding. Juliet has stated that after the Ball she went out on her balcony to tel...
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Vietnam War Country Joe
1,009 wordsHistory Music Project Two of the most memorable of events of the 60 s were the Vietnam War and Woodstock. Joe McDonald, was a part of both. The song which I was randomly assigned was Fixin To Die Rag by Country Joe McDonald. However, this is only the song s pop-culture name. The song s full name is I Feel Like I m Fixin To Die Rag. Also, Joe McDonald started a band, called The Fish, which he belonged to. But, in Fixin To Die Rag, Country Joe performs alone, strumming his guitar and singing his l...
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Love Girl Control
563 wordsCreative Writing: This Girl The girl slowly created across the floor. She had a look on her face of love. She began to tempt me. I could not allow her to take control over me. I could not resist. I had to let the love warm my body. I have let her take over once again. I have lost to her kiss. The kiss that has sweetened my blood. I absorbed her body. I walked down the trail on a journey to find my house. I took this route every day. I know that it will lead me back to the place that I love so mu...
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Ethnic Groups Great Strides
1,465 wordsI Culturally Unaware Culturally Unaware I was planning to take a leisurely trip this summer, but now I think Ill have to change my plans. Instead Ill probably have to take a crash course in Sensitivity for the Culturally Unaware. Maybe its because I grew up in Chicago, perhaps the most culturally diverse city in the country. Maybe its because I have a mulatto niece and nephew. Maybe its because my cousins last name is now Hernandez. Maybe its because my wifes cousin is a Native American. Or mayb...
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Jon Krakauer Thin Air
802 wordsInto Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mr. Everest Disaster As a child, Jon Krakauer dreamed of climbing, but he never dreamed that this one climb would be a disaster. Krakauer was assigned by Outside Magazine to report on the commercial expeditions that were being conducted on Mount Everest in May 1996. Jon Krakauer, the narrator and author, describes a first hand account of this ill-fated journey. Krakauer, his guide, and a group of climbers set out to the top of Mt. Everest to see how wise ...
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Married Couples Long Time
767 wordsAs a wonderfully enjoyable play, Dinner With Friends delivers to audiences a very prevalent situation in relationships during this decade; The situation being, divorce. Set in a area of New England, Dinner With Friends shows a difficult period in two four year-old married couples, and long time friends lives. The character? s ethnic background is not brought into subject during the play, however, I assumed they were white of European decent. However, the roles could be performed by any race of a...
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Loneliness Sadness Awe First Few Scenes Jim
1,026 wordsIn the book My Antonia (First Vintage Classics Edition, 1994), the landscape along with Ji ms reactions to it help us to feel all the emotions of the scene. His feelings of loneliness, sadness, awe and happiness are felt through his words and we can form a picture from the descriptions, adding to what we already know. He feels these emotions in the first few scenes. All because he wants a place to call home. The feelings we get when Jim arrives are awe with hints if loneliness. He pulls into tow...
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Beginning Of The Play King Lear
747 wordsIn a writing of Shakespeare's play " King Lear" , the main character is King Lear who starts off as a respected and powerful king. As the story progresses the king loses his power because of his own stupidity and blindness. The tragedy of this play is shown through the daughters of the king, the fool, and finally when Lears sanity is tested. At the beginning of the play, King Lear is powerful and harsh. He decides he doesnt want to be king anymore, and so he asks his daughters, Reagan,...
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Strict Vietnamese Family Chores Around The House Parents
642 wordsTo continue our family? s ethnic / cultural identity, our parents must teach us the core values of our Eastern Asian culture. The most fundamental of these values regard gender roles and dating? which lead to a gender bias. Children of both sexes are more influenced by the mothers? attitudes than fathers? because mothers play the primary socializing agents in the Eastern Asian community. I am from a fairly strict Vietnamese family. I was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, but ten days after I w...
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Macbeth Thane Shakespeare Macbeth
1,093 wordsImagery in Shakespeare Macbeth Authors use many literary techniques and devices to make their workforce interesting. They use what is called word imagery. Word imagery is another word for a metaphor: a comparison not using like or as. In Shakespeare s Macbeth, imagery is very often used. No where in Shakespeare s genius for metaphor more apparent than in his use for clothing imagery. In the beginning of the play, Shakespeare uses a great example of clothing imagery when Ross tells Macbeth that h...
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Parents Mccandless Chris
466 wordsChris McCandless, the main character of Into the Wild, is searching for his true self. His numerous tests of both his physical and mental abilities are proof of his determination. He felt affected in his families presence so went on a road trip. He was criticized by many for this, but who could stop him from discovering who he is. It is clear from the novel that Chris relationship with his parents is not good. He refuses gifts from them and then disappears. He had instructed his family that he w...
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Cassio And Desdemona Shakespeare Othello
1,821 wordsWhat is the most disastrous human emotion? William Shakespeare s Othello makes it clear that the answer to this question is jealousy. After all, it is jealousy that drives Iago to concoct the plan, which ruins the lives of several innocent people including Othello, Desdemona, Emilia, and Rodrigo. This play poses a distinct character foil between Shakespeare s vilest villain, Iago, and the honest, but easily mislead Othello. This tragedy is mostly based upon Iago s suggestion of an affair between...
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Powerful Enough To With Stand Jem
232 wordsPersonally, I do not find Jem very bad or very good but I do find him kind of powerful. I placed Jem in the Neutral Square for good or weak because he is not a perfect child. In the story he tries to contact Boo Radley by sneaking in through the back window. He then gets Arthur (Boo? s brother) upset and Arthur almost shoots Jem. This causes a lot of friction in the story. He is also considered good because he helps Scout understand why Atticus is pursuing this trial. In a sense Jem is powerful....
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North And South Runaway Slaves
795 wordsIn the 1850 s and 60 s the North and South were becoming more hostile towards each other due to changing views and small incidents of dislike toward the others views. One of those incidents was John Browns raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia. John Browns goal was to steal enough weapons from the national armory and gather enough men so they could march into Kansas and force them to be a colony or state for runaway slaves. The Raid occurred in October of 1859. It was a complete failure in most ways. ...
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