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DepressionHundreds of years ago, humans were plagued with "crazy fear". Then the Greeks blamed an imbalance of black bile for the melancholia suffered by so many people. Centuries later, in a country where Prozac and PMS jokes are part of the cultural landscape, we have a new term for our "craziness", our ...
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Time Machine Book ReportH.G. Wells and the Shape of Things to Come Heat rays destroying London, time machines sending people far ahead into the future, and men who can't even be seen: these are all things that H.G. Wells uses in his science-fiction novels. His imagination allows the reader to immerse themselves in the ...
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Scarletletter SymbolismThe Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses many things for symbolism and in my opinion the most symbolic were the scaffold scenes. There are a total of three scaffold scenes and each has its own purpose and meaning. Without the scaffold scenes this book would basically leave you clueless to ...
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Quarry Hill"What are you doing tomorrow?" It seemed I had asked this question
100 times already during the summer.
"Nothing, hey lets figure something out now, so we don't sit around
doing nothing tomorrow morning!" Was the reply I got from my friend Rudy.
My other friend, Tom, jumped up onto the hood of ...
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Langston Hughes“Born in Joplin, Missouri, James was born into an abolitionist family. He was the grandson of James Mercer Langston, the first Black American to be elected to public office in 1855. Hughes attended Central High School in Cleveland, Ohio, but began writing poetry in the eighth grade, and was ...
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Stephen CraneOne of ’s greatest short fiction stories is “The Open Boat” by views fate like it is inevitable, and sure it is. Who can get away from their destiny, their fate? No one can get away from it. This statement is true about the sailors in the boat also. First, their fate starts when their boat ...
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The Big Bang ModelIt is always a mystery about how the universe began, whether if and
when it will end. Astronomers construct hypotheses called cosmological
models that try to find the answer. There are two types of models: Big
Bang and Steady State. However, through many observational evidences, the
Big Bang ...
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Emily DickinsonThe year 1830 is a crucial date in English history. You see, this is
the year that one of the most influential poets in the world was born. Emily
Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, an old fashioned Puritan town.
Rarely did she go outside to meet strangers or walk in the garden. Emily ...
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The Shooting Down Of An Iranian Airliner By The USS VincennesThe mournful shoot down of an Iranian airliner by the USS VINCENNES on July 3, 1988 is a tragic example of the consequences of a break down in command and control on a modern naval vessel. Given the situation and information available at the time that the airliner was approaching the Vincennes, I ...
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The Life And Work Of Chaim PotokChaim Potok lives a very full life he has served his country,
peoples, and religion very well and with great impact. First, to be
discussed is his life birth through the present. He was born at a very
early age on February 17, 1929, in New York, New York to Benjamin and
Mollie Potok. The first ...
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Journey Of The MagiT.S. Eliot’s
This Christmas poem is about the Epiphany and was created the very year of Eliot’s conversion to Christianity (Fleisner, 66). Therefore the theme of religion is an important one if we are to analyse the poem correctly. In the book of Ephesians in the Bible, Paul describes the rebirth ...
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Gregory (Panos Ionnides)The date is 1958, location Cyprus.The air is filled with the aroma of gun-powder and bloodshed, the grounds covered with bullet-shells and deceased bodies. The on-going struggle for liberation from British domination continues for every cypriot living in Cyprus at around this time. This story ...
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Chief Seattle When stories are told about the American Indian it is usually the Indians that are looked upon as the heathens. They are portrayed as savages who spent most of their time raiding wagon trains and scalping the white settlers just for fun. The media has lead us to believe that the American ...
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Native SonRichard Wright’s novel, , consisted of various main and supporting character to deliver an effective array of personalities and expression. Each character’s actions defines their individual personalities and belief systems. The main character of , Bigger Thomas has personality traits spanning ...
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GregoryThe date is 1958, location Cyprus.The air is filled with the aroma of gun-powder and bloodshed, the grounds covered with bullet-shells and deceased bodies. The on-going struggle for liberation from British domination continues for every cypriot living in Cyprus at around this time. This story by ...
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Art: The Ultimate ExpressionBefore the portrayal of the human body can be critiqued, you must understand the artist's culture. As man evolved over centuries, his views of the body also transformed. Our tour definitely showed the drastic changes in different cultures' art. Each culture and era presents very distinct ...
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Creative Writing: The End Of GrendelThe night started out wonderful. The mead-hall looked its best during the evening meal. Food of all sorts were scattered among the vast, wooden table. As the women brought out the many assortments of food they were captivated by the smiles of every man. The bread was freshly made and right out of ...
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Hesiod And The Ascent Of ZeusThe Theogony, attributed to the Greek poet, Hesiod, is a description of the creation of the world and Zeus's rise to power through the succession of fathers to sons. It starts with Ouranos and ends when Zeus prevents the succession from continuing to his own son.
The very first being is Chaos. ...
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Franklin Delano RooseveltThe 32nd President of the United States,
led the nation through the greatest war in history, World War 2. By doing
this, FDR made his mark in history with his supreme leadership and
optimistic views.
January 30, 1882, marked the date where a political and national
hero was born in Hyde Park, New ...
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Saddam, Iraq, And The Gulf Warjustifiable or not, is complete madness. It is hell. No matter what the
or what the reason is, war remains mankind’s greatest source of
tragedy,
the plague of mankind, and the plague of this country. Our country
has
existed for only 200 years, a relatively short time, and already we ...
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