Essays Tagged: "eighteen year"

Lowering the drinking age.

LOWERING THE DRINKING AGEIt is legal for eighteen year-olds to die for their country,it is legal for eighteen year-olds to marry, and it is l ... teen year-olds to marry, and it is legal foreighteen year-olds to vote. Why then isn't it legal for eighteenyear-olds to drink? I don't think that is right, and I believethat the drinking age in the U ... believethat the drinking age in the United States should be lowered fromtwenty one years of age, to eighteen.For the most part, the drinking age does not deter youngpeople from drinking. Studies have ...

(2 pages) 253 3 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Holden, the main caracter in J.D Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye"

The Catcher in the Rye is a very descriptive story about a eighteen year old boy named Holden Caulfield. J.D. Salinger shows the character's true emotions. Hol ...

(4 pages) 98 3 1.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Juvenile justice

November, thirty-eight percent of those arrestedfor weapons offenses in 1995 were under the age of eighteen (Curriden 66). In the samereport, the Bureau of Justice Statistics stated that in 1995 3 ou ... iden 66). In the samereport, the Bureau of Justice Statistics stated that in 1995 3 out of every 100eighteen-year-olds was arrested for weapons offenses. A rate three times higher than formales twenty ...

(9 pages) 465 1 4.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

Abolish the Death Penalty

e been executed by the death penalty since 1973. Children shouldn't have the same punishments as an eighteen year old. First off, there is a possibility of rehabilitating minors greater than the adult ...

(2 pages) 92 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

This essay is about the trial of Leopold and Loeb

The crime that captured national attention in 1924 began as a fantasy in the mind of eighteen-year old Richard Loeb, the handsome and privileged son of a retired Sears Roebuck vice pres ...

(11 pages) 49 0 3.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

A chinese young adult in america

ve one, maybe that's what makes America so beautiful.James Tong Chen, that is my full name. I am an eighteen-year old college freshman. My family moved here from Hong Kong twelve years ago. I am six f ...

(2 pages) 146 4 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

A discussion into the nature and function of the character 'Beloved' In Toni Morrison's book of the same name.

tale. Beloved begins in the late 1800's in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sethe, a former slave, lives with her eighteen-year-old daughter Denver. Sethe's mother-in-law, Baby Suggs, lived with them until her deat ...

(6 pages) 106 0 2.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Composition I Essay on Caroline Bird's "The Case Against College".

told that young people have to go to college because our economy can't absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds." (pg. 39). But, where did this info come from? Is this fact or opinion? She goes ...

(3 pages) 43 0 0.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Increase of Childhood Obesity - the causes of childhood obesity.

obese. According to Leonard Epstein and Sally Squires, in America ten to thirty percent of eight to eighteen year olds are obese; in addition, one in every five children aged six to eleven is obese (1 ...

(4 pages) 496 2 4.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Dawn on the Horizon - My essay summarizing Elie Wiesel's book Dawn, also with book quotes included.

story of Dawn is a provocative first hand look into the world of terrorism, through the eyes of an eighteen year old man, Elisha. Previously, having survived hell in the Holocaust, Elisha now finds h ... In Dawn this concept is illustrated by Weisel when Elisha states, "I was the Executioner. And I was eighteen years old. Eighteen years, of study and rebellion, and they all added up to this" (139-140) ...

(4 pages) 47 0 4.2 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

An essay about the life of Bob Marley.

a Bob Marley track to free the soul.Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945, the son of an eighteen year old African American woman named Cedella Booker and a fifty year old white quartermast ...

(8 pages) 90 1 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

This is about serial killers

6, no one could expect that a serial killer was making his debut. Two young women, Donna Lauria, an eighteen-year-old brunette, and her nineteen-year-old friend Jody Valenti, were talking in Jody's ca ...

(8 pages) 93 1 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

The Stem Cell Research Controversy

the dopamine neurons from human stem cells to prolong Michael's life ("Stem Cell Basics" 2). As an eighteen-year-old college freshman Hannah is in no way capable of raising a child; she is capable, h ...

(7 pages) 324 0 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

12 Angry Men

In the movie "Twelve angry men" an eighteen year old is charged with the murder of his father. At first, all the jurors believe that he ...

(5 pages) 212 3 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

1954 term paper

tegrate the schools of these states. The phrase "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Eighteen-year olds were shouting, "If we are old enough to fight and die for our country, why can't ...

(7 pages) 55 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Bob Marley

you. Bob was born on February 6, 1945 in a small town called Rhoden Hall. His Mother was an eighteen-year old black woman named Cedella Booker. His father on the other hand was a fifty-year ol ... tage and performed the concert. Immediately after the concert he left Jamaica and didn't return for eighteen months.After a European tour the band prepared for an American Tour. After only two concert ...

(3 pages) 47 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Poland Concessions to the EU

ittle willingness for compromise.Under former Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, Warsaw had insisted on an eighteen-year "grace period" for the sale of farmland to foreigners. Under EU rules, all EU citizens ... nd of the Second World War. For this reason the Polish government of Jerzy Buzek had insisted on an eighteen-year ban on land sales to foreigners. The new Miller government has now said it is willing ...

(3 pages) 28 0 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

HY purposes & members

ten year olds; 'Deutches Jungvolk' for ten to fourteen year olds and 'Hitlerjugend' for fourteen to eighteen year olds. After this the young adults would join either the 'Reich Labour service' or the ...

(17 pages) 38 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Legal age of the American Drinker.

e in an election, be tried as an adult, join the military, and even buy pornography. Even though an eighteen year old is considered a legal adult with all of these privileges, 18 to 20 years olds are ...

(2 pages) 24 0 3.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

1954 history.

ntegrate the schools of these states. The phrase "Under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Eighteen-year olds were shouting, "If we are old enough to fight and die for our country, why can't ...

(7 pages) 35 0 3.7 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History