Essays Tagged: "Carpet"

Charles Dickens' novel, Hard Times

--nothing in between. He discourages such fanciful motions as going to the circus orhaving flowered carpet. Everyone knows, one cannot have flowered carpet. One wouldtrample all over them and they wou ...

(1 pages) 98 1 4.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

My Poor House

s and friends, which hung neatly in their fancy wooden frames. The fibers of the recently vacuumed carpet stood at attention displaying how clean they were. The varnished oak coffee-table glistened ... e in the sheetrock, which appeared to be the size of an angry fist. There was a dirty trail on the carpet from the kitchen to the front door from everyone's dirty shoes. The coffee-table was covered ...

(2 pages) 269 3 4.5 Mar/1997

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

biography on cleopatra

e. Cleopatra saw this as an opportunity and had herself smuggled in through enemy lines rolled in a carpet. Then she was delivered to Caesar. Her and Caesar were lovers and it is thought that Caesar p ...

(2 pages) 187 2 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

a piece about a murder, written for my advanced writing class

shown through the blinds of his window in tiny slivers across his floor, little slash marks on the carpet, the ivory colored carpet that matched the now non-existant color of the one next door . . .T ...

(3 pages) 61 1 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

This is a creative writing essay. it is about a girl, who prepares for her first date and when the time for it comes, the guy never appears.

like menacing monsters in a satanic wood. The rest of the room was empty. It only had a beige-brown carpet, the color of a new-born kitten after it had rolled in the dust, over the parquet. You could ...

(3 pages) 53 1 3.7 Mar/2003

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

Discusses the character of the girl in Alice Munro's short story, "Boys and Girls."

keep us safe. When the light was on, wewere safe as long as we did not step off the square of worn carpet which defined ourbedroom-space; when the light was off, no place was safe but the beds themse ...

(1 pages) 47 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry.

ven an old, worn-out look while "a table or chair has been moved to disguise the worn places in the carpet." As if having old décor isn't enough, the Youngers' apartment is occupied by cockroac ...

(2 pages) 174 0 2.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Respiratory Function / Dysfunction

the nostrils into the body, where it is warmed and moistened. The walls of the nasal cavity have a carpet of tiny hair-like bristles called Cilia, that sweep debris and mucus upward, so that it is sw ...

(9 pages) 110 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

In the 21st century society, the human race has become its own greatest enemy.

e and lack thereof. Acentury ago, social, technological and humanitarian issues were swept under thecarpet because individuals were not aware of their problems, did not know how tosolve these issues, ... efugees, crime and drugs are only some of the many issues that society can nolonger sweep under the carpet.Free press is the only way that atrocities against humanity can be voiced, heardand addressed ...

(4 pages) 89 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Dream?

him feel like he was flying between two skies, one above him and the other under him. Beneath him a carpet of water expanded as far as his eyes could see. Tired of seeing water, he closed his eyes, an ...

(4 pages) 26 0 3.0 Feb/2004

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

Respiratory Function / Dysfunction

the nostrils into the body, where it is warmed and moistened. The walls of the nasal cavity have a carpet of tiny hair-like bristles called Cilia, that sweep debris and mucus upward, so that it is sw ...

(9 pages) 132 0 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Electrostatic discharge (ESD)

another. You probably know ESD better as static electricity, or static shock. When you walk across carpet and then shock yourself touching something metal, this is ESD.You experience ESD far more tha ... keyboard is the most touched computer component and therefore is more able to be damaged by E.S.D. Carpets in our homes produce a lot of Electrostatic Discharge therefore is dangerous to touch home e ...

(2 pages) 27 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

Sydney Bliss, written by Tom Schipke.

room towards him, the bottom of her night gown fluttering behind her, and the hem floating over the carpet as though everything around her was performing at her will. The stitching of her light clothi ...

(3 pages) 59 4 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Analysis of the Setting

ve-stained oak, its cream-colours frieze and ceiling of raised plaster work, and its brickdust felt carpet strewn with silk, long-fringes Persian rugs." (pg 60) From this quote, I interpret that lord ...

(2 pages) 29 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Life of mine!

e scene. The dining table had been overturned and broken. There were splinters of wood on the green carpet. As I stood frozen on the "Welcome" mat, I swept my eyes over the apartment while my heart ra ...

(2 pages) 119 5 4.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

A defense for abortion using standard abortion defenses against one another. good material for abortion in general. 1455 words.

similar to pollen and in the event of a window being left open could float in and germinate in your carpet or upholstery. If one were aware of these people seeds and did not want children, simply get ... f in fact people seeds were floating through the air like pollen and could somehow lay root in your carpet, I would see absolutely nothing wrong with expelling the intruder from the home, based on sai ...

(6 pages) 36 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Snow Space- Creative writing of the white snow that falls in the winter.

aste it and not feel another drink for a coke. Snow can be thrown, snow can be a pad, snow can be a carpet for sledding, or snow can be food. The only downfall of snow is that it can be very dangerous ...

(2 pages) 16 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Difficulties of Belief.

d her mouth to the same smile as always, and hurriedly came around from her short desk to the furry carpet she loved so much. It was one of her favorite things about her classroom- that and the mobile ... him being too small and moral stuff, but Emmy wasn't listening, staring intently down at the furry carpet and its dark magenta color that began to hurt her eyes. Her small fingers were buried deep in ...

(4 pages) 51 0 5.0 Aug/2005

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

"The Carpet" by Poul Watts.

"The Carpet" is an English short story written by Poul Watts and printed in 1969. This story is very much ... s own life and how he should behave. He endures with some problems. These are reflected through the carpet and divided into 3 different sections, which I will tell you more about later in the essay. T ... . This boy has challenged himself to get from the top of the stairs to the front door following the carpet without touching certain spots. On the whole this is basically what this short story is about ...

(7 pages) 26 2 4.5 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Contributions of free press.

and lack thereof. A century ago, social, technological and humanitarian issues were swept under the carpet because individuals were not aware of their problems, did not know how to solve these issues, ... fugees, crime and drugs are only some of the many issues that society can no longer sweep under the carpet.Free press is the only way that atrocities against humanity can be voiced, heard and addresse ...

(4 pages) 45 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History