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- 9401: Stephen King
- ... he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co. accepted the novel Carrie for publication. On Mother's Day of that year, Stephen learned from his new editor at Doubleday, Bill Thompson, that a major paperback sale would provide him with the means to leave teaching and write full-time. After having lived in and around Bangor since their marriage, the Kings ... The Dead Zone was also written in Bridgton. In 1977, the Kings spent three months of a projected year-long stay in England, cut the sojourn short and returned home in mid-December, purchasing a new home in Center Lovell, Maine. After living there one summer, the Kings moved north to Orrington, near Bangor, so that Stephen could teach creative writing at the University of Maine at Orono. The Kings returned ... and weighs about 200 pounds. He is blue-eyed, fair-skinned, and has thick, black hair, with a frost of white most noticeable in his beard, which he sometimes wears between the end of the World Series and the opening of baseball practice in Florida. Occasionally he wears a moustache in other seasons. He has worn glasses since he was a child. He put some of his college dramatic society ...
- 9402: Personal Writing: Childhood Invents That Influenced Me
- ... impact on my life. With some, I cant exactly say if they happened or were just my imagination, occurring only in my dreams. Only a few events truly influenced my attitude toward the surrounding world. One of them occurred when I was six-years-old. I dont know what attracted me to the company of children much older than I was. Maybe it was because they seemed independent, could ... all called each other by nicknames, and I had one, too. It was Pushkin because I had short curly hair and liked to tell stories which I composed by myself. Like all children in the world, I liked to listen to tales. With my friends, the most popular were ghost stories. As a rule, for the best effect, these frightful stories were ghost stories. A group of five to ten children ... would sit around and listen to the teller with great attention and tension. As a rule, for the best effect, these frightful stories were told at nighttime in the garden. Everybody tried to look very brave, including me. However, in the depth of my heart, I was afraid of darkness. Thats why each time I returned home I did not walk, but ran with the feeling that heroes of ...
- 9403: Julius Caesar
- ... the point which the author tried to stress and did he get his point across. Julius Caesar begins when two conspirators against the reign of Julius Caesar are showing disrespect toward a statue of their new leader outside of a public assembly. A day of fun and games is about to begin in celebration of Romes new leadership. In the play of Julius Caesar, we see a brief picture of Roman life during the time of the First Triumvirate. In this snap shot, we see many unfortunate things. Shakespeare gives us the ... and eventually avenged. In the words of Caesar's devoted follower and companion Mark Antony, "His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to the world, 'This was a man!'" This work of William Shakespeare was set around 44 BC in Rome. Julius Caesar had taken control of Rome and many Roman senators feared he would make himself king and ...
- 9404: Les Miserables
- ... man". With this kindness that was given to Valjean, he decided that he will be able to start his life again. In the opening scene Valjean has a soliloquy where he discusses how cruel the world is once branded a criminal. Javert can be considered the protagonist and the big bad giant of the play. Although he is a law abiding officer he has no tolerance for the poor criminal whose ... lead to the inevitable French Revolution. The next scene takes place eight years later in Montreuil-Sur-Mer. During those years Jean Valjean had broken his parole and changed his name. He had started a new life where Valjean has become the mayor and factory owner of the town. One of his workers, Fantine had a child that she was forced to have taken care of by a cruel couple. She ... out of their money. At this point, in 1832 in Paris, Valgean's main goal is to take care of Cossette. His obstacle is the ever persistent, Javert. And his tactic for now is his new assumed identity. The tone at this time is the feeling of unrest from the poor, revolution was imminent . Javert, sings the song, "stars" in which he vows to search for Valjean for the rest ...
- 9405: Antony & Cleopatra: The Definition of Love
- ... be away from Octavius and sends Octavia to Greece. Antony's foolishness shines through because he is betraying both his wife and his partner, Octavius. Antony lies to both, saying that he is planning a new expedition. Octavia pleads with her brother to ignore Antony's foolish behavior, saying that she is not worth a civil war. Meanwhile, Antony is in Egypt expressing his love for Cleopatra. Antony's actions are ... one that he should throw back. Octavius is aware that Antony is a great man. After Antony's death, Octavius says: The Breaking of so great a think should make A greater crack. The rived world Should have shook lions into civil streets, And citizens to their dens. The death of Antony Is not a single doom; in that name lay A moiety of the world." (5.1.14-19) This is a theme in many of Shakespeare's plays: People are greater after they are dead. There are few people that are spoken badly of after they are dead. ...
