Dean Ray Koontz is a successful and well-known American author of the twentieth century. He is known commonly as the Master of Suspense. Koontz writes novels that take us into worlds filled with adventure and suspense, dealing with extraordinary topics such as technology, time travel, and serial ...

Stephen King Stephen King is one of today's most popular writers. He has written over thirty-six novels, one hundred short stories, and non-fiction essays. King is a superb storyteller, and has a string of best-selling novels, many of which have been translated into many different languag...

The film "The Ring" is about a young girl who is terribly murdered by her unruly mother. The story shows how the young girl gets people to realise how she was killed in a very disturbing way. The main way to show this is to kill them in a similar way, unjustified and terrifying. Also the f...

"Fear is the quintessential human emotion. Some people live lives devoid of joy, happiness, and pleasure, but no one escapes the experience of fear and fear's companion, pain. We are born in fear and pain. Our lives are profoundly shaped by them, as well as our efforts to avoid them.&qu...

A Brief Look At McLennan County I. Geography and Topography II. History III. Historical Events and Sites IV. Current Conditions V. Conclusion According to the Handbook of Texas, "McLennan County is 1,031 square miles of flat to rolling terra...

?Bullying is an issue that has occurred for years in schools- appearing at each grade level. Though it is a well-known issue in schools, there has been little to no change in the prevalence of bullying. During the past decade, virtually every school across Washington State, school bullying is an iss...

The play The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, is a suspenseful and thought-provoking drama, concerned with a theme of rising over adversity to stand for truth and righteousness. Set in Salem, Massachusetts, during the 17th Century, the play reiterates the story of mass hysteria, which was experienced dur...

1968-1972 Chevrolet A-Body Production Totals A few years after becoming the owner of a pair of SS El Caminos and a GMC Sprint, I became interested in the production totals for these cars. I soon discovered that Chevrolet did not compile complete production records. There was some data available, b...

Peter Edward Rose was born in Cincinnati in 1941. He said that when he was growing up he rooted for the Cincinnati Reds just like every other kid in the area. In the summertime of most of his childhood years he played baseball constantly. He also played in high school, however he thinks ...

Speech Topic: Drinking and Driving Specific Purpose: To help people realize the severity of a drunk person behind the wheel. Thematic Statement: I will be discussing blood alcohol levels and what happens to people when drinking, statistics about drunk driving, and ways to decrease the number o...

How far can Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls' be seen as a prefect play? In many respects An Inspector Calls fulfils the criteria of a well- made play. Although Priestley felt that it was "sourly noticed" by the critics. The problem was that they were confused by the ch...

It was 12:00am Sunday morning, or Saturday night, which ever one prefers, and I was wide-awake. As I set down, sipping my third cup of Pepsi from a mug that my roommate bought at a second season taping of Fox\'s American Idol, I brainstormed as to what I would write my research paper about. I found ...

Discuss the pivotal role Beethoven played between the Classical and Romantic genres. The term 'Classical' music, for the majority of people, covers all aspects of music which is not popular or folk; it is thought of as 'high brow' and inaccessible. However, to the music historian, it has specif...

Chabert 1 Guy Chabert Mr. Adkison English 102 12 April 2000 Solution in School Murder It is 7:30 on a normal Tuesday morning at Westside Elementary School. The buses have begun to pull into the child unloading dock and have unloaded the students. As the buses pull off, the student...

STEPHEN KING OF STYLE OutlineHe especially incorporates the feelings of hope and his own personal occurrences into his novels. In addition to these themes, King sticks to using lucid imagery that is set in a realistic everyday place as well as symbols and unique characterization to help his paced s...

Amanda Nunn Much Ado about Nothing Comment on the significance of Act IV scene 1 to the rest of the play. How effective do you think it would be on stage? Act IV, scene 1 is the most significant scene in the play, where a sharp comedy turns to near tragedy. The scene can be split into t...

Abstract:o The tree investigated was the Quercus. Pinus, L. This was a very interesting tree. To find out all information on this tree, steps were taken by doing hands on work to determine height, age, circumference, leaf and stem differences. Taking layers off the epidermis of the leaf, a tr...

Throughout The Hound of The Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle uses effective characterization, through the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to lure the readers in to the novel, and keep them in suspense with the complex plot that only Holmes himself seems to be able to understand. Doy...

Novel Analysis Deceiving is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about this novel. Throughout this novel, many things and many people are very deceiving. Mary Higgins Clark, who is a very talented author who resides in Saddle River, New Jersey, wrote "A Cry In The...

Automobiles in the 1950's The purpose of this paper is to provide a clear picture of automobiles in the 1950's and the impact the automobile had on American society. The 1950's were a time of economic growth for America, where income exceeded car prices and vision was limited only ...

Dean Ray Koontz is a successful and well-known American author of the twentieth century. He is known commonly as the Master of Suspense. Koontz writes novels that take us into worlds filled with adventure and suspense, dealing with extraordinary topics such as technology, time travel, and serial ...

Drugs vs. Sports Drugs used in sports is more dangerous than people realize and should be drastically reduced or eliminated. Drugs and Athletes. Drugs have been a problem in our society for many years. They have been used and abused by many groups, including professional athletes. It is cert...

B9 CHAPTER 30 PRIVATE SCHOOL LICENSING FOR POST SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, ETC.) Section 1. Purposes. The purposes of the rules are: (a) To establish a procedure for the licensing of post secondary education institutions (colleges, universities, corr...

Shadow of a DoubtShadow of a Doubt is an Alfred Hitchcock film that was shot on location in the 1940's town of Santa Rosa, California. The town itself is representative of the ideal of American society. However, hidden within this picturesque community dark corruption threatens to engulf a family. T...

Quebec has always been trying to maintain it's cultural identity. I this essay, I will try to outline the reasons why has this always been the case, and its direct link to French-Canadian nationalism. The path that leads to separatism is a long and winding one. The French saw Confederation as the on...