Essays Tagged: "few days"

Homelessness in England

ught about changing subject to the pub culture because it seemed easier to write about, but after a few days I had seen so many homeless people that I got used to it and therefor dared to talk to them ... don't need, so give for example your old toys to a homeless child.)These 7 things were just a few of all those on the net. I also found something called '54 Ways You Can Help The Homeless'. It w ...

(5 pages) 110 0 3.9 May/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Child Abuse

ldren are being beaten, neglected, or sexually abused by their parents or guardians. Infants only a few days old as well as teenagers are subject to child abuse. There are four types of child abuse: p ...

(4 pages) 376 0 4.4 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

sentence in the work camp, until he found out that he wouldn't be allowed to leave. After a few days he began to see the patients as a group that needed more enjoyment in their lives and he wa ...

(3 pages) 156 1 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Eleanor of Aquitaine

When Eleanor was five years old, her grandfather died. This made her father Duke William X. Only a few years later, Eleanor's mother and older brother died. This made her the heir to Aquitaine. (Inte ... king a religious pilgrimage. (Internet #2) After her father died, Eleanor married Louis VII. Only a few days after the wedding, Eleanor's father-in-law died and her husband became the king of France. ...

(3 pages) 60 0 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Alanis Morissette's "Isn't it Ironic"

Isn=t it Ironic?Although I am generally content with my meager day-to-day existence, there are a few days when I feel that I might as well have not been born. These are the days when I feel like as ... r use of a bagfull of ironies that the average person can relate too. Maybe not all, but at least a few will make you remember an experience or two from your past. A good example of a common irony fou ...

(3 pages) 48 0 3.0 Jan/1997

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

A summary of different journal articles. Covers genetic cloning research from 1992-1997 Lots of materials

I beganto show him how to copy files from one disk to another. He thanked meand sent me on my way.A few days later he asked me to show him how to do it again,because he forgot. When I began to demonst ...

(2 pages) 60 0 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

about the competition among the 3 main video game companies...Nintendo, Sega, and Sony

Video games are a big market these days. Within the past few years, the industry has boomed into a very large business. Within this business, there are three ... because it is such a big business, stores specializing in only these games are opening everywhere.A few days ago, I walked into one of these stores. My friend wanted to purchase the new nintendo machi ... o machine was supposed to be amazing, both Sega and Playstation's systems looked just as good. In a few years, however, all three of those systems will be obsolete, just as the systems in my early yea ...

(4 pages) 158 0 3.1 Aug/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

This is a creative writing text about what I would be doing if the year were 1492. I had to finish the sentence, "It is the year 1492, and I..."

on and motivate the others to do so as well. We will not turn back until we have achieved success.A few days pass, and I can feel a storm in the air. Now I can taste that same fear that I have observe ... ld it be that the Anima has been blown off course?The winds are strong now, and the waters rough. A few men lose the ability to hold their meals down in these sailing conditions, and they tend to be l ...

(2 pages) 50 0 3.3 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Shoot the teacher" by David Belbin. Includes personal comment

hey're involved in a shooting. But there is more to come!Three people are shot and killed in only a few days. Thereare many theories of hwo comitted the killings. Simon is themain suspect, however he' ... g to go to school and talking back to hismother. He seemes to calm down quite a bit though in just afew days. As a matter of fact, as soon they arrive at the newschool, Adam seemes to be more mature a ...

(2 pages) 34 1 3.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Chronic Swamp Murders.

ey could start theirinvestigation. At first it looked as if it was definitely a murder, but after a few days ofinvestigation the police concluded that the man was probably a hunter who had either fall ... en neck was definitely what killedthe man. The only problem with this hypothesis was that it left a few unansweredquestions. If the man was a hunter where did his gun or bow go? How often did you find ...

(2 pages) 30 0 2.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Holden Caulfield 's "Catcher in the Rye"

e he is being expelled from Pency Prep. Before Holden goes home to his parents, he plans to spend a few days in New York. His parents do not know of the expulsion, so he spends the weekend in a hotel. ...

(3 pages) 59 1 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Discussion on Plato

. Socrates refuses to run away from his predicament and as a result eventually drinks the Hemlock a few days later. Socrates decision was made much like most of his other decisions, by following a rat ...

(7 pages) 232 0 4.1 May/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

the end will still prove the underlying theme and intent of the author. In the narration of only a few days time, Salinger has laid out the entire philosophy and belief system of his main character; ...

(5 pages) 99 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Stranger by Albert Camus

is a shipping clerk whose mother has just died but he does not seem very upset about it. He takes a few days off work to attend his mother's funeral. He catches the bus to the nursing home where his m ...

(7 pages) 42 0 2.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Causes and Cures for Cystic Fibrosis

he Life of a Child, about a girl who was born with Cystic Fibrosis, and was only expected to live a few days, but lived until she was six. The rerason this was assigned was to discover the scientific ...

(5 pages) 128 1 4.4 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

How a man tried to kill my mother

s intensely humid July night. I remembered well since I had just celebrated my 16th birthday just a few days ealier.I can't belive they are fighting again I told myself. Hardly two weeks have passed b ...

(1 pages) 152 5 2.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Write about a person that has effected your life. This is a descriptive encounter with a young, homeless girl around Christmas.

Only a few days before Christmas the shelter was all decorated, a façade of Christmas bliss meant to ... of Christmas bliss meant to bring joy into the lives of the worlds less fortunate. I, along with a few of my friends, was serving food through SOME (So Others Might Eat). As I stood passing out hot c ... t of that young girl; and such a smile I had never witnessed before. Knowing that I could just by a few words, take away a worry of a child, with already so many things to worry about, has always stay ...

(1 pages) 101 1 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Macbeth, by william shakespeare, in this essay i discuss the role of the witches and the supernatural in the play

y home. They prophesise that he will become king and then leave as unexpectedly as they appeared. A few days later, consumed by the concept of being king, Macbeth murders King Duncan. The malicious an ...

(5 pages) 110 2 4.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Transparency in the media. An essay about the ethical issues of the Big Brother show.

s Head of House (or HOH). The HOH nominates two houseguests, each week, to leave the house. Then, a few days later, there is a VetoChallenge. The winner of the Veto challenge can veto one of the HOH's ...

(12 pages) 184 2 3.9 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Book Critique of Catcher in the Rye

tly undergoing treatment in some sort of medical facility. The events he narrates take place in the few days between the end of the fall school term and Christmas, when Holden is sixteen years old.Hol ... Antolini is making a homosexual overture, Holden hastily excuses himself and leaves, sleeping for a few hours on a bench at Grand Central Station. Holden goes to Phoebe's school and sends her a note s ...

(7 pages) 51 0 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American