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- 21901: Creative Essay: Being A Student and An Athlete
- Creative Essay: Being A Student and An Athlete Two things didn't mix well in my life. One was being a full time student and the other an athlete. It was great not having parents around telling you to do your homework or to go to class, of which I never did. I had a choice, which was more important, playing lacrosse or studying. Like any first year college student I picked lacrosse. At that point I didn't realize what I was getting myself into. Who at that age would know either? My worst nightmare came true in the summer of 1989. I was academically dismissed from the university. I thought to myself ... offered a job in Washington D.C. Being dismissed from college was one experience that I have never regretted and never will. I can see why this happened; I was a student athlete, which doesn't mix. Being an athlete in college I had to practice Monday through Saturday, I was always tired, too tired to study and go to class. I did learn a couple things though, sportsmanship, self- ...
- 21902: Underwater Photography
- ... and sharpen their organizational and planning skills, which make or break any attempt at underwater photography. The steps it takes in order to simply get to the subject are often complex, involving events beyond anyone's control. For example, when an electronic flash fails underwater, a photographer cannot simply reach into their equipment case and pull out another one. Replacing the flash unit requires them to alert their diving companion, get ... they can manipulate the camera controls from outside it. However, each fitting is a point on the housing where water can seep in, and each requires a seal. Early housings were not too reliable. Today's models are made of both molded plastic and metal, and are extremely reliable if maintained properly. In the second approach, the camera is the housing: the camera body represents the vessel with the outside controls ... Most underwater photography is done with either close-up or wide-angle lenses, both of which allows photographers to get close to their subject. Because of the general lack of ambient light below the water's surface, most underwater photography requires supplementary light as either fill or, more often than not, key lighting. Additional light is usually needed to show the true colors of all of the subjects. These are ...
- 21903: Flowers For Algernon: Supplementary Book Review
- ... increased his I.Q., Alice, a teacher at the special education faculty at Beekman College who taught Charlie how to read and write, the professors who performed the experiment on Charlie, Fay, one of Charlie's aquaintances which he meets as the book progresses, and last but not least Algernon. The novel is exciting and contains very original material. The moods which are created in the reader, being me, are ones ... main characters in the novel include Charlie, Alice, Algernon, and Fay, a character who did not make much of an appearance, but in my eyes believed, that she played a very important part in Charlie's involvement in trying to sort out his past and figure out his present and future plans. Charlie is a mentally retarded person who has impressing people and gaining friends as one of his top priorities ... gaining friends. As the book progresses, Charlie goes through dramatic changes mentally, and instead of making him gain friends he actually is looked on in the same way if not worse. For example, at Charlie's old work his "friends" made fun of him and enjoyed his company just because Charlie had amused them. Yet after the operation, Charlie discovers that he had not made his friends like him more, ...
- 21904: Don Quixote
- Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saaverda 1st ed. 1605 Don Quixote, written around four hundred years ago, has endured the test of time to become one of the world s finest examples of literature; one of the first true novels ever written. It s uncommonness lies in the fact that it encompasses many different aspects of writing that spans the spectrum. From light-hearted, comical exchanges between Don Quixote and Sancho Panza to descriptions so strong that produce tangible images, the book remains steadfast in any reader s mind. As apparent in the first chapter, the book s main purpose was to combat the chivalric novels that had become so popular at the time of Cervantes. Like the man who once called ...
- 21905: Heart Of Darkness
- ... Intended said, "she had been worthy of him" (248). She speaks of him as almost a god. The Intended promises Marlow she was worthy of him, she had all his noble confidence. Their engagement wasn’t approved because Kurtz wasn’t wealthy enough. Kurtz had the ability to draw "men towards him by what was best in them" (249). This is the gift of the great. Kurtz was a great man. He was a born leader ... bearers of Christianity. But in this sense, the torch seems to be destructive, a tool that is used to start fires on the savages’ homes. This gives the sinister effect on the face. Christianity isn’t being served; the torch is being used for evil. All this means that Kurtz actually realizes all that is happening. Kurtz is beginning to understand what this foreboding evil is, the darkness all around ...
