Life in the city is often measured by material acquisitions driven by stressful, high paced work. No one stops to smell the roses, so to speak. Everyone is always hustling and bustling where they need to go and later complaining about all the stress in their day and that there's no where or n...

Self-responsibility and interest can be examined in different perspectives. By nature, a person usually expects to reach his goal without considering the possibility of his or her decision and how it may affect the community around them. It is often times very difficult to differentiate responsib...

The Leadership of Forest GumpThroughout the movie Forest Gump, the character Forest Gump demonstrates many of the necessary qualities of a successful leader. As he grows from a boy to a man, his home life aids in the development of his leadership characteristics. The most influential being in his l...

Men in the Twenty-First Century Now, in the two thousand four, it seems like more men than ever are coming for cosmetic and plastic surgery. A man looking handsome is one of the most difficult things to achieve or realize. There's too much competition out there for a man to look good and feel...

Every year, thousands of people travel to the Thredbo Ski Resort near Canberra. At 11:40 pm, on a cold and frosty night when 100 tons of mud and debris started to move. On this particular slope, there happened to be a 70∘ slope–a deadly combination when mixed with wet conditions and mu...

I choose the poem: "from The Last Days of William Short." This, in my opinion is a moving work that casts the thoughts and feelings of a dying man. The poem makes me realize that there is a lot of pain, suffering and mixed thoughts when death approaches. This experience is strange to me, so I cannot...

I am here to tell you that the fate of this world is laying heavily on your soul. The decision you make will not only affect your destiny but the destinies of all. I am here to request an effortless ride home after school. I want you to understand that complying with this simple request will be the ...

According to one of the monster definitions written in class, a monster lives in a secluded locale. A known troublemaker, he tends to be aided by special or unusual power. He has a nemesis, and puts little value in human life. Based on this definition, it can be proven that Victor Frankenstein i...

In this book report I will give you a summary of the book. I will try to explain the importance of this book in terms of getting America to recognize the overwhelming problem in raising a child in this environment. Can you imagine there being no difference between the filth on the streets and the f...

Supernatural Forces in MacbethSupernatural forces in Shakespeares' "Macbeth" aid the play in creating a suspenseful atmosphere. The use of the supernatural in the witches, the visions, the ghost and the apparitions are the backbone of the climax and provide "excuses" for Macbeth's change of characte...

There is a great amount of miscommunication in The Turn of the Screw. This is seen greatly with the use of pronouns and not use of character names. The characters in the story talk as if the other character or characters knew what they were talking about. Another facet which aids in helping miscommu...

Accepting Yourself It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of the solitude. That was once said by Emerson in his "Self-Relia...

Reader Response for "A Rose for Emily"Inside the illustrious story by William Faulkner there is a tale of a lonely woman who is living out the better part of her life inside a cage. The setting is in a southern town which most likely aided to the problems she faces due to the views of the South. E...

It's a Colorful Life In "The Lady with the Pet Dog," Anton Chekhov presents a colorful story about the secret relationship between a philanderer and an attractive woman, who are both married. These two people meet and create a relationship at a vacation spot, and eventually g...

Untitled(Pressure) It's hard when your family isn't has rich as other families. You have to worry about who is going to help whom and helping them achieve that goal. In my family I am that designated person. I was always smart in school, getting straight As as an elementary student...

A community is a group of people connected to one another by a bond of some sort. This bond, be it, race, social class, or friendship, links the people living there together. A good community a can be an aid in the success of individuals living in that community. A bad community, however, can have d...

Importance of Symbolism in The Lord of the Flies Symbolism plays a very important role in the novel The Lord of the Flies. In this novel by William Golding, the symbols used help explain the actions of the characters, and they help explain the true intentions of the deeper story. Each symbol h...

Through his diction and style of writing, we as readers see J. Edwards' fierce attempt to inspire and to be heard. Edwards selective choice of words allows him to clearly, and strongly, express his point. Meanwhile, his style holds the readers' interest very close at hand. By the end of...

Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment is the story of a poor man in czarist Russia who can only purge himself of his guilt through suffering. It deals with the mental and physical tribulation brought upon him by his crime. His troubles are compounded by the conflicting personalities which he possesses...

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" tells the story of a sailor who offended the powers of nature. In a dream, he comes to understand the nature of his sin, and he shares his insights with a stranger, a man on his way to a wedding. This poem was written at the end...

There are hundreds of movies that try to replicate important moments in history. Some are rather accurate, others but most are pretty far-fetched. I believe that Schindler's List is one of those movies that tried to stick to true history. The movie was all based a book that had interviews wit...

The perfect career for me is that or pediatrics. I have plans on attending UTSA (University of Texas in San Antonio) for my undergrad degree program. I hope to attend UCLA for medical school. I feel strongly about my goal to become a doctor. And though my desired job was no listed on the 41 jobs I r...

Kevin Dowling Approaches to Literature Prof. Robertson In her story, "Boys and Girls," Alice Munro depicts the hardships and successes of the rite of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young narrator and her brother. T...

The movie \"In America\" starts out with Sarah and Johnny Sullivan driving to the U.S. border from Canada, with their two daughters Ariel and Christy. Christy is narrating the movie through her camcorder like a diary. The Sullivan family is trying to get into America to start their lives over after ...

School Days School days are the best days for nearly all of us but although the beauties of those times there was some diffuculties we had through that we tend to forget . The beauties are the reasons of how we or how our teachers guided to overcome the challenges during school . Diffuculties in...