The Big One Review Essays and Term Papers

Gays: A Struggle For Acceptance

"When the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will not be the angry defenders of intolerance who have made the difference, that reward will go to those who dared to step outside the safety of their privacy in order to expose and rout the prevailing prejudice." - John Shelby ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 4700 - Pages: 18

White Shark: Review

What's in the water? That's the question the characters in this book wondered too. White Shark is a story about a monster in the water that makes Jaws look like a goldfish! The year is 1945. There was a German U-boat that was carrying a few of these " White Sharks". The submarine began ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 993 - Pages: 4

Review Of A Time To Kill

A courtroom drama, full of conversation and debate, can achieve gripping effects and touch the heart of the audiences. Each and every character grabs a hold of the law and throttles it. Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey) helps Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) to defend his accusation of murder ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 656 - Pages: 3

Film And Book Review Of I Know What You Did Last Summer

The book I read was I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan. The movie I watched was directed by Jim Gillespie and was based (rather loosely) on this book. After reading the book and then watching the movie I noticed many differences and very few similarities. I would have to say that the ...

Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 1347 - Pages: 5

Catcher In The Rye Book Review

In JD Salingers' Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caufield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title from Holden's constant concern with the loss of innocence. He did not want children to grow up because he felt that adults are corrupt. This ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 1246 - Pages: 5

Review Of Three Movies: Trainspotting, Ferris Bueller's Day Off And Jurassic Park

Trainspotting Trainspotting is a drop-dead look at a dead-end lifestyle. Set among the junkies and thugs of Edinburgh's slums and made by (director Danny Boyle, writer John Hodge, producer Andrew Macdonald) that created "Shallow Grave," "Trainspotting" caused a sensation in Britain, where it took ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 900 - Pages: 4

Hope Floats Video Review

Don’t give up, because hope will float up. I really enjoyed this movie! Sandra Bullock played the part of Birdie. Birdie was a young girl going through a divorce. She did a good job of portraying a confused, wounded young woman. She felt that she no longer measured up as a human being. In the ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 860 - Pages: 4

Catcher In The Rye Book Review

In JD Salingers' Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caufield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title from Holden's constant concern with the loss of innocence. He did not want children to grow up because he felt that adults are corrupt. This ...

Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 1246 - Pages: 5

A Review Of To Kill A Mockingb

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 by J.B. Lippincott Company in Philadelphia & New York. This is the only book that Harper Lee has ever written. It is also one of the best-loved novels in American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize for ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 765 - Pages: 3

Howards End: Book Review

Howards End by E. M. Forster deals with the conflict of class distinctions and human relationships. The quintessence of the main theme of this lovely novel is: "Only connect!…Only connect the prose and passion…and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer." This excerpt ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 1325 - Pages: 5

Review of The Construction of Xerxes’ Bridge over the Hellespont

The Construction of Xerxes’ Bridge over the Hellespont, written by N. G. L. Hammond and L. J. Roseman, is a journal article that is a mix of a scholar beliefs and mechanical engineering techniques. The article is focused on the problems faced and the superior calculations to make the bridge a ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 1146 - Pages: 5

Big Fish Film Review

Big Fish Analysis Big Fish is the captivating story of a young man losing is father, a man he never really knew; and the tall tale from which his father’s life became. Director Tim Burton’s genuine sense of storytelling created a deeply fascinating other-world experience, mixing our world ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 978 - Pages: 4

Band of Brothers Book Review

Book Review By Amanda R Isom Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, and 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen Ambrose. New York: New York 1992, 312 pp. $12 A brief overview of the story: In 1942 the ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 1430 - Pages: 6

A Review Of The Old Man And The Sea

I decided to read this book for two reasons. My friends have read this book in the past and said it wasn't too bad. Second, it is one heck of a short book. I finished this book in 2 days. As the sample book report says, this book is only 27,000 words long. The book lived up to what my ...

Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 464 - Pages: 2

Review Of Wwf Wrestling

WWF: A Review of Professional Wrestling Bang! Fireworks as if it were the fourth of July. Thousands of people in an arena and billions watching around the world anxiously awaiting the arrival of their favorite superstar. Suddenly the crowd erupts as a man comes strutting down to the squared ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 886 - Pages: 4

A Brief History Of Time: A Review

"Even as he sits helpless in his wheelchair, his mind seems to soar ever more brilliantly across the vastness of space and time to unlock the secrets of the universe." - Time "Brilliant book!" - Nick Donaldson, Bit Wrangler. This book was the first of Hawking's that I read, and still my ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 524 - Pages: 2

Bless Me, Ultima, A Review

Only a few books dare to discuss the confusion surrounded by a religious awakening. In Bless Me, Ultima, Richard A. Anaya, Premio Quinto Sol national Chicano literary award recipient, challenges standard religion and brings in differnet ideas through the perspective of a young and confused boy. ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 853 - Pages: 4

Cyrano De Bergerac - Book Review

Cyrano de Bergerac was written by Edmond Rostand and translated by Brian Hooker. It tells the story of a man named Cyrano with a long nose. Cyrano is in love with a woman named Roxane. However, Roxane loves Christian and asks Cyrano to teach Christian how to write about love. Cyrano helps ...

Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 766 - Pages: 3

The Catcher In The Rye: Book Review

December 14, 1996 The Catcher In The Rye, written by J.D. Salinger, is a fictional novel that was first published in 1965. The novel takes place in New York City and in Pennsylvania over a duration of four days. This novel tells the story of an emotionally disturbed teenager who has been ...

Save Paper - Premium Paper - Words: 830 - Pages: 4

The Scarlet Letter: Chapter By Chapter Review And Analysis

CHAPTER 1- The Prison-Door- I found this one page introductory chapter to be very dramatic as it explained the history of the colony by telling the history of the prison-door. From the looks of this chapter, this story will probably be dragged out as much as possible. At first I thought the way ...

Save Paper - Free Paper - Words: 4496 - Pages: 17


« Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 18 Next »

Copyright | Cancel | Statistics | Contact Us

Copyright © 2024 Essayworld. All rights reserved