Essays Tagged: "Disaster"

Dieppe: A Canadian Disaster

.p.7A nine hour war gone bad.........................................................p. 8A Canadian Disaster................................................................p. 9-10The Surrender........ ... Canadian soldiers and taking over nine-hundred as Prisoners Of Waror P.O.W.'s. This War was a great disaster on the Canadians part and a great victory onthe Germans part. Many families were broken bec ...

(13 pages) 65 1 4.3 Mar/1997

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

THE ELEMENTS THAT ESTABLISH ROMEO AND JULIET AS A TRAGEDY

agedies. According to the Oxford dictionary of current English, a tragedy is described as a serious disaster or a sad event. In Shakespeare plays, tragedy is identified as a story that ends unhappily ...

(5 pages) 122 0 4.0 Dec/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Romeo & Juliet

Disasters, speaks of the study of hurricanes

en though I find most topics in the fields interesting, none catch my attention better than natural disasters. I have always found disasters intriguing and have wanted to know more about them. The dis ...

(10 pages) 146 0 2.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Meteorology

"To Build a Fire" by Jack London. Descriptive and defined points and quotes

s dog's too. Anything that the man and his dog comes into contact with, creates an anticipation for disaster in the story.London places a strong emphasis on the setting in the introduction to the stor ... because it has always known how. Only using his judgment, the man can't understand how to prevent a disaster from occurring. London has already given away the ending, as a result of his constant focus ...

(9 pages) 202 0 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Disaster at Hilshire

11 Feb 1997Soc 313Film Review 2Disaster at HillsboroughSummaryThe movie 'Disaster at Hillsborough' showed the complexity of a stamp ... lsborough' showed the complexity of a stampede.From the build-up of people outside the gate, to the disaster that ended in the death of 95people.The film started out outside the stadium where 95 peopl ... it. Alarge gate 'gate C' was finally opened to let off the pressure in front. This is when thetrue disaster occurred. People funneled straight onto the already full pens and created thestampede which ...

(2 pages) 30 0 4.4 Feb/1996

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

The problems faced by mankind today are going to destroy him

ironmental terms, manyserious problems, but it is a matter of economics. There won't be anycomplete disaster, and what we cannot solve, well, that's the price we haveto pay."- Eduardo Albuquerque Barb ...

(6 pages) 71 0 3.8 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays

The Economics of Clean Air

gnizable problem is a widespread and ever more controversial one. Like a long countdown to eventual disaster, the pollution effecting our world has no doubt made increasingly more impact on our daily ...

(5 pages) 143 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Burger King and advertising

mpaign was supposed to increase market share by 10% but in reality only increased it by 1% it was a disaster. In 1986-1987 'this is a burger king town' and 'best food for fast times' brought a lot of ...

(7 pages) 267 0 3.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

September 11th 2001.

of September 11, 2001, and the entire nation has become a truly different place. In the wake of the disaster, we have had to change the way we do things. In particular, the overall security of our nat ... I feel this because before the attacks they were not given much attention. However, with the resent disaster, vital resources have been given some security measures. The disaster made many realize tha ...

(3 pages) 175 1 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Book Report on John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men"

derstand his own strength and his love of petting things, like animals, dresses, and hair, leads to disaster.Chapter 21.) "Buck barley": This may be the term for the work that the men do in the fields ... him in trouble.b.) These events foreshadow the way in which Lennie's bumbling mistakes can lead to disaster. He was trying to be affectionate towards the puppy but was too strong to stroke it, and ki ...

(8 pages) 108 3 3.5 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Mesopotamia Post War. Essay explains the need to develop it for the benefit of the world.

r imperial record, and may soon be too inflamed for any ordinary cure. We are to-day not far from a disaster.The sins of commission are those of the British civil authorities in Mesopotamia (especiall ...

(4 pages) 53 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

This paper is a discriptive car crash I once had.

ittle less luck could change what will turn out to be a life-altering experience into a life-ending disaster. As I look back, I remember the entire incident detail for detail. The date was December 20 ...

(4 pages) 77 0 5.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

2017 a short story about the end of the world. Heavily symbolic.

g why. What started out as a conquest to rid the world of (somebody's definition of) evil, ended in disaster. One nation unleashed its bombs on another nation and then that nation released its weapons ...

(3 pages) 56 1 1.0 Mar/2003

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

Global Warming

climate change. This is all happening because of human activities. Human activities that cause this disaster, global warming, are the ones, which do not respect the earth's environmental needs, for ex ... earth's environmental needs, for example that connected to the gas emissions. The way out for this disaster is just making environmental balances on the earth.The purpose of writing this essay is to ...

(9 pages) 512 3 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Atmospheric Sciences

Community Psychology essay discussing the idea of change and whether or not it is good for people as a whole.

lems are so acute because the tragic evasions and defaults of several centuries have accumulated to disaster proportions". What I think he meant by this is, we learn from our teachers, and we cannot b ... nresolved problems demean the quality of life, and unless man can perceive that he is headed toward disaster, and can change his way of life, future on this planet is in doubt, especially for advancem ...

(4 pages) 127 3 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

"Carbon Dioxide and The Atmosphere."

the ozone layer gets a little bit thinner. Gradually the combination of these two events spells out disaster for mankind. Now, people will want to know why all this happens. They want to know why the ...

(14 pages) 159 0 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

"THe Matrix" .

designed to be a perfect human world, where none suffered, where everyone would be happy? It was a disaster. Some believe that we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world, but I ... to the current state of the "real world".The first matrix, as Agent Smith stated, was technically a disaster. It was designed to be a perfect human world, a utopia, where none suffered. According to A ...

(3 pages) 241 3 4.3 Jun/2003

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

Voltaire's "Candide".

e's Candide is the story of an innocent man's experiences and adventures in a mad and evil world of disaster, his struggle to survive in that world, and his need to ultimately accept these struggles. ...

(3 pages) 107 0 3.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Comparison of Antigone and Creons leadership.

choices were influenced by his inexperience in leadership. His forceful style leads him straight to disaster which results in losing his son and wife. This disaster was a direct result of his decision ...

(5 pages) 140 1 4.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

"Streetcar named Desire" by Tennessee Williams.

s tries to justify Blanche'salcoholism, 'she is drinking to escape it, [the past], and the sense of disaster'.Blanche is depicted as incredibly excited to see Mitch, she 'rushes aroundfrantically, she ...

(6 pages) 53 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American