- 9406: Escape Towards Death
- ... the problems of racism and poverty as other people in her small, midwestern town knew and felt. Hagar's life was completely devoted to Milkman, her cousin and lover. "He is my home in this world." (pg. 137) Her happiness, Milkman, would ultimately be her depression as "Ecclesiasties" finally turned her success into failure, though Hagar exaggerated the loss and apparently was not aware of the Biblical promise that her life ... and where people spoke in whispers or did not make sounds at all, and where everything was frozen except for an occasional burst of fire in her chest." (pg.. 99) Hagar , instead of finding something new to occupy her life, was only "totally taken over by her anaconda love,...no self left, no fears, no wants." (pg. 137) Her obsession even led to attempts on murdering him which did not succeed ... to her family's constant, troubling memories. With her last words, Pilate had joined her father, therefore meeting death with complete peace ; her death was a tranquil, not violent, end to life, but also a new beginning to the future, happy with her father's spirit. Milkman, the most emotionally changeable character, was the final descendant of Solomon to die, with a death most linked to his great-grandfather. Milkman ...
- 9407: Personal Writing: My Friend's Death From AIDS
- ... I believe that the most effective way is for Congress to set up a national program of education. Up until Jim's death my life was insulated from any situation that was outside my little world created for me by my parents. Jim's death opened up a new world, bigger and more complex. It started to make me think as an adult, my childhood was over.
- 9408: Brian Lopes
- ... head on the same course. Dual slalom is one of the fastest growing, and most watched mountain bike events today. Brain Lopes has been dominating this event for the past three years, by winning the world championships three years in a row. Brain Lopes is the best dual slalom in the short history of the sport, because of his extensive BMX and dirt jumping background. Before racing Downhill Mountain biking, Brain Lopes was a celebrated BMX (bike Motocross) racer. He got bored with racing BMX bikes and decided to try something new, in the early 90's he exploded onto the Mountain bike scene. He soon picked up sponsorship with bike giants Mongoose and Intense Frame Works. His skills in BMX racing soon became apparent, with his ... higher. Another edge Brian Lopes has over any competition is his bike. He now rides for Cannondale, a leader in bike technology, and a giant in the industry. Cannondale pours millions into researching and testing new ideas for bikes. Brian Lopes bike is one of the lightest, strongest, and stiffest bikes made for dual slalom racing. Cannondale also has more money set aside for their team members, so they get ...
- 9409: Creative Writing: Friends Till the Very End
- ... paced back and forth along the isolated stretch of the narrow beach. Now and then he would kick at loose pebbles along the muddy grey shoreline. For the moment, Bobby was still in his private world, consisting of little more than a strip of mud flat along one small section of the bay. But his world was about to be invaded. Chris, his best friend since kindergarten, would be showing up any minute. And Bobby knew that before this afternoon ended, their two lives, so entwined these many years, would forever ... my parents if it would be okay to move in with my grandparents for the rest of the summer. But it's no use. They say I have to get used to the town, meet new friends,and get a job. Okay then. I guess there's nothing we can do about this. So let's make the most of it this weekend. Chris said softly. The clouds began to ...
- 9410: Blanche's Psychological Breakdown In A Steercar Named Desire
- ... play, "A Streetcar Named Desire" the readers are introduced to a character named Blanche DuBois. In the plot, Blanche is Stella's younger sister who has come to visit Stella and her husband Stanley in New Orleans. After their first meeting Stanley develops a strong dislike for Blanche and everything associated with her. Among the things Stanley dislikes about Blanche are her "spoiled-girl" manners and her indirect and quizzical way ... still be the educated, well-mannered, and attractive person that Mitch first sees her as. She tries to not let the horridness come out on top of her image, wanting in an illusive and magical world instead. The life she desires though is not what she has and ends up with. Blanche is very dependent coming to Stella from Belle Reve with less than a dollar in change. Having been fired ... does not suffice her. She has no choice but to come and live with her sister; Blanche is homeless, out of money, and cannot get a job due to her reputation in Laurel. Already in New Orleans, once she meets Stanley, Blanche is driven to get out of the house. She needs get away from Stanley for she feels that a Kowalski and a DuBois cannot coexist in the same ...
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