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- 6771: Independent Study Project
- ... She wore a long dress of cotton, sprigged with tiny flowers, and the hem of the dress swung and rippled round her legs with the motion of the water. Gathered flowers--enamelled buttercups, mauve lady’s smock--floated about her body and clung to her hair and her dress wherever they touched. It looked a quiet way to die. (pg 6 Radley) Mrs. Boynton on the other hand, died a quiet and unexplainable death. Miss. Gedge was a young woman in the prime of her life loved by everyone, while Mrs. Boynton was a grouchy old shrew whom even her family couldn’t stand. It was because of the differences between the victims that the police inspector’s investigations were completely different. In the case of Miss. Gedge inspectors Tait and Quantrill could not find any substantial evidence pointing towards a motive. Tait compared the fate of the Page #2 young woman ...
- 6772: Trifles: Summary
- Trifles: Summary Standing in the abandoned kitchen of John Wright and Minnie Foster (Mrs. Wright), George Henderson offers the two women to warm up around the stove like everyone else. Mrs. Peters, the sheriff’s wife turns down the invitation and remains to stand by the door with Mrs. Martha Hale. Mr. Henderson, who is the county attorney, gets right down to business. He asks Mr. Hale what he had ... Hales’ oldest boy, and himself were on their way to deliver potatoes and decided to stop by the farmhouse so that he could talk to Mr. Wright. When he knocked on the door, he wasn’t sure if he had heard a voice inviting him in or not. He went ahead and opened the door to see Mrs. Wright sitting in her rocking chair. Mr. Hale asked her if he could see Mr. Wright. She replied that he was lying upstairs, dead, with a rope around his neck. Mr. Hale didn’t know how to react to her statement, so he just asked her who had killed him. Mrs. Wright said she didn’t know. Thinking that he may need help, Mr. Hale called in Harry ...
- 6773: Steven Spielberg
- ... the age of sixteen, his 140-minute production, Firelight, was shown in a local movie theater. In college, his short film, Amblin was shown at the Atlanta Film Festival and led to the boy genius's Universal Studios directing contract at the age of twenty. Spielberg learned his craft doing television work, which included an episode of the Rod Serling series Night Gallery and the classic cult movie Duel. His first ... that he was one of the best directors of the time. However, he followed Close Encounters with the disastrous Movie, 1941, which was his first attempt at comedy and his first true failure. He didn't take long to regain his form, both commercially and artistically. Teaming up with his pal George Lucas (whose Star Wars came out the same year as Close Encounters, and made even more money), Spielberg created ... the adventures of an archaeologist named Indiana Jones, it earned him another Best Director nomination and made a ton of money at the box office. A year later, Spielberg surpassed not only himself but Lucas's Star Wars--his E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial was one of the biggest domestic moneymakers of all time. Further profiting as a producer of other directors' hits (including Poltergeist and Back to the Future), ...
- 6774: Coffee Break
- By: Sam Dodge E-mail: sammboi@yahoo.com Coffee Break "I think I just saw Jesus in my cup of Taster's Choice" -Zippy the Pinhead I sit on the bench outside "Café Kilim" a popular coffee shop in downtown Portsmouth. Friends and buddies walk in and I ask how's it going. They nod and come back out two minutes later with a cup of coffee in their hand. More people show up and go in and out each with a cup of joe in ... Tea are the ones that we are familiar with. Contrary to popular myth coffee has more caffeine than tea, it is near half the amount. Although, more tea is consumed every day by the world's people than any other single beverage (Braun 109). The discovery of the power of caffeine is one that will be praised for centuries. Throughout time civilizations have come to find uses and rituals for ...
- 6775: Julius Caesar - Mark Antony
- ... enjoyed life than to claim the highest position in the government. He wanted the crown to be given to Caesar so that all conflicts could be avoided. However, this additional power contributed to the conspirator's motive to assassinate him. Antony was distraught with Caesar's death and sought revenge first by speaking to the crowd in his speech. He showed how clever and cunning he could be when he convinced the crowd at Caesar's funeral ceremony to side with him and not with the murderers. The people became excited and rowdy when he teased them about the will, waving it in the air and pretending as if he ...
