Essays Tagged: "Clouds"

Chinese myths

ates that the humans on earth all generally were the same. There were also gods who lived above the clouds in the heavens. And there was a huge heavenly ladder which started on a mountain and reached ...

(6 pages) 54 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

Chinese myths

ates that the humans on earth all generally were the same. There were also gods who lived above the clouds in the heavens. And there was a huge heavenly ladder which started on a mountain and reached ...

(6 pages) 45 0 3.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

The Missed Fly Ball. Personal experience

t. I missed a fly ball in the final baseball game my 3rd grade year . It was a beautiful day, a few clouds covering the extremely blue summer sky. It was very hot. I remember this because of the treme ...

(5 pages) 81 1 4.8 Jan/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Billy's Place, a creative horror story

absolutely divine odor. Steam poured forth from hot pockets in the biscuits. Above Mrs. Brumfield, clouds, dark and threatening, released their spell of murk on the world below, and the first cracks ... on the world below, and the first cracks of the day's sunlight ripped through the massive layer of clouds, and shined upon the white earth. At that moment, a voice, small, scratchy, and seemingly uni ...

(3 pages) 61 0 2.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes"

leave, until the book isover and you know the ending. I felt like I was sitting right there on the clouds watchingall of this take place. Bradbury pulls you into the book and makes it 'our place, too ... A lightning rod salesman, come to the townpredicting a humongous storm that is coming this way. The clouds speak their ownwords, telling the same. Jim Nightshade and William Halloway, neighbors and be ...

(3 pages) 31 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Racism

the corner store and buy himself a little treat. As little Jimmy started walking over to the store, clouds flocked over the dazzling sun and the sudden pitch dark meant no trouble. On the other side o ...

(2 pages) 56 0 3.4 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Is Hamlet's View Of His Father A Believable One?

that they have faced facts and moved on. Evidence for this is when the king saysHow is it that the clouds still hangon you.He is saying that clouds in general can be dark and dull and he says they ar ...

(7 pages) 62 0 3.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Geronimo

is mother taught him the legends of his people; taught him the sun and sky, the moon and stars, the clouds and storms. She also taught him to kneel and pray to Usen fir strength, health, wisdom, and p ...

(6 pages) 64 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

What are the themes found in Crane's Open Boat?

lays on our sense of color - as if one could ever fully know the color of the 'brick' he likens the clouds as being - to set the stage for stating that all is interpreted by the light objects are seen ...

(10 pages) 218 0 4.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Black Elk Speaks - As told through John G. Neihard" By Nicholas Black Elk

during the summer. He heard a voice while he was lying in his tepee. He saw two men coming from the clouds both carrying a long spear from the points of these spears lightning was flashing. He followe ...

(6 pages) 102 0 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Act one Hamlet discussion : in-class writing on theme of Appearance VS reality.

loyalty that is expected when meeting with a king. And when Claudius asks him, "How is it that the clouds still hang on you?," Hamlet replies, "No so, my lord, I am too much i'th'sun"(I.ii.24). His p ...

(2 pages) 35 0 3.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Brief essay about the planet Mars. 596 words. Detailed about the surface of the planet, surroundings, and atmosphere.

mosphere of Earth. The Martian atmosphere is dense enough to support a weather system that includes clouds and winds. According to experts, Mars' roller coaster-like weather is more chaotic and unpred ... e, its elliptical orbit around the sun, and strong climatic interactions between dust and water ice clouds in the atmosphere. Mars' atmosphere is so thin that it weighs less than 1 percent of Earth's ...

(2 pages) 69 0 3.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

The Beatles: This is about their life,band,songs,and where they went after that.

He was a kid who always dreamed about flying. He would dream he would fly around in the sky through clouds and over mountains. This could have been one reason why he made such psychedelic songs that w ...

(14 pages) 142 1 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

A funny story during a Ski trip.

eeted their first day of skiing that winter with much anticipation. It was the type of day when the clouds seemed to blanket the sky, leaving no clue that the sun, with its powerful light, even existe ... ow into her face, forcing her to zip her jacket over her chin. Aileen found it strange how the gray clouds, which seemed so far above them at the bottom, really didn't appear that high anymore. Megan ...

(3 pages) 81 1 2.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Michael Healey's "The Drawer Boy": Through the magic of art, which Healey reveals to the audience, one observes the amazing recovery of Angus's memory.

elate to on some level. Art has the power to uplift a sadden persons day, to raise the sun when the clouds are gray, and most of all, to change a persons mood, state of mind, and being.In Michael Heal ...

(5 pages) 36 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Discussion of the sun in the Albert Camus novel "The Stranger".

ge. Thesun is on constant vigil of Meursault?s every action. Ironically, the bright light of the sunclouds his thoughts and judgment. The sun is personified to represent society, whichthroughout the s ...

(2 pages) 74 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Bosnia: A Short History" by Noel Malcolm.

tnessed the said conflict through the media over the past decade. As well as to "dispel some of the clouds of misunderstanding... ...and sheer ignorance" amongst those that are familiar with the regio ...

(4 pages) 70 1 3.3 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Construction of Femininity in Popular Modern Film (Legally Blonde).

eminine colours of bubblegum pink and sunshine yellow. However the background is entirely blue with clouds surrounding the top half of her body. The blue sky and clouds infer the notion that this stri ...

(2 pages) 38 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Descriptive Essay about skiing.

comfortably, while the two on it sat silently tucking themselves away from the frigid air. Puffs of clouds rose from both of their mouths as they breathed in the rejuvenating gusts, only to disappear ...

(3 pages) 143 1 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Myth Comparisons.

i were the most perfect. The islands of Japan were formed when Izagami poked his staff through the clouds to see what was on the surface of the earth. As he lifted the staff from the muddy water, clu ... i were the most perfect. The islands of Japan were formed when Izagami poked his staff through the clouds to see what was on the surface of the earth. As he lifted the staff from the muddy water, clu ...

(4 pages) 96 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology