Essays Tagged: "something special"

Prohibition vs. legalization

ed ut a long slender object, similar to a cigarette, but twisted on either end. They told me it was something special. I was still bewildered. They said 'It's pot, you know, marijuana?' Immediately I ... e losing the war on drugs, but that the war had been corrupted. The government was wasting money on something without a cause, or hope. It wasn't long after that when I tried marijuana for the first t ...

(5 pages) 109 0 3.9 Mar/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Nomination of Andrew Jackson to the presidents hall of fame. Focuses on the States' rights, nullification, the tariff, the spoils system, Indian removal and banking policies; these controversies brought forth strong rivalry over his years of president

Like any hall of fame, its inductees are the best in whatever they do, from baseball or football to something like being President. If you are a member of any hall of fame (including the one for the P ... re a member of any hall of fame (including the one for the Presidents), it means that you have done something special or have a certain quality about yourself that makes you worthy to be in a hall of ...

(7 pages) 151 0 3.5 Dec/1996

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

This essay is about Kurt Cobain. Not necessarily his life and death, but more so what he means to music in general.

his enigmatic lyrics, to the way he carried himself, you could tell on first glance that there was something special about Kurt Cobain. His anti-celebrity show was more than just a facade, it was his ... show in a small town club in Aberdeen, Washington, where he grew up. His entire outlook on life is something everyone can learn from. Money and fame did not change the fact that he was a musician. He ...

(1 pages) 93 1 3.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Marriage games in the Tenretni(Internet) or How Females Find Their Males.

d their life-long partner at the TenretniThere is a big variety of dating service. Each service has something special. For example very popular service of meeting each other is meeting agency or meeti ... ot clear to me to reasons, do not want to move in the Tenretni to wander over it streets and lanes, something to acquire and with somebody to acquaint you is simple are obliged to share in progressing ...

(3 pages) 46 0 3.9 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A summary of the work and discoveries made by Pythagoras and the Pythagorians.

ties as number one.TeatraktosThe fact that the sum of the four first numbers is ten (1+2+3+4) meant something special to the Pythagoreans. In Greek they called this sum teatraktos, and this was one of ...

(2 pages) 81 2 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Succes and how it is expressed by our culture, and in the book School Girls by Peggy Orenstein.

Success is defined by Webster's Dictionary as: "The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted." For me there are many different levels of success. I cons ... it's winning in a sporting event, and now your team is the league champs. What ever it maybe, it is something special to you, and you worked very hard to get their. Therefore you are successful in my ... e only successful if you make lots of money. In our society's eyes, they don't care if you're doing something that you like to do, and maybe not getting rich while doing it. If you are not the preside ...

(1 pages) 23 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"Crumb" Documentary on Robert Crumb the cartoonist

a major critic commits himself to his top pick that early in the year, you know the movie has to be something special.Director and producer Terry Zwigoff uses a very traditional documentary style narr ...

(3 pages) 25 0 4.0 Feb/2004

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

Students

Students vary in many ways. There is something special about every student. Teachers should learn more about the different personality's ...

(2 pages) 61 2 3.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar

A Dream

and the silver moon go so well together tonight. Breezes we can taste wisp by our faces, whispering something only we can understand. I can feel the heat raise form the ground - pinch me so I know I'm ... form the ground - pinch me so I know I'm not dreaming. My eyes wander to where he is, and he speaks something special with his glance. It's raining now, I close my eyes. He catches my smile, this time ...

(3 pages) 40 0 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

The Day He Went Away

I hate the feeling of being left alone, especially when I have to let go something special.I received James's call early in the morning and he told me that he would be bring ... food?" James broke the silence."Not bad. Taste good!" I answered to his question,"Actually, I have something important to tell you," he looked at me and I nodded my head and gestured for him to conti ... h other. Did I lose to someone better? I wonder."I guess love is really blind. We are letting go of something special, and I guess, we will nevre have it again," I replied, still crying.I was able to ...

(2 pages) 26 0 2.3 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Growing Pains, Silent Snow, Secret Snow by Conrad Aiken

wing up. It hides the world from him like a mother, and like a mother, it lets him feel like he has something special and is safe. The narrator states "Nor was it only a source of possession - it was ...

(3 pages) 36 0 2.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar was born on July 12, 100 B.C.E and from he was very young Caesar knew he wanted to be something special and be in power. Caesar was very well educated and studied the previous emperors a ... g Rome's mystique by building up colonies all over the world. He called for an exact census of Rome something never done before, in order to figure out the amount of free grain that would be distribut ...

(5 pages) 47 0 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

An Unfair Society

king the most amongst their peers. Males are constantly given this "crown" as if they have achieved something special from society. Males are treated so differently then females, it makes one wonder w ...

(4 pages) 42 0 3.5 Aug/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

My Own Private Hideaway

I see before I fall asleep every night and the first thing I catch sight of when I awaken. There is something special about the seclusion of my bedroom. What is identity? What does it mean to be an in ... y bed that is always in shambles, my room is far from military precision and order. There is always something on my bed at all times. Usually my bed stays cluttered with clothes and blankets. An array ...

(4 pages) 20 0 4.5 May/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Dissection of inclusion and exclusion in "Bartelby" (Melville) "The Sculptor's Funeral" (Cather) "The Minister's Black Veil" (Hawthorne) and the novella "Of Mice and Men" (Steinbeck)

the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us." -Gibran Khalil Gibran "The Madman". Shed your masks, show your faces, and you will ... and include, and these rules are consistent; the ins are always the same, and the outs always have something special or different; and more importantly, from these stories of exclusion and inclusion, ...

(5 pages) 23 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Ring-Tailed

and fragile and clung tightly to his mother. And yet one look was enough to convince us that he was something special. His fur was white instead of grey, and his eyes were a sparkling blue. If any ani ...

(2 pages) 9 0 5.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Comparative Essay on the Relationship Between Mama in "A Raisin in the Sun" and "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes.

send their child to college. The child may have really wanted to grow up and go to school to become something special to them, and now their dream has been deferred until money can be found. Larraine ...

(3 pages) 80 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Analysis of the rhetoric used in Edward Kennedy's "Now is the Time" speech

they bring to the party. The audience can feel that they belong to a political group, but one with something special to offer. This, he is saying, is a political party not like the others. Thus, it c ...

(5 pages) 33 0 3.0 May/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Life From A Coins Perspective

A Coin's Adventurous Lifetime From the day I was minted I knew I was going to be something special in this world. I was created on January 23, 1982, which I consider my birthday. I ... d he was dead, they cashed in his coin collection. I couldn't believe they could do such a thing to something that their father and grandfather found so important. I spent several more years in circul ...

(4 pages) 959 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

David, Man After Gods Own Heart

a man after God's won heart. Even in the beginning, when we first meet David you know that there is something special about him. David, the youngest of eight of Jesse's boys was favored. This was odd ... han, whom betrayed their father to help and protect David. Saul was not angry with David because of something he had done, but he was afraid of David because he knew what God had in store for him. Sau ...

(4 pages) 1393 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers