Essays Tagged: "damn thing"

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck

dreds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an' that same damn thing in their heads... every damn one of 'em's got a little piece of land in his head. An' nev ... g no place.... With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place ...

(3 pages) 55 1 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Things people do that really annoys me. Wouldn't you?

ow how/phone has a mind of its own / dog ate your manual- just own up,take it out and turn off that damn thing!And while we're on the topic of mobile phones...2) Just because your mobile phone has a c ...

(3 pages) 101 5 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Black Boy by Richard Wright (essay on Richar's motivations)

e playing with a stray cat, when his father ordered them to get rid of it. He then said, "Kill that damn thing!" (pg.11) That is just what Richard intended to do. He knew his father was just speaking ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

No Regrets

CD's, etc.). YT and I went into the main bedroom and did some snooping of our own. We didn't find a damn thing and as we were about to leave we saw a crazy looking box sitting on the counter in the ba ...

(4 pages) 39 1 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

My Enlightenment: Write about an event that has had a lasting impact on your life, perhaps something that helped you mature in some way changed your life for the better.

I told her, "You don't care about me. You always compare me to other kids. I don't see why this damn thing is even important! What did God ever do for me?" I constantly nagged until it was the d ...

(2 pages) 25 0 4.3 Oct/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

"Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck: The theme of dreams in this novel, but explaining a quote from the story.

reds of men come by on the road an' on the ranches, with their bundles on their backs and that same damn thing in their heads. Hundreds of them. They come, an' they quite and they go on, an' never a g ...

(3 pages) 14 0 0.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Friday Nights

e-of-a-woman who suffered a previous crippling addiction to diet pills (diet pills that didn't do a damn thing for her hippo-shaped figure whatsoever) while we were seeing each other. I usually react ... th all the might and strength of Zeus himself. On average, I purchase roughly 3 new phones a month. Damn Japanese and their cheap telephone-manufacturing techniques.Due to my lack of preparation this ...

(5 pages) 16 0 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing