Essays Tagged: "half sister"

Abraham

, Terach, had two other sons , Haran and Nachor. While living in the city of Ur , Abram married his half-sister, Sarai who later took on the name of Sarah. The newlyweds later learned that Sarai was s ...

(6 pages) 151 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Abraham

, Terach, had two other sons , Haran and Nachor. While living in the cityof Ur , Abram married his half-sister, Sarai who later took on the name ofSarah. The newlyweds later learned that Sarai was st ...

(5 pages) 81 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

"To Kill a Mocking Bird" by Harper Lee.

s many changes and confronts many challenges.(Refer to notes for extended summary)Mary, Elizabeth's half sister and queen, has had her in exile from birth as she has never accepted Elizabeth as her si ...

(8 pages) 76 2 3.2 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Slavery.

d throw any accurate light upon the history of myfamily beyond my mother. She, I remember, had a half-brother and a half-sister. In the daysof slavery not very much attention was given to family ...

(7 pages) 131 0 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

This is an essay about my view on my parents' divorce. I made it as vivid as I could to let others see how hard it can be, but to just realize that things will heal with time.

iercing argument in their room. I couldn't stand listening to them and I tried to look for my older half-sister. She was gone. Figures that she would run out at a time like this. The door opening from ...

(3 pages) 41 0 0.0 Dec/2003

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

A Biography of Adolf Hitler

. His sister, Paula, was born in 1896, the sixth child of Adolf's parents. In his family was also a half brother and half sister from one of his father's previous marriages.After another move, for six ...

(7 pages) 66 0 4.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Queen Elizabeth

of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in 1559 upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary. The two half-sisters, both daughters of Henry VIII, had a stormy relationshi ...

(1 pages) 48 2 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Hitlers life

uthwest of Linz. Another sister, Paula, was born in 1896, the sixth of the union, supplemented by a half brother and half sister from one of his father's two previous marriages.Following another famil ... t have invaded Russia so early on in the war. Then he wouldn't had to fight a 2 front war and loose half of his troops in the Russian winter.Adolf Hitler killed himself when he knew that the axis powe ...

(6 pages) 28 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Life of Hitler

dSeptember 1900 to 1904 student at the Linz RealschuleJanuary 3, 1903 father diedSeptember 14, 1903 half-sister (Angela) married Leo Raubal1904 to 1905 student at the Steyr RealschuleOctober 1907 took ...

(2 pages) 18 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Notes on Adolf Hitler his life.

His mother was Kalara, His father was Alois. Hitler was the 3 rd child in his family including his half brother and a half sister. Three of his brothers died in as infants and his father was a civil ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Mary Stewart's The Wicked Day

orn of an incestuous union between an unknowing Arthur and Morgause, his murderous and manipulative half-sister, Mordred was unaware of his true parentage until his teens. Known to the public, includi ...

(3 pages) 13 0 1.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Adolf Hitler and His Life

uthwest of Linz. Another sister, Paula, was born in 1896, the sixth of the union, supplemented by a half brother and half sister from one of his father's two previous marriages.Following another famil ... . It was partly an autobiographical book (although filled with glorified inaccuracies, self-serving half-truths and outright revisionism) which also detailed his views on the future of the German peop ...

(10 pages) 30 0 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Queen Elizabeth

hapless daughter of an ill-fated mother, Queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII. With her half sister and brother, Elizabeth was moved from place to place and subjected to fluctuating harsh ... y, male or female, who can be comparable to Queen Elizabeth I. If the United States had a President half as meritorious as Elizabeth, then our government would not now be in such turmoil. She was the ...

(10 pages) 128 3 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

King/Pharaoh Sneferu

Sneferu most likely married the daughter of a more senior queen, Hetepheres I, who probably was his half sister.Hetepheres I, only gave Sneferu one surviving child, Khufu, but Sneferu fathered six oth ...

(4 pages) 32 0 4.5 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

"Sisterly Bond" - on Amy Tan's "The Hundred Secret Senses." Analysis of literary criticism and summary of book.

terly bond between Olivia Yee/Laguni/Bishop and her very irritating, yet exceptionally affectionate half-sister Kwan. Tan encrypted into her bittersweet narrative the meaning of loyalty, sisterhood, f ... ove.The Hundred Secret Senses tells the story of Olivia Bishop, a "modern American" (Hundred 6) and half-sister Kwan, one of the most memorable characters ever created. Apparently, Kwan had "yin eyes" ...

(4 pages) 23 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Queen Hatshepsut, the fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt which was one of the few female pharaohs of Egypt.

wo eldest brothers died in accidents before their father's death, so she was married to her younger half brother Thutmose II, a son of a secondary wife name Moutnofrit. In Ancient Egypt it was the cus ... t it was the custom for a male to be the pharaoh and often a pharaoh was married to his sister or a half-sister.This practice is referred to as the "Heiress Theory" by modern scholars. This theory sta ...

(9 pages) 44 0 3.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Reliving the Holidays"

hey were very sad and quite slim. With a yours, mine, and our house - two sisters, one brother, one half-sister, three half-brothers, two step-brothers, three step-sisters, and three foster children - ...

(2 pages) 14 0 4.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

The Unwanted - This essay is about how the author manipulates the hidden aspects of his past from the neutral eyes of his readers.

rang (Contemporary Authors Online). Kien and his younger brother Jimmy are both Amerasians, but his half sister is pure blooded (106). Kien's father was an American civil engineer in Vietnam in 1967, ... nto a cramped place next to his aunt. He was relentlessly ridiculed by his cousins, who called him "half-breed," and kicked his puppy to death (116). Nguyen was also a victim of Lam, his mother's boyf ...

(8 pages) 26 0 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Adolf Hitler's Rise To Power

z, Austria. The Hitler family consisted of Adolf, little brother Edmund, little sister Paula, older half-brother Alois Jr., older half-sister Angela. His family moved to the town of Lambach, Austria, ...

(11 pages) 25 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Everworld: Whatever You Wanted To Know

excl;¯Brien. They are brought into Everworld By Senna O¡¯Brien, April¡¯s half sister. Everworld is a place of terror and chaos, where you can see a war between the Aztecs an ... rld and bringing then into Everworld.In Roman mythology, Hel is Loki¡¯s daughter that is half dead and half woman. The dead part of her is extremely disgusting, and when you see it, you wan ...

(3 pages) 1710 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers