Essays Tagged: "ludicrous"

The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy or Single-gunman?

ld War II, once said, 'The bigger thelie, the more people will believe it.' Although this may sound ludicrous, we can see manyexample of this in the world's history. One example would have to be the J ...

(5 pages) 288 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents

Lie, cheat and steal, only for cigarettes

at , and steal just to make adollar. People are even taking there parents to court these days . How ludicrous can a person get ? Aperson would sue a tobacco company because they had developed cancer . ...

(1 pages) 66 0 1.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

"Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut

seems ideal. Through the story one might infer that Vonnegut views the concept of total equality as ludicrous. Equality can be interpreted many ways. One point of view is the American belief that ever ...

(2 pages) 209 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Spawn.

d man, gnarled with age and working on an intricate machine. To a mortal man the sight would appear ludicrous. An old, befuddled man could hardly attract the attention of such a powerful warrior. But ...

(2 pages) 25 0 3.0 Nov/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

An Introduction To Afro-Caribbean Migration

hut. After all, you were nothing more than a wetback who came to America to reap her benefits.(This ludicrous ideology is still present today) Gary Soto's grandparents and my grandparents, although th ...

(7 pages) 73 0 3.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

how did life change for christians and jews during the rise of the s?

s, with reasons such as avoiding concentration camps because they believed that the whole thing was ludicrous. There were also some Christians who refused to fall to the s. Such groups like the Jehova ...

(2 pages) 40 2 3.8 Mar/2003

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

This is a persuasive esay AGAINST Animal Rights and those who fight for Animal Rights.

hout the help of animals. The idea that humans should give animals' rights and declare them free is ludicrous. How can anyone be brainless enough to think of that? I can understand that people beat an ...

(2 pages) 254 4 2.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Special Race Regulations This paper is an interesting look at reverse racism. It also has a works cited.

principle. The thought is absurd. Punishing an innocent party and catering to an arbitrary race is ludicrous. There is not a living sole who can rationalize unequal rights for anyone based upon the s ...

(6 pages) 41 0 2.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Special Race Regulations Interesting paper on reverse racism with works cited.

principle. The thought is absurd. Punishing an innocent party and catering to an arbitrary race is ludicrous. There is not a living sole who can rationalize unequal rights for anyone based upon the s ...

(6 pages) 76 0 4.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains.

The house tried in vain to save itself from the fires, but their efforts to save their masters were ludicrous, for the master race had exterminated itself and left the servants all alone, impotent. No ...

(2 pages) 55 1 3.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Critical View on Emma by Jane Austen

and ever will be can be compressed into the space of an hour. What is proposed by Blake is clearly ludicrous--it runs against the very tide of reason and sense--and yet the picture that the imaginati ...

(4 pages) 50 0 2.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Teenage life

t my school friends saying: "Going to get blocked tonight? What are you getting?"This is stupid and ludicrous! It makes me sick to hear that my friends only need to spend about 5 pounds to get wasted ...

(5 pages) 93 4 4.2 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Theatre of the Absurd: The meaningless of human existence - How does Theatre of the Absurd use dramatic forms and stylistic features to comment on the meaningless of human existence?

bout the pointlessness of life, the powerlessness of people over the course of their lives, and the ludicrous values and rules of 'civilised' society.In absurdist plays, symbols play an integral part ...

(6 pages) 100 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

Outsourcing. this paper is about the negative effects of outsourcing on the USA. has citations and references. short and to the point

and Indian workers charge $2.50, four Indians could be hired for every American. This is makes for ludicrous amounts of earnings and hardly any spending. 3,275,000 Americans lost their jobs due to th ...

(2 pages) 240 1 4.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Tennessee Williams: A streetcar named desire

and more tense. Stanley initially distrusts Blanche, thinking that she's swindled them; the idea is ludicrous, and eventually Stanley realizes that Blanche is hardly the swindling type. But the animos ...

(14 pages) 51 2 4.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Essay on an Analysis of Horror Movies in general...the examples used are from "Nightmare on Elm Street 3", "Friday the 13th (Part 8)" and "Freddy VS Jason"

iculous by his invulnerability, due to his power. Secondly, it will focus on how the characters are ludicrous, silly by their stupidity and on the setting which is over-exaggerated. To conclude, it wi ...

(4 pages) 61 2 4.5 Apr/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

[The Oxford Book of English Short Stories] It's ironic to see adult characters behaving childishly in some stories and children in others being worldly adults. Do you agree with this statement?

e is the 'soul of a hen-imitator' and 'the master at imitating a hen laying and egg'. His childish, ludicrous performance is described in details in the climax of the story, seems to show how 'profess ...

(5 pages) 23 0 2.5 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Harrison Bergeron - Equality is Ludicrous

Equality is Ludicrous In the story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. civilization is manipulated. ...

(2 pages) 67 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The will

to believe that many Christians no longer depend upon God's will. Through new incarnations of old, ludicrous doctrine, it has been suggested that Christians should no longer pray God's will. "Thy ki ...

(3 pages) 13 0 3.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Unraveling times.

bond, a rowdy, whatever you want to call it. They would call me "Crazy" Chester Gray or the Son of "Ludicrous Lenny". I loved and enjoyed that life. To me that was paradise, but unfortunately times ch ... of the older fellows said something that changed my life. "My o my, that was almost as good as when Ludicrous Lenny led the attack on the governors' party", he said, and then recalled, "Hey Chester ai ...

(4 pages) 17 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing