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Book Reading Essays and Term Papers
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was very
important to the past history of our country. He helped to abolish slavery in
this country and kept the American Union from splitting apart during the Civil
War.
At 22, he moved to New Salem, Illinois. With his gift for swapping
stories and ...
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A Story From AmericaAugust 14th 1960, I was working late at the office that night. It was like one of those nights that gives you shiver, when you think about them. The cold air was tickling me in the neck, when it slowly blowed into the room from the open window. The lights from the street made me so annoyed that I ...
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Death Of A Sales ManAs the curtain is being pulled up, we find Willy Loman, a depressed 60 year old salesman, who is returning from a business trip. Willy has two sons named Happy, and Biff, both of whom are complete failures. The failures of both his children cause Willy to go insane, and he plans to kill himself. ...
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ComedyAfter reading this play, I found it hard to believe that Cordelia was being anything but true in her simple proclamation of love for her father. I can't believe that Shakespeare was trying to portray her as a spoiled, prideful child. I do not believe she was foolish in her decision to restrain ...
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Blood Alcohol Level (BAL)MONITORING
The amount of alcohol in your blood stream is referred to as Blood
Alcohol Level (BAL). It is recorded in milligrams of alcohol per 100 milliliters
of blood, or milligrams percent. For example, a BAL of .10 means that 1/10 of 1
percent (or 1/1000) of your total blood content is alcohol. ...
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A Farewell To Arms 3John Stubbs' "Love and Role Playing in A Farewell to Arms"
John Stubbs' essay is an examination of the defense
which he believes Henry and Catherine use to protect
themselves from the discovery of their insignificance and
"powerlessness...in a world indifferent to their well
being..." He ...
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Cause And Effect Of WwiThe First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not
yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes
than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the
assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of
Austria-Hungary, and ...
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Woodrow WilsonDiseases need heroes: men or women who have triumphed despite the disease. For the child with polio, one could always point to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who campaigned on leg braces to become governor of New York and then president of the United States. For epilepsy, there is always Joan of Arc ...
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Lonelinessis inherent in the lives of Charlotte, from "Pomegranate Seed," and Lyman, from "The Red Convertible." The writers of the stories have their personal experiences built into their work. In addition, the characters from both stories suffered through similar ordeals; they helplessly watched a ...
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Heart Of Darkness 3Many authors utilize loaded language to try and convey another possible meaning behind the story. However, it is often neglected and the reader never comes to such a realization. But it is quite clear through Joseph Conrad’s choice of words, that there is a suggestion of an allusionary ...
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Hamlet: DuplicityIn William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the protagonist exhibits a puzzling,
duplicitous nature. Hamlet contradicts himself throughout the play. He
endorses both the virtues of acting a role and that of being true to one's
self. He further supports both of these conflicting endorsements with his
actions. ...
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The Computer RevolutionIf I were to make a history book of the years from 1981 to 1996,
I would put computers on the cover. Computers, you may ask?, Yes computers,
because if there were suddenly no computers on the world, there would be total
chaos. People could not; communicate, commute, make business ...
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Woodrow WilsonDiseases need heroes: men or women who have triumphed despite the disease. For the child with polio, one could always point to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who campaigned on leg braces to become governor of New York and then president of the United States. For epilepsy, there is always Joan of Arc ...
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The Life Of HitlerAt half past six on the evening of April 20th, 1889 a child was born
in the small town of Branau, Austria. The name of the child was Adolf
Hitler. He was the son of a Customs official Alois Hitler, and his third
wife Klara.
As a young boy Adolf attended church regularly and sang in the ...
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Arthur Miller-BIOWith The Death of a Salesman during the winter of 1949 on Broadway, Arthur Miller began to live as a playwright who has since been called one of this century's three great American dramatists by the people of America. The dramatist was born in Manhattan in October 17, 1915, to Isadore and Agusta ...
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Sleep Deprivation And BusinessIn this age of increased technology and globalization enormous stress is being placed upon the business traveler. In order to stay competitive, business executives must commit to brutal schedules and frequent travels. Increasingly, business travelers are relying upon air travel as their primary ...
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HighSchool Vs College“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” Johann Von Goethe wrote the previous quote. He was trying to emphasize that everything in life brings about change. Attending high school and college is a decision that brings about consistency as well as change. Even ...
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DreamingLucid Dreams are the playground of the mind. Anything can happen when one is . The only limitation is that we only rarely realize the freedoms granted to us in our dreams while we have them. Lucid is the ability to know when one is , and be able to influence what will be dreamt. A normal dream ...
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Hamlet Scene By SceneSome time has passed. From Ophelia's remarks in III.ii. (which happens the day after II.i), we learn that Old Hamlet has now been dead for four months. Shakespeare telescopes time. We learn (in this scene) that Ophelia has (on Polonius's orders) refused to accept love letters from Hamlet and told ...
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Transcendentalism 2Although the transcendentalism movement was an extremely long time ago the ideas are still pertinent today. When Henry David Thoreau said, “Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. It is not important that he should mature as soon as an apple tree or an ...
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