Essays Tagged: "famous people"

Drug Testing in Schools

cing today's youth. Drugssuch as marijuana and cocaine can become addictive and worse of all fatal. famouspeople such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, River Phoenix, and Kurt Cobain,have all died fro ... hey wouldn't have been using drugs in the first place. One would think that afterthe deaths of many famous people, teenagers would see just how dangerous drugscan be, but it doesn't seem to really mat ...

(2 pages) 152 0 4.1 Nov/1996

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

Princess Diana: an insightful look at the media's involvement in her death how did the media impact her death and how did they handle the after affects

hat was caused by the paparazzi. Paparazzi are professional photographers who only take pictures of famous people and sell them to newspapers, magazines, and other publications. In the wake of Diana's ... shows what scum these people are and how far they actually go. But when it comes to photographs of famous people, there is a lot of money at stake. It becomes sheer greed on the photographers' behalf ...

(4 pages) 168 0 4.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Proof of why Money has had a detrimental factor on the lives of characters in Charles Dicken's Great Expectations.

y? The fame... the status... being in control... fulfilling all of your desires. Some of the most famous people of this century are rich movie stars, recording artists and politicians. They are no ...

(5 pages) 94 1 5.0 Dec/2002

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

Martin Luther King, Bill Gates, and my mom

lly made a great impression on me are Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Gates and my mom. Out of the two famous people they have done so much to change our society today. If it weren't for them the world w ... to Washington DC. Addressing the marchers from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. This speech did so much to change blacks lives forever. During the n ...

(4 pages) 82 0 3.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Terry Fox Run.

In Canadian history there are many famous people. In my mind one really stands out among the rest. His name is Terry Fox and he is one ...

(5 pages) 47 0 3.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Do People in Public Life Have a Right to Privacy?

Do People in Public Life Have a Right to Privacy?People, famous or not, have a right to privacy, which is a basic human right. Although some of them have vol ... ur country. But do we need to get informed about everything there is?We have to distinguish between famous people. Basically there are those who were seeking a public life - or at least knew to some e ... o play tennis and detests being on television? We can reduce those people to the fact that they are famous, but it would show little acknowledgement for their talents or abilities. After all, the cele ...

(7 pages) 263 2 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

The Roaring 20's.

fore we went through this chapter I really didn't know what happened in the 1920's. I knew a lot of famous people were around back then. Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh, Al Capone and Bugsy Malone, ...

(3 pages) 91 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Michelangelo Buonartti.

iPainter, Sculptor and Architect of Florence(1475-1564)Michelangelo (1475-1564) was one of the most famous artists in history. He was mainly interested in creating large marble statues, but his endles ... also led him to become a great painter and architect as well as a poet. He was also one of the most famous people of his time and a great leader of the Italian Renaissance; a period marked by a rebirt ...

(3 pages) 64 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

History and Culture of France.

s. French has had many well known people some they hailed and others they scowled at.There are many famous people to talk about. There are five people in my mind that shine out of all he other people ... the movies with a date or with friends. There are French films played there and there are also many famous American films played. Music is also huge part of French culture. In the earlier years classi ...

(3 pages) 97 1 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

To be a Laker. Covers Kobe Bryant case and athletes unfair treatment. 2 full pages with a bibliography page.

It allows for the application of the thought; is it because all of the big time, popular, and world famous people are getting slapped on the wrist for the crimes that average people would normally get ...

(3 pages) 46 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Titian, One of the greatest Artists of the High Renesance.

ade him quest for a perfect red, that would bring out life in his paintings. He did do portraits of famous people, but his love of painting centered in the region of Greek Mythology (mainly the beauti ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Renaissance as a transitional period in Europe

n branch of knowledge starting in the Renaissance. And as Michelangelo, da Vinci, and others became famous, people started to look at them, not just as skilled artisans (as they were called at that ti ... e to come from that era. From the Renaissance we got the Sistine Chapel, the Mona Lisa, and other infamous works of art. That was one of the good outcomes of the Renaissance. But, of course there is a ...

(3 pages) 71 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Essay: What clothing and what sports did the ancient romans have?

ction of plain near the Tiber River. Overtime campus became Rome's track and field playground. Even famous people such as Caesar and Augustus exercised in campus. People might jump in the Tiber River ...

(1 pages) 30 0 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History

Friendships

u know it, it will all be gone. And I'm not being harsh that is how life is. Life is harsh, even to famous people. It does not matter who you are, how old you are, how much money you have, how ugly or ...

(2 pages) 72 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

Advertising Stratagies (Research Paper / Persuasive Speech)

m like it is just because the model has a small figure. We really associate the products that these famous people advertise with our own lives. We make ourselves believe too much in the product just b ...

(6 pages) 183 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

The Effects of Media on Teenage Girls

nce of physical beauty rather than emotional attractiveness.Unfortunately, media does not show what famous people go through to become the envy of all people. Teenage girls are clueless to the fact th ... eptance.If this acceptance is not attainable, some girls may think suicide is the only answer. Many famous people also pay large amounts of money for professional make-up and hair artists along with p ...

(2 pages) 35 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

New Views on Old Ideas

The realization of separating the morals of famous people in Americanhistory from their contributions. By being able to learn both of these ... ol system will not make similar mistakes. Perhaps by leaving out these negativeaspects of such famous historical figures people will have better role models to lookup to. In any case to lear ...

(2 pages) 19 0 4.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Confucius

One of the most famous people in ancient China was a wise philosopher named Confucius (circa 551-479 BC). He sometim ... it also teaches you a moral ( sort of like the morals that are at the end of a fable). Confucius is famous for his philosophy because he made many wise sayings in ancient China that helped many people ...

(4 pages) 94 0 4.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Good Poor And forgotten Country people..... Elegy written in a country churchyard

s "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is noteworthy in that it mourns the death not of great or famous people, but of common men. The speaker of this poem sees a country churchyard at sunset, whic ...

(4 pages) 49 1 3.5 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Emily dickinson "i am nobody! who are you?"

are you?", Emily Dickinson is referring to "they" as people that have substantial standing, such as famous people. She speaks of "How dreary to be somebody... to tell your name the livelong day" I fee ...

(1 pages) 31 0 3.7 Jun/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers