Essays Tagged: "little food"

Thomas Paine: Propaganda and Persuasion

776, American soldiers fighting in the Revolutionary War under the command of George Washington had little food, insufficient shelter, and many were deserting. The reading of The Crisis to these troop ... t now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy." The third and final use of propaganda in Pa ...

(3 pages) 117 0 3.5 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

The revolutionary war and its famous writers that effected it. Authors such as thomas paine, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry.

e differently.The winter of 1776 was a dreadful time for George Washington and his troops. They had little food, inadequate shelter, and many were deserting (Berstein 161). Into this horrible situatio ... mostly for one or two sparkling patriotic quotes - "These are the times that try men's souls" - and little else (Katz 1). The Crisis gave enough courage to the Americans that when they attacked Britai ...

(4 pages) 84 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Did the military situation justify a surprise attack with the atom bomb?

can submarines were taking their toll on Japanese shipping and by the summer of 1944 Japan had very little food, and relatively less oil. In June of 1944 the decisive battles in the war of the Pacific ...

(2 pages) 90 0 4.9 Jan/2003

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

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave.

0's, there wasn't a more horrible state of society. It was hard work, day in and day out, with very little food, clothing, and other necessities for healthy living. In his autobiography, Frederick Dou ...

(3 pages) 150 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

An essay on The Great Depression.

bs, food, and homes to live because the depression left many people homeless, jobless and with very little food. In Document 1, Parks thought the crash wouldn't affect him yet the crash affected every ...

(2 pages) 98 1 3.3 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > The Great Depression

Essay on TOURISM in kenya

s a lot of poverty in certain parts of Kenya as many people (only 31%) have safe drinking water and little food. Their conditions of living are very poor; they have short medical facilities and the pa ... pollution level. Large amounts of water are needed for tourists in the hotels, where there is often little to spare.Even if land on the coast is destroyed it can encourage the building of new roads an ...

(3 pages) 87 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

About Anorexia Nervosa

ven when you get a piece of bread, to you that would be your meal for the day. You try to make what little food you have last. Your stomach aches constantly. You are so frail and thin that you look as ...

(7 pages) 161 3 4.2 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Interest Groups - UNICEF

nds of children in Europe and other parts of the world are starving, cold, and sick. They have very little food and clothing to stay healthy. It is a very sad time, a time when these children saw no h ...

(4 pages) 51 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

What were the most important weaknesses of the Weimar Constitution?

, they ended up having their style of government changed, being put under huge blockades where very little food or water was available and finally, less than a year later, being 'backstabbed.' This re ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

Andersonville Essay:

In Andersonville provision would have had to have been made. To live the little food that was given out would have needed to be rationed and guarded, otherwise it would have ... tions at Andersonville Prison Camp would make me wish I were dead. I would have had to live on very little food per-day/week. Stay in constant fear of the Raiders, lay in a muck filled, swampy mud-hol ...

(1 pages) 847 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Vikings

eal food from the villagers.The Vikings take all the things they need for the voyage, but take very little food with them on their large battle ships. However the food they take includes a few buckets ...

(2 pages) 12 0 4.3 Nov/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Hunting the White-Tail Deer

highway, killing humans as well. Also, deer are constantly getting pushed into the city because of little food due to the over-populated area of deer. Unfortunately, this causes a hassle in major cit ...

(3 pages) 7 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Anorexia Nervosa and Its Effects on the Human Body

uiring a low self-esteem. The behavioral symptoms of anorexia nervosa are counting calories, eating little food, "playing" with food, disguising food intake, dressing in layers to hide the distinct we ...

(3 pages) 19 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

A book report, comparing the immigration in the 1900's to the story line of My Antonia and sociological events at the time which made the book a classic.

migrants faced several challenges as not all of them were accustomed to farming therefore producing little results. For example the Burdens always gave extra food to the Shimerdas because they had ver ... t the time, farming only brought in enough barely support a family therefore the Shimerdas had very little money to send their children to school. Fearing no one in their family would ever be educated ...

(3 pages) 1951 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Underground to Canada: Ch 1-5 by: Danish Khan (Recount/Summery)

other plantation in Mississippi. Sold and separated from my mammy, treated like a work horse, given little food to survive with and whipped worse than a donkey, were only some of my most difficult thi ... e us were allowed to roam free, get paid for the work we do, and not have to be whipped around like little farm animals. After meeting my first friend, Liza, suddenly the road to freedom becomes appar ...

(5 pages) 6625 0 5.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Racial Prejudice: Past, Present, and Future "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

of living or the color of their skin. Racial prejudice continues to decrease as time advances, but little progress has been made to completely cease racism. Racial prejudice in history created issues ... ctioned off to the highest bidder, often being separated from loved ones and friends. Many lived on little food in small dreary huts. They worked long days and suffered beatings. Slavery was a lifelon ...

(5 pages) 11 0 0.0 Oct/2009

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

Do Animals Have Rights and, If So, Should They Be Protected?

rded to beasts of burden is extremely cruel too. Many of them work without sufficient rest and with little food until they drop dead from exhaustion and starvation. One has only to look at their eyes ... ed and killed for sport. In nature, man is the only animal who kills for no reason at all. It makes little sense that hunts are organised where man goes to the animals' environment and then hunts them ...

(3 pages) 16 1 2.0 Jan/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community