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My One Day Essays and Term Papers
Oedipus The King: A Tragic HeroThe downfall of a hero follows from his very nature. In Sophocles
play, Oedipus the King, (reprinted in X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia,
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 6th ed. New York,
NY 1995), the playwright focuses on a man named Oedipus, the king of Thebes,
who is ...
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Creative Writing: A Dream Come TrueThere I was, sitting on my bed at 2:30 am. Wondering about the dream I
just had. Not only was it stupid, but I have never had such a weird dream. It
was really different.
The dream was about a little dog. The dog was walking on my chest, while
I was lying on something soft. I think it was a ...
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Huckleberry Finn - FreedomHuck Finn Journal (Freedom) Chap.1: pg.1 "The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time.... so, when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out into my rags and was free and satisfied, but she always took me back." Huck ...
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My Friend AprilOne quiet summer afternoon I lay gazing into the big, blue sky watching the clouds form into immense moving objects that catch my eye for a second. I saw everything from birds to alligators and occasionally a car or bus. While staring at the sky in a world of my own I heard a clamor coming from ...
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Personal Writing: My Tutoring JobI would not call what I engaged in a real job because I got paid without being taxed. My mother offered me a job for twenty dollars an hour, which I considered not bad. I was to tutor my 14-year-old brother in math. He was in algebra, and it was easy for me since I was studying in calculus. ...
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The ClientThe main character of my book was Mark Sway.
Mark Sway is a bad little eleven year old boy with a huge burden on his hands. Mark smokes ciggaretes, uses foul language, and picks on his little brother, Ricky. Mark grew up in a trailer, with an abusive father, a mother who is hardly around, and his ...
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Christmas DayChristmas is a joyous time for all but; it was not a joyous time for the family. Two days before Christmas on December 23, 1988, my parents were fighting about everything. They were yelling, screaming and cursing all through the house. As usual, I ran to my room to hide from the noise and that ...
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The PedestrianBeing different could mean many things, such as being different in appearance, having a different life-style or doing things that are different. Most people who are different suffer through many punishments that are not very fair. People who are different consider themselves as normal and find ...
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Personal Response To Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant"Reading Orwell's "Shooting An Elephant" helped me to remember about
many decisions I have made, including a decision I made on a warm senior
day of high school during lunch. "Shooting An Elephant" is ingeniously
linked to everyday life. Orwell writes about his experiences as a
political ...
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Personal Writing: My AutobiographyNovember 16, 1982 is a special day to me. On that Tuesday
afternoon at 4:09 p.m., I, Amanda Marie Burns, was born in Bedford County
Hospital, weighing in at seven pounds and five ounces. My mom and I
spent my first week of life in Shelbyville, Tennessee, where my paternal
grandparents lived and ...
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Civil Rights Movement 2The momentum of the previous decade's civil rights gains led by rev.Martin luther king, jr. carried over into the 1960s. but for most blacks,the tangible results were minimal. only a minuscule percentage of blackchildren actually attended integrated schools, and in the south, "jim crow"practices ...
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The Apprehensive AparitionWaking from a frightening dream, hearing noises; how far does it go
when your scared and alone. With all the hidden terrors in all world
hallucination is far most the worst. One day realizing that your conscience
has gotten louder has got to be the most frightening sounds you could ...
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War DiaryIt is close to morning now. I have not been able to sleep well for months now. There is no sound or movement around me. It has been this quiet for the last few days. I have seen too much blood around me. Life is very different from what I expected. We constantly have to be on guard in case the ...
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WomenSometimes you just have to finally admit that you don't deserve any of this, and leave. Even if it's going to be the hardest thing you ever do.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
And I've finally found that life ...
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Understanding YourselfUnderstanding Yourself
“One obvious fact about the moral sphere of human life is that different people have different beliefs about what is right and wrong.” (Bro. John Totten, 54.) I am very open to other’s opinions and accept disagreements but also have some strong values which cannot be ...
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The Great GardenThe Great Garden
I used to live in New Hampshire, known as the granite state. There filled with its decrepit oak trees and poor soil it was complicated to grow a prosperous garden. Well one year my family and I got the bright idea to try and plant a garden. Specifically we wanted a pumpkin ...
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Why I want to take part in Green Planet Day in Vietnam“Apres moi, le deluge”. In my opinion, it could be a flood indeed. After human ignorance of environment protection comes the deluge. Its predecessors have come unexpectedly: melting of the South Pole, deadly earthquake and tsunami in Japan, devastating earthquake in Haiti, unprecedented widespread ...
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My First Week in The USAssignment 2
I would like to introduce my first week in US. That was quite a crazy week.
On the first day I arrived in Los Angeles International Airport, I got lost in it and couldn't find the way to go to the hotel I was expecting to live in. I spent two hours hanging out there with two ...
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Are Expensive Clothes Worth Buying?Buying expensive clothes is not worth the money. I have scenarios, data, and personal experiences to back up my opinion in this essay. Hopefully by the time you finish reading this I would have changed your mind about buying expensive clothing.
Most people say that expensive clothing makes ...
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