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Boredom Essays and Term Papers
Creative Writing: HerozOnce upon a time in a land called Lamron, there was a castle called
Lamron Castle.
The town was always threatened by dragons that would appear out of
the sky and for no apparent reason, these dragons would wreak havoc and
cause problems for the townspeople.
Every household owned a brass ...
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Cliff's Persistence"The Cuckoo's Egg" is a story of persistence, love for one's work and is just
plain funny! The story starts out with Clifford Stoll being "recycled" to a
computer analyst/webmaster.
Cliff, as he is affectionately called, is a long-haired ex-hippie that works at
Lawrence Berkeley Lab. He ...
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Candide: Voltaire's View Of Human ConditionVoltaire’s Candide provokes a horrific tales of its characters actions that forces the reader to feel in a strange mood, such as laughter. Although, he instructs the reader to be in serious attention of the story’s point of view. This philosophical tale is based on the art of black ...
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Gangsare a violent reality that people have to deal with in today's cities. What has made these groups come about? Why do kids feel that being in a gang is both an acceptable and prestigious way to live? The long range answer to these questions can only be speculated upon, but in the short term ...
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Two Sides Of HumanityThe journey of life is like an endless highway. Any number of obstacles could be waiting over the next hill. Fortunately, we may choose our own paths just as we can make our own choices in life. Just as a map provides directions during an excursion, there is a divine guide that provides a map ...
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Janie CrawfordIn Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston draws a sharp portrait of a proud, independent black woman looking for her own identity and resolving not to live lost in sorrow, bitterness, fear, or romantic dreams. Like most lives of black women of the early 20th century (or any time for ...
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Our Town By Thornton Wilder"Our Town", by Thornton Wilder, written in 1938, was first performed at the McCarter theatre, New Jersey, on the 22nd of January1938. It is an example of meta theatre, and chronicles the lives of ordinary, everyday people, during their ordinary, everyday lives. The story is based in ...
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Under Age Drinking : The Problems It CreatesIt's a Saturday night, and the bars are packed. People are inside
having a few, or more than a few, drinks. A select few are really drunk or
passed out. Now lets step outside and take a look at a different type of
drinking, drinking at an early age. High school and junior high kids are at ...
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Should High School Be Extended To 5 Years?In the American society where income and wealth are necessities to standard living, many citizens feel education is the key to earning those requirements. Now, extension of high school to five years is causing an immense debate among the citizens. In the recent 2010 global economy, high school in ...
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Turgenev, A RomanticAn author’s voice is never non-existent in his work. No matter what someone is writing, it is processed through their experiences and beliefs. This follows through with Turgenev and his Fathers and Sons. Through all of his main characters, Turgenev highlights the importance of finding love and ...
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ChickenpoxIn a typical scenario, a young child is covered in pox and out of school for a week. The first half of the week the child feels miserable from intense itching; the second half from boredom. Since the introduction of the chickenpox vaccine, classic chickenpox is much less common.
Chickenpox can ...
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Fahrenheit 451Thelonious Stokes
Fahrenheit 451
As forbidden as it is, Faber teaches Mildred how to read. Secretly, everyday Mildred stops by Faber’s home and gets lessons. After weeks of lessons, Mildred realizes the importance and benefits books contain. Books open up a completely new world Mildred has not ...
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Fairy Tales and Gender RolesFairy Tales and Gender Roles
Some things about fairy tales we know to be true. They begin with "once upon a time." They end with "happily ever after." And somewhere in between the prince rescues the damsel in distress. Of course, this is not actually the case. Many fairytales omit these ...
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Romeo and JulietThroughout the passage Juliet expresses how she feels while waiting for Romeo. Juliet describes herself as bored and shows eagerness to be with the one she loves. The passage has different kinds of literary techniques such as imagery, metaphors, and rhythmic intensity to help portray her emotions ...
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Ku Klux KlanThe Ku Klux Klan: The First Era
With the ending of the Civil War in 1865, the period of American history known as the Reconstruction began. It was during this era that the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group, spunoff from the freemasons, first came to power. The Freemasons usually tended to ...
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Silence of the LambsOne does not think of popular movies as being full of thematic content, of being full of questions about death, gender, mental illness, and life. Yet when I sit here and try to decide on a singular topic to write about from a movie that is teeming with them, it is an incredibly popular movie about ...
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TechnologyWhen you take a closer look at the future do you feel that technology is taking over? Well, to begin with, technology has a major role in our planet called Earth. But the question is what is technology- “Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species' usage and knowledge of tools and ...
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Why Do People Take Drugs?Why Do People Take Drugs?
Cindy Standen
Criminology- 42
03/28/2012
Individual assignment # 11
I think people take drugs because they want to change something about their lives, they also take drugs to fit in, or to escape or relax, they want to relieve boredom, and they want to act like ...
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ObesityObesity in America
Obesity is an excess proportion of total body fat. A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight. The most common measure of obesity is the body mass index or BMI. A person is considered overweight if his or her BMI is between 25 and ...
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