Essays Tagged: "Couch"

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself, personal essay

erything outside look gray. Iwas at home, waiting for my girlfriend to arrive. I was sitting on the couch drinking hot teaand feeling warm and cozy. My dog was there too, I remember. We were watching ... and it startled me. Who might it be? I wasn't expecting a phone call fromanyone. I got up from the couch and picked up the phone. 'Who is this' said the voiceflatly. I answered him and asked how I co ...

(3 pages) 136 1 4.1 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Terror In The Night

Jess its probablyjust some more annoying trick or treaters anyway', replied Sal.Jess got up off the couch and approached the door makingsure to peer through the peephole to see who it was. All shecoul ...

(3 pages) 71 0 2.7 Jul/1994

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

Do UFO's really exist??? This essay is an arguement over whether UFO's exist or not. I sided on the, "yes, they do exist" side. I hope this is helpful to you!

you imagine yourself on a warm Friday night in mid-summer,sitting on your boyfriend or girlfriends couch innocently watching thenewest Hi-fi release from Blockbuster. As the movie gets going, and the ... tart to loose interest in the movie. But then, all of asudden, you yourself are swept away from the couch which you weresitting on, and taken into the stars by what scientists call an UnidentifiedFlyi ...

(5 pages) 214 2 3.1 Sep/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Analyse some of the ways in which the visual elements of the text such as camera angles, backgrounds used and framing present ideology.

id-shot of Joey questioning the tip he has just received from his friends. His friends are sat on a couch and in the background you can see the familiar window, which denotes where they are, as the au ... ved in the argument. It pans out more to give a wide shot with Joey and two other characters on the couch. Because of where the couch is sited in comparison with the window, the window seems to frame ...

(11 pages) 100 0 3.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Genre Study

My Method of Writing. A short essay on writing styles focusing on my own.

e to concentrate more effectively. My roommate, for example, is the kind of person who sits on the couch with the television off, the internet unplugged and in a deep trance trying to complete his wr ... tomatically manufacture. I am the kind of person that will simply be sitting in my chair or on the couch when my subconscious will produce something that I had never thought of before.The next ste ...

(6 pages) 223 0 3.9 Dec/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

How psychology is influenced by the media, and the influences that the different types of media have.

hey think of when someone mentions psychology they would most likely say something like "Lying on a couch, endlessly talking about your mother and your lousy childhood"#. Is the media to blame for thi ... ring you"#. A fairly common quote that makes us all think of psychologists. The person lying on the couch confused about what happened during their childhood or what their dreams mean, and a doctor si ...

(2 pages) 166 0 2.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The reformation.

body's life where they begin to wonder about the world. Babies often wonder what lies in behind the couch. Children grow to question why their parents make them go to bed at nine o-clock on a school n ...

(6 pages) 77 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The good and bad aspects of getting divorced or staying together "for the children".

You might expect to hear one parent say to the other, "All right, you get the kids, but I get that couch and matching chair we bought last year!"Parents who decide to go through a divorce think they ...

(6 pages) 144 1 0.0 Jul/2003

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

"Pride a prejudice" by Jane Austin.

AUSTEN'S WORLDLike a well crafted chair or couch, a novel is put together so that its supports are strong, its language comfortable and its pri ...

(4 pages) 84 1 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Critique on an example of public relation: Homepage of iTV.

video-on-demand (VOD) services at the end of 1997. Citizens will be able to plump themselves on the couch, press a few buttons and order television programs, movies, video games and other content via ...

(6 pages) 137 1 1.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"Celebration" written by W.D. Valgardson.

the poverty that they live in. Whenever Eric and Mabel fought, "the children hid under the Toronto couch, lying absolutely still, making no sound for hours on end." (61) The action of hiding that the ... a step toward the door, then stopped."(69) His realization of the children still huddled under the couch drives a wave of despair and regret over his person. Knowing that he can do nothing and that a ...

(3 pages) 22 0 1.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

It is about how a person would act if they had super powers.

ryday life they are just plain fun.I recieved my powers out of nowhere.One day I was sitting on the couch watching Television,and I fell asleep. I had a weird dream that I had the aability to fly and ...

(2 pages) 29 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Rollerblading on Juan's Birthday" A creative writing story.

s have an accent.It was a warm, breezy day, and my brother, Juan's 9th birthday. I was sitting on a couch across from him, with my parents standing beside him. He was tearing at the colorful wrapping ...

(3 pages) 60 2 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

This is an essay about how my grandfather's story changed my stubborness to a respectful attitude.

e ninth time of the season I had finally lost all hope and given up. Stomping up the stairs towards couch I was trailed closely by my grandfather some five minutes later. My stubborn attitude and self ...

(2 pages) 42 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Land Mines and Bloody Mary's.

building I could see that the back of the building had some tarps stretched out to cover a TV and a couch. Some men were smoking and watching a game, I could hear them talk about how bad they wanted t ...

(4 pages) 22 0 1.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"The Great Gatsb"y - this is a SOCRATIC essay.

is when Tom breaks Myrtle's nose. Mr. McKee, a witness to this act of brutality, is sleeping on the couch as the confrontation began. He is roused from his nap by Myrtle's "long broken wail of pain" a ... tarts "in a daze toward the door." He then turns around and stares at the "despairing figure on the couch bleeding fluently" and continues out the door (p. 41). He then proceeds to casually invite Nic ...

(2 pages) 37 1 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Different types of boyfriends

. He is a person who doesn't like to go out. He spends his free time wathcing TV and sitting on the couch. He is not spontaneous at all. Proballly he already planned what he is going to do over the we ...

(2 pages) 45 1 2.6 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Hera.

the plan was to drug Zeus, and in this she was successful. The gods thengot the sleeping Zeus to a couch and tied many knots. This done they began to fight overthe next step Briareus overheard the ar ... ents. Briareus then slipped in and was able toquickly untie the many knots. Zeus jumped up from the couch and juiced up histhuderbolt. The gods fell to their knees begging for mercy. He took Hera and ...

(1 pages) 21 0 3.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

"My Experience of '9/11'" 580 words. Narrative Essay - Writing from Recall.

it clearly. It was about half past eight in the morning and I was well asleep on my dad's pull-out couch, with absolutely no intention of waking before eleven. Yes, I know that I'm very laid back - s ...

(2 pages) 172 4 4.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Venus Asleep"

people in the painting. The painting has a calm erotic nude lady sleeping on a very formal looking couch or day bed. If the picture is read as this ladies dream then it appears as if she were dreamin ...

(11 pages) 47 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Art Essays