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Open Minds Essays and Term Papers
General George PattonSoldier, General, Pilot, Athlete, Father, Gun Owner, Hero, Legend
UNLIKE many war heroes who had no intention of ever becoming famous, George Patton decided during childhood that his goal in life was to be a hero. This noble aim was first inspired by listening to his father read aloud for hours ...
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Abortion Debate - Pro-Life Stance
In Roman times, abortion and the destruction of unwanted
children was permissible, but as out civilization has aged, it seems
that such acts were no longer acceptable by rational human beings, so
that in 1948, Canada along with most other nations in the world signed
a declaration of the ...
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Sigmund Freudwas an Australian physician who revolutionized ideas on how the human mind works. Freud established the theory that unconscious motives control many behaviors. He advanced the fields of psychiatry and psychology. Freud was born on May 6, 1856, In Freiberg, Moravia. He was the oldest of eight ...
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Huck FinnMark Twain, who wrote "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, remains one the most fascinating and complicated authors of all time. He wrote this book partly based upon his childhood experiences growing up in a small town of Cannibal, Missouri. Mr. Twains own adventure for life was much as his ...
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The CrucibleAs I watched \"\" taking shape as a movie over much of the past year, the sheer depth of time that it represents for me kept returning to mind. As those powerful actors blossomed on the screen, and the children and the horses, the crowds and the wagons, I thought again about how I came to cook all ...
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P.G. WodehouseDoes an artist create a masterpiece without a source of inspiration? Does an architect construct a building without first looking at a blueprint? As with all great minds, writers also need a source of inspiration or a "Blueprint" for their literature. In the short story, "The Truth About George", ...
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West Side Story AnaylsisE-mail: mikesmith@hotmail.com
West Side Story Critique / Analysis As a contemporary musical, West Side Story differs from Romeo and Juliet in form and detail, but stays true to the tragedy of innocent love caught in a complex social web that predestines its demise. In West Side Story, love at ...
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Freud And DreamsDreams have been objects of boundless fascination and mystery for
humankind since the beginning of time. These nocturnal vivid images seem to
arise from some source other than our ordinary conscious mind. They contain
a mixture of elements from our own personal identity which we recognize ...
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Creative Writing: Destroying RacismAs the snow covered the house that my grandma occupies, I looked out the
window to the neighbor's front door, their mailbox, and the circular driveway
they had. It was just another home, where kids could build a snowman or throw
snowballs on the front lawn. But there where no children or snowmen ...
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Plan And Purpose (Creation) Or Time And Chance (Evolution)?Plan and Purpose (Creation) or Time and Chance (Evolution)?
Creationism is a set of beliefs based on the idea that a Supreme
Being brought into existence the earth and all its life through a direct
act of creation. Creation requires a Supreme act of intelligence and
ingenuity. Most creationists ...
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The Time MachineThe story begins with an assembly of men in their usual discussion group; the group consists of an assortment of different classes of men with, somewhat, conflicting political and philosophical views on society. One of the characters at the discussion group, who refers to himself as I, is ...
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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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History Of The CountercultureThe 1950's in America were considered a true awakening of youth culture. If this is true then the 1960's was a decade of discovery. It was a decade marred by social unrest, civil rights injustice, and violence abroad. These were some of the factors that lead to a revolution that attempted to ...
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Homesteading By Percy WollastonThe harsh life of a six year-old growing up in the early 1900’s is shown in this memoir . In the early years of the century, a young boy recalls his life as his family followed the rail line in hopes of finding fertile land. Percy Wollaston wrote this book, for the sake of benefiting his ...
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PiercingsIn this essay I hope to persuade my mom to let me get my tongue pierced by proving that tongue piercing is both safe and sane.
"Tongue piercing is a relatively simple procedure if the technician has the knowledge and the correct tools" (Monahan, Roger 1). Piercing is not dangerous as long as you ...
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Internet RelationshipsIn the not too distant past, when a guy wanted to meet a girl, he would go to the singles bar, find an attractive girl and strike up enough nerve to go and talk to her. If things go well he would get the phone number and they would start a relationship in that fashion.. Now with the advances of ...
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Battle RoyalIf I had to pick one out of the many stories that we have read and say that it moved me the most, I would have to say that the story would have to be “”. The reason that the story did move me so was because of the author’s keen use of symbolism, the author portrays a larger meaning than what is ...
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African ColonialismWorld Influence on the Modernization of Africa
The way countries, nations or states act and base their policies on many times reflect what their past was like. This is very true in the case of Africa. The only problem is that Africa is said to have no history. This just means that Africa’s ...
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Child Laborwas and is still an existing practice in the world today. Manuel, a five-year old worked at a seafood cannery in Biloxi, Mississippi, with a shrimp pail in each hand and a mountain of oyster shells behind his back. He is typical for thousands of working children in the years before the civil ...
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