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- 8241: Creative Story: The Dark House
- ... wanted to take a closer look at it, but John looked a little spooked, and mumbled something about not wanting to go there. I convinced him that there was nothing to be afraid of, it's just an old house which haven't been occupied for a while, though I wasn't sure whether someone really was living there. We walked up the driveway, up to the house. It was huge. The place looked deserted, the grass wasn't mowed for ages, and everything was a ...
- 8242: The Baseball Life of Babe Ruth
- ... born. As most boys started their baseball career throwing rocks at street signs. Ruth was throwing eggs and potatoes at truck drivers. The first organized baseball team that Ruth was on ,was at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. Ruth was on one of the forty teams that St. Mary's had. His team and all the other teams played from 3 to 4 games a day. Ruth main position at St. Mary's was outfield. He was one of the fastest boys who ever went to St. Mary's. He never really had to work as hard as the other players, because the game of baseball had ...
- 8243: Poem: I Guess It Was Not In Jane's Mind
- Poem: I Guess It Was Not In Jane's Mind I guess it was not in Jane's mind, To cover her rosy behind. When I came in that day, Her lover ran away. He saw I had an axe to grind. I guess it was not in Jane's mind, To return my favors in kind. When I gave her my ring, She said “Oh, you sweet thing!” All that for just one crummy line!! I guess it was not in Jane's ...
- 8244: The Treatment Of Women In Trifles
- ... two women. The weather outside is frighteningly cold, and yet the men enter the warm farmhouse first. The women stand together away from the men, which immediately puts the men against the women. Mrs. Hale’s and Mrs. Peters’s treatment from the men in the play is reflective of the beliefs of that time. These women, aware of the powerless slot that has been made for them, manage to use their power in a ... that gives them an edge. This power enables them to succeed in protecting Minnie, the accused. "Trifles" not only tells a story, it shows the demeaning view the men have for the women, the women’s reaction to man’s prejudice, and the women’s defiance of their powerless position. Throughout the play, Glaspell uses dialogue which allows us to see the demeaning view the men have for the women. ...
- 8245: The Book Of Matthew
- ... about ourselves. It also tells us about others. It discusses the issues that we hold at the core of our society. Even for non-believers, the book of Matthew is the foundation for our society's moral, cultural, and ethical beliefs, accepted practices, and basic laws. This book affects all people who hear it. It is a fascinating literary masterpiece. Beginning in the New Testament the Bible moves from strict enforcement ... Gospel of Matthew is the first book in the New Testament, and has been called the most important book that has ever been written for Christendom. Matthew was a Jewish tax collector who obeyed Christ's call and became one of the original twelve apostles. Matthew's name means, "gift of God." Jesus gave him this name in place of his given name, Levi when he joined with Christ.. The Gospel of Matthew is the perfect link between the Old and ...
- 8246: Terrorism As An International
- ... counter-intelligence organization. However, the KGB focused their attention on bringing German scientists back to Russia in order to build a weapon of mass destruction . The KGB worked endlessly to try to thwart the CIA’s intelligence actions. However, they underestimated the CIA’s determination and in doing so failed many times. Finally, the CIA discovered that it could tap the telephone line used by the KGB’s headquarters by digging a tunnel under the border between East and West Berlin. This yielded over 50,000 reels of tape with over 440,000 conversations recorded to the Americans containing information concerning the ...
- 8247: Macbeth And Lady Macbeth
- ... story of Macbeth, based on historical facts from Scottish history, is a tale of murder, greed, corruption, violence, and treachery - all the things Shakespeare held near and dear to his heart. Enraged with King Duncan's announcement that his son, Malcolm, would be automatic successor to the thrown, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth begin entertaining murderous thoughts of taking over the Scottish Kingdom. This marked the beginning of their pitiful downfall from ... tormented tyrants. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth go through ironic character changes at different points throughout the story, as they commit the horrid acts of murder and are haunted by their crimes. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's lives were forever changed when greed and jealously gave way to murder. Knowing that Duncan was soon to pay a visit to Macbeth's castle, Macbeth, momentarily entertains the idea of killing the king, but trembles at such sinful thoughts. Frightened, he says, "Present fears" (Shakespeare 136) "Are less than horrible imaginings" (Shakespeare 137). Lady Macbeth falls in ...
- 8248: Andrew Carnegie 2
- ... a month, which was considered a phenomenal amount of money at this time. At age 17, Carnegie had a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad. This job involved sending and receiving telegrams to benefit each train s safety; he was now earning thirty-five dollars a month. In the 1850 s the major form of transportation used was the railroad. People would take the train for traveling to different areas around the country. Unfortunately, the ride to these distant destinations was quite uncomfortable. The passengers complaints increased. Theodore Woodruff developed sleeping cars that introduced passengers to more comfortable rides. Through the persuasion of his boss, Carnegie bought a share in this particular company while working for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Carnegie s boss urged him to purchase one-eighth share in this company. The share s money supply sharply increased due to the excessive amount of railroad companies that wished to please their passengers. From the ...
- 8249: Stoutenburg's Reel One: An Analysis
- Stoutenburg's Reel One: An Analysis Everyone loses their perception of reality once in a while, although others live in a dream world all their lives. Adrien Stoutenburg looks into the ideas of what is real and ... He explores the idea of how a movie can relate to and affect our lives. He does this through the use of metaphors and vivid images that we can understand in many different ways. Stoutenburg's first body paragraph describes the movie he and his companion are watching. He seems to get caught up in the moment, captured in the sequence of frames that rush by his face. Every second is ... boring. He describes the movies as, "It was like life, but better" (line 8). In the second body paragraph, he describes the dullness that he returns to when the movie is over. "but there wasn't much blue in the drifts or corners: just white and more white…" (lines 13-15). It feels that once the movie is gone so is all the excitement in his life, that through the ...
- 8250: James Joyce's "Araby"
- James Joyce's "Araby" In James Joyce's short story "Araby," several different micro-cosms are evident. The story demonstrates adolescence, maturity, and public life in Dublin at that time. As the reader, you learn how this city has grown to destroy this young boy's life and hopes, and create the person that he is as a narrator. In "Araby," the "mature narrator and not the naive boy is the story's protagonist."(Coulthard) Throughout the story this is ...
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