Essays Tagged: "rocks"

A look on Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hester Pryne from "The Scarlet Letter"

er and Pearl went into town, they were tormented and harassed. In retaliation, Pearl began to throw rocks back at the children. This kind of thing only happened in the beginning of Pearl's life. Later ...

(2 pages) 50 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Degeneration of The kids on the island.

becomes one of the most evil boys on the island. His first showing of being evil is when he throws rocks near the littluns. Although this does not seem evil, it begins his diabolic ways. Roger realiz ... ns. Although this does not seem evil, it begins his diabolic ways. Roger realizes that throwing the rocks at the littluns is wrong, but he does not care. When Jack, Ralph, and Roger go searching for t ...

(3 pages) 66 2 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Swinger's not just on playgrounds anymore

Swinger's not just on playgrounds anymoreDave's marriage had hit the rocks. His wife had lost interest in sex, and Dave did not know how to deal with it. He did not know ...

(7 pages) 60 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

The title is simply "Artificial Intelligence." It is about Artificial Intelligence and the basic aspects of it, but does not go into great mathematical detail.

of bronze whose duty was to patrol the beaches of Crete. He would thwart invaders by hurling large rocks at them, or by heating himself red hot and squeezing trespassers in a warm embrace. Most of th ...

(5 pages) 221 2 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Man and Ocean

plants we have the algae's family, like seaweed. During ebb tide, you can find the seaweed between rocks. For the marine animals we have fish and shrimp. The fish and shrimp are always moving around ...

(5 pages) 121 0 5.0 Mar/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

Earthquakes, Seeing Into The Furture

and then about how predictions are made.Earthquake, "vibrations produced in the earth's crust when rocks in which elastic strain has been building up suddenly rupture, and then rebound."(Associated P ...

(5 pages) 149 0 4.6 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geology & Geosciences

This essay has to do with Off-Road Trails all over the world for 4x4 vehicles.

Mud, Rain, Dirt, Cliffs, Hills and Rocks are just a few of the obstacles off-road racers face. There are many different types of tracks ... rocky trail in Colorado called The Powerhouse Road. The trails consist of all types of terrain: Big Rocks, slick rocks, sharp rocks, and small rocks (67-68). Rocks can cause total destruction to a veh ... Spanish word meaning below. The Baja 1000 was actually The Baja 1000 is a very hard race; there are rocks that can shred tires, sandy deserts, and unbearable heat which extends for one thousand miles ...

(7 pages) 106 0 4.5 Sep/2002

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Brief essay summerizing the literary work The Lottery, also provides an analysis of characterization.

ory starts off, the reader is unaware of the events that'll happen during the day - the boys gather rocks innocently enough and the rest of the community gathers for some event in which the reader has ...

(1 pages) 173 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Landfills

d water supply.Ground water can be defined as the water stored in the open spaceswithin underground rocks and unconsolidated material (Monroe and Wicander420). Ground water is one of the numerous part ... d aquifers isprecipitation that infiltrates the ground and moves through the soil andpore spaces of rocks (Monroe and Wicander 420). There are also othersources that add water to the underground aquif ...

(6 pages) 74 0 4.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

This is a project on Landslides

LandslidesWhen a lot of soil, rocks and other stuff slides down a hill it is called a landslide. Landslides are caused by rain and ... hings like mine explosions, thunder, traffic noise, earthquakes, machinery, ice etc. If the soil or rocks are weak enough any of these things could start a landslide.Types of LandslidesThere are three ... s of LandslidesThere are three different kinds of landslides: falls, slides and flows.A rockfall is rocks that break off steep cliffs and fall because they have been loosened by frost or ice. When the ...

(1 pages) 47 0 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Crack Cocaine - usage symptoms, general information

stance, crack cocaine, is removed and allowed to dry. The crack cocaine is then broken or cut into "rocks," each typically weighing from one-tenth to one-half a gram. One gram of pure powder cocaine w ... approximately 0.89 grams of crack cocaine. The Drug Enforcement Administration estimates that crack rocks are between 75 and 90 percent pure cocaine.Powder cocaine cannot be smoked unless chemically a ...

(3 pages) 150 2 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Paleontologists: This is a report on the career and on carnivores and herbivores.

pollen. They also don't just find and collect different specimens, they alsostudy the fossils, the rocks the fossils are buried in, the rocks they also lie above, below,and near the fossils. They stu ...

(3 pages) 51 0 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Nitrates in water By Danny Lewis

d water supply.Ground water can be defined as the water stored in the open spaceswithin underground rocks and unconsolidated material (Monroe and Wicander420). Ground water is one of the numerous part ... d aquifers isprecipitation that infiltrates the ground and moves through the soil andpore spaces of rocks (Monroe and Wicander 420). There are also othersources that add water to the underground aquif ...

(6 pages) 77 0 4.5 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

This is my first essay!

ture walked through the deserted town of Samadie. Her legs feltstrange. She was used to sand and rocks; the...grass, she heard...was to muchfor her. They tickled her pawed feet. She heard a nois ...

(4 pages) 39 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

King Lear film review.

d sets: an "outdoor" field, an indoor set with poorly designed pillars that are suppose to resemble rocks, and the interior of a garage. You would think that having Michael Elliott's creative mind com ...

(4 pages) 59 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

An The Vancouver Island Marmot is the species in question.

ger (Bryant 1990). The Vancouver Island marmot will choose an area for their burrow which has large rocks to use for both a lookout post to watch out for dangers and to regulate their internal tempera ...

(3 pages) 31 1 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"The Garden of the Gods" in Illinois.

e Gods.It was a crisp October day and my biology class was preparing to take off for a day climbing rocks and studying wildlife, the destination, the Garden of the Gods. The class piles into the bus, ... had ever seen. As I stand in awe of my surroundings, noticed immediately how smooth the face of the rocks seemed to be, and how bright mother earth had painted the trees. The cool breeze could almost ...

(3 pages) 21 0 3.0 Nov/2003

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

Religion in classical India.

the universe: humans, animals, plants, bodies of water, and even inanimate phisical objects such as rocks possessed a soul.They were very careful in their movements, they also tried not to make any su ...

(4 pages) 104 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

"Investigating the distribution of streams invertebrates"

and then fast flowing (stony and sandy regions);5) We the disturbed the area by turning the rocks and brushed then lightly into the net so that the species were washed in by the current;6) ...

(1 pages) 25 1 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"Investigating the distribution of streams invertebrates"

and then fast flowing (stony and sandy regions);5) We the disturbed the area by turning the rocks and brushed then lightly into the net so that the species were washed in by the current;6) ... That we used to collect species. In stony regions the surber sample didn't lie flat, as there were rocks there enabling it to lie flat, causing less accurate results because species got swept away wi ...

(11 pages) 51 1 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology