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- 671: Fried Green Tomatoes
- ... Stop Café "HER ORIGINAL NAME was Patricia Neal"(Reynolds1), but the author of Fried Green Tomatoes is better known under the alias: Fannie Flagg. In the novel Fried Green Tomatoes she uniquely compares the modern day world to the world in the early and the middle 1900’s. As the novel shifts from the 1930’s to the 1980’s the significance of life is seen through two of the main ... concerned with the present, not the past or the future. Of course she had her hardship that wouldn’t let her forget, like when her brother Buddy died, and she even looked forward to a day, but she lived in the present. She lived life for the moment. "Now, seriously, Idgie, I’m not trying to run your business or anything, but I just want to know if you’re saving ... have possibly lived life to its fullest. Because she did live life the way she wanted. And if she was asked if she lived life to its fullest, she would say, "The only thing I’d do different if I could go back would be to get myself a drivers license"(7). That’s all! She was as close to perfection as she could be. When hearing this the question ...
- 672: Creative Story: Day The World Turned Black
- Creative Story: Day The World Turned Black Everyday the sun would rise and the moon would set and everybody would wake up to a new morning. Today was a special day in October, for the sun did not rise and the moon did not set and everyone woke to a full moon. During the night the sun had mysteriously vanished and this inscrutable incident enervated the ... The crew from earth begins to search the building, but after hours of searching come up with nothing but a set of Christmas lights. They have all that they need to survive forever so all day everyday for two weeks they ponder their ideas. Many suggested that the sun was part of a plan to destroy the universe. Another suggested that people from other parts of the universe were trying ...
- 673: Creative Writing: The Person Behind The Mask
- ... many years, he changed town and started on a career as an accountant in a big company. Nobody knew him better than by name, and nobody cared. He just sat there behind his desk, working, day after day, week after week. He was an « every chief's dream.» But he was also a lonely man with no friends who would say; "How are we today?" His colleagues envied him, so they froze him ... him looks. He tried to be a pal, but they didn't want him to. He was the average guy, with average pay and an average apartment. But he wasn't miserable. Of course he'd like some friends and a girlfriend to talk with, but since he didn't have any, he thought it was the way it was supposed to be. His job was to earn money and ...
- 674: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... cliff. I mean if they're running and they don't look we're they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I have to do all day. I'd just be the Catcher in the Rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy(Salinger 173). Holden exhibits the madness described before at often times throughout the book and in the end it ends up sending him to a ...
- 675: A Separate Peace - Artificial Vs. Natural
- ... to not care about his studies, but Finny saw right through him. "Don't give me that line...You want to be head of the class, valedictorian, so you can make a speech on Graduation Day...I know you." (Finny Pg. 43) Later on, Finny convinces Gene to go to the beach with him. While Finny runs and frolics in the water, having a good time, enjoying nature, Gene only worries ... a whole. He was innocent and never caused anyone harm purposely and believed everyone was the same way. When he told Gene that he wanted to participate in the war, Gene replied by saying: ...You'd be sitting at one of their command posts, teaching them English. Yes, you'd get confused and borrow one of their uniforms, and you'd lend them one of yours...You'd get things so scrambled up nobody would know how to fight any more. You'd make ...
- 676: A Crime In The Neighborhood
- It was the summer of 1972 when Spring Hill, a Washington, D.C., suburb, got its first taste of an increasingly violent, insecure modern world. The quiet residential area, whose inhabitants traditionally left their doors unlocked and spent the summers attending one another’s cookout, was rocked ... man replacing her father. Lois and Mr. Green are two extremely lonely people who seem to get along well but Marsha fears Mr. Greens presense. Marsha is also curious of Mr. Green because on the day that Boyd Ellison was murdered, Mr. Green had returned home from work early and then left again. According to Marsha’s evidence notebook, "around the middle of July-July 20th to be exact, three and ... a little bruised around the mouth, and he had a Band-Aid stuck below his lower lip."(86) This particular event made Marsha very curious of Mr. Green especially since it had been the same day that Boyd was murdered. From this point on she had wondered if the killer lived right next door to her and her family. Another possible reason that Marsha gets caught up in her "detective" ...
- 677: A Crime In The Neigborhood
- It was the summer of 1972 when Spring Hill, a Washington, D.C., suburb, got its first taste of an increasingly violent, insecure modern world. The quiet residential area, whose inhabitants traditionally left their doors unlocked and spent the summers attending one another's cookout, was rocked ... man replacing her father. Lois and Mr. Green are two extremely lonely people who seem to get along well but Marsha fears Mr. Greens presense. Marsha is also curious of Mr. Green because on the day that Boyd Ellison was murdered, Mr. Green had returned home from work early and then left again. According to Marsha's evidence notebook, "around the middle of July-July 20th to be exact, three and ... a little bruised around the mouth, and he had a Band-Aid stuck below his lower lip."(86) This particular event made Marsha very curious of Mr. Green especially since it had been the same day that Boyd was murdered. From this point on she had wondered if the killer lived right next door to her and her family. Another possible reason that Marsha gets caught up in her "detective" ...
- 678: My Stock Track Portfolio
- My Stock Track Portfolio This stock-track portfolio really kept me interested in class and I had a lot of fun doing it. Throughout the semester I made 40 different trades. The day I received my cash I bought 15 different stocks. I purchased 500 shares of each stock. Coca-Cola was my first. I didn't know much about the market, so I wanted strong, low-risk ... bought Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. Because I thought I was buying stock in Newport Cigarettes, but I didn't care. I then bought American Eagle Outfitters because I love their clothes. That concluded my first day on the stock market. I spent almost $315,000, and I was just warming up. The next week I came back, and this time I was buying stocks in groups of 1,000 shares. I ... next choice, Digene Corporation, I don't even know what they do there, but that's alright because it just adds to the diversity of my portfolio. Norwest Corp is another random selection. On a day when you're just picking names and you see something you've heard of, you buy I t. That's what happened when I saw Mobil Corp. Electronic data System. It sounded like a ...
- 679: The Catcher In The Rye
- ... problems because some of the things he tells about and observe might not be true, but extremely exaggerated. We are not even sure that he is mentally stabile since the writer of the book J. D. Salinger lets Holden tell the story from a hospital bed. Although the problems the style of writing lets us better understand and get involved in Holdens problems and persona. We also get to know Holden ... they start to go over the cliff, I mean if they're running and they don't look they're going I have to come out from somewhere and catch them. That's all I`d do all day. I`d just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I`d really like to be." Bibliography A short book report on ...
- 680: A Day In The Life
- A Day In The Life Anyone who thinks that Sunday is a day of rent needs to spend a couple of hours in my living room. From the minute I am awakened by the shrill, ear piercing ring of the telephone, until the end of whatever premiership football ... seats too, and my dad is put to sleep on the settee. I will rescue the remote control from under his belly and turn the TV off and, at last, Sunday finally turns into a day of rest.
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