- 21906: Satire and Jane Austen: A Winning Combination
- Satire and Jane Austen: A Winning Combination While most literary works stem from an author’s desire to entertain his or her readers, other factors along with this also come into play even before the writer’s work is completed. In the case of Jane Austen, her main purpose besides writing to amuse critics and scholars was also to release her vexation and utter loss of patience with regards to the behavior ... crafted characters and events (Southam 101). Pride and Prejudice is thought of by most as being nothing more than a domestic comedy, but a reader of fine taste can discern an accurate summary of Austen’s work by adding her use of horation satire to the belief appraised before mentioned (Southam 106). It is this technique coupled with a wealth of satirical implications that ultimately allow the reader not only ...
- 21907: The Scarlet Letter
- ... has sinned, but is forgiven. Hawthorne portrays Hester as "divine maternity" and she can do no wrong. Not only Hester, but the physical scarlet letter, a Puritanical sign of disownment, is shown through the author's tone and diction as a beautiful, gold and colorful piece. Pearl, Hester's child, is portrayed Puritanically, as a child of sin who should be treated as such, ugly, evil, and shamed. The reader more evidently notices that Hawthorne carefully, and sometimes not subtly at all, places Pearl above the rest. She wears colorful clothes, is extremely smart, pretty, and nice. More often than not, she shows her intelligence and free thought, a trait of the Romantics. One of Pearl's favorite activities is playing with flowers and trees. (The reader will recall that anything affiliated with the forest was evil to Puritans. To Hawthorne, however, the forest was beautiful and natural.) "And she was ...
- 21908: Karl Marx and Marxism
- ... writings in the late nineteenth century. In collaboration with his friend, Heinrich Engels, he produced the The Communist Manifesto, written in 1848. Many failed countries' political and socio-economic structures have been based on Marx's theories, for example the USSR, East Germany etc. Many people believe that Marxism is not applicable to today's society, as Karl Marx put forward his ideas not anticipating the type of society we have today. The welfare state system has effectively nullified Marx's arguments, and made them irrelevant. Karl Marx, born on May 5, 1818, died on March 14, 1883, was a German economist, philosopher and revolutionist whose writings form the basis of the body of ideas ...
- 21909: Dwight D. Eisenhower
- ... had many accomplishments to and from West Point through World War One. Ike Eisenhower wanted to serve his country in any way he could. He found the idea of being a sailor in the U.S Navy intriguing, but when he later applied for entering he found that he was too old at the age of 20. Then after studying hard Eisenhower was accepted atthe West Point Military Academy with the help of a U.S senator (Hargrove33). At college Ike showed himself as a hero on the Army Football team asan end (Hargrove 34). He also found an easier procedure for working advanced calculus (Hargrove 36). At the end of his college career in 1915,Eisenhower graduated number 61 out of a class of 164 (Hargrove 38). Eisenhower's military journey began during World War One. When he graduated college World War One was still raging through Europe. Instead of fighting in the infantry overseas Eisenhower was to stay home on U.Sbases ( ...
- 21910: Duke Ellington
- ... like a voice is singing along. His opening solo is repetitive, going over the same set of notes over and over again. The overall feeling is as if the music is wooing the listener. Ellington's other innovations include the use of the human voice as an instrument, such as in "Creole Love Call" (1927). He also placed instruments in unusual combinations, illustrated in the piece Mood Indigo (1930). When the orchestra performs this piece, three soloists stand out in front of the stage, playing three different instruments. Improvisation was a big part of Ellington s music. One of Ellington orchestra s signature tunes is Take the A Train (1941). This piece was not written by Ellington but by American composer Billy Strayhorn, who became Ellington s musical collaborator. This piece is very jumpy and light, ...
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