- 6776: Illegial Aliens
- Illegial Aliens Here's a little story to imagine: you've planned everything to make your life perfect-a well-paid job, a loving wife, and two adorable children. As you retire early, and move to your new home, you can't help but feel a warm breeze of contentment as you're cruising along, on a summer afternoon. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, a drunken illegal alien with tequila on his breath, sideswipes your car in ... hope, and freedom. Only those who can strike through those masks, can see vividly, the intentions of these invaders. These are they which are labeled, "Illegal Aliens". I know you're not laughing, because it's not funny. For example: 7-11? Once an American dream, before the Illegal Aliens came into the picture! Conceive that you walk wearily into a 7-11, yearning for a large Pepsi, filled with ...
- 6777: The Adventures Of Huckleberry
- ... is not used to degrade people of the African American race. The most prevalent misuse of the word nigger is in the introductory part of the novel. This racial slur is mostly abused by Huck s father, Pap. Pap represents the average misinformed redneck. In each appearance that Pap had in the book, he had criticizing words for whatever was going on around him. For example, he was making fun of ... Huck had to buy alcoholic products. His behavior not only mad him quite drunk but abusive as well. Huck was held like a prisoner by Pap, and Pap even almost killed him once. Pap shouldn t be taken seriously by the potential readers of Huck Finn. People who read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have to keep in mind that the time setting was in the pre-Civil War era. During ... is Pap who demonstrates abusive behavior in one form or another. Pap abused people, alcohol, and the list just goes on. Huck was enrolled in school, but Pap made him quit just because he didn t believe that Huckleberry should be more intelligent that his own father. Pap later became abusive due to this. Pap wanted everything to go his way, and he would become abusive when it didn t. ...
- 6778: Hitler - The Life Story
- ... could not apply to the school of architecture as he had no high-school diploma. During the next 35 years of his live the young man never forgot the rejection he received in the dean's office that day. Many Historians like to speculate what would have happened IF.... perhaps the small town boy would have had a bit more talent....or IF the Dean had been a little less critical ... September 12, 1919 - a fateful day in history, Hitler was sent to investigate a small group which called itself the "German Workers Party". Hitler was not to happy about his assignment. He thought it wouldn't be worth it to even go. At the group mainly talked about the Countries problem and how the Jews, communists and others where threatening the master race and offered their own solutions. Hitler was bored ... into one to survive. His natural ability to speak imprest the leader of the group and at the end of the meeting he gave Hitler a pamphlet and an initiation the next meeting. He wasn't interested in attending but after reading the hand out he accepted. He later joined the German Workers Party and was in charge of Propaganda. The party was small at first but Hitler's great ...
- 6779: Facts about Orthoptera
- ... of history and are still one of the worlds major insect problems. Cockroaches are in this group too. Their are an estimated 3,000 cockroach species in the world. About 55 live in the U.S., and only 4 species ar common household pets. German cockroaches or Croton bugs, are common in the U.S. especially in the northern states. They commonly enter the house in bags or boxes from grocery stores. They tend to cluster in warm moist places around hot water pipes. They stay hidden when they are ... muscles contract at the base of the body the legs move. This motion causes a roach to lurch forward in rapid motion. Crickets have wings so they may fly. The movement of the crickets aren't the same as the grasshopper's. The grasshopper is an insect that can leap about 20 times the length of its body. If a human being had the same leaping ability as the grasshopper ...
- 6780: The Diary of Anne Frank
- ... eyes of one adolescent girl, The Diary of a Young Girl depicts the feelings of many Jewish people whose lives were forever changed by the Nazi invasion. These tragic events took place around the 1940’s during World War II. A group, known as the Nazis, executed millions of people from different sects. Predominant among these were the Jewish people whose entire population was almost eliminated. These people were tortured, beaten ... time period. An example of this literature is The Diary of a Young Girl that was written by a young teenage girl, Anne Frank, experiencing the hardships of the Nazi invasion. Coincidentally, this young adolescent’s diary explains how Jews were mistreated during the war. Many Jewish people were taken to concentration camps where they were either put to work or killed. Others, who were more fortunate, remained hidden from the ... had to be identified or taken away, they did not question it or try to stop it. “Most people did not oppose the new restrictions. Some were afraid of the German reaction while others didn’t think that the measures were serious enough to risk defying. Most just hoped the war would soon be over” (Verhoven 31). As a result of this fear and indifference, a shared hatred towards the ...
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