Essays Tagged: "lost control"

Stranded

was my crew. Our very routine fishing trip had turned into nightmare when the storm came in and we lost radar. We thought that we would be fine considering we had taking this trip hundreds of times o ... .The storm took a rather strange course, and instead of avoiding it, we ran right into it. Our ship lost control and we decided to abandon ship…or at least I decided to anyway, with most of my ...

(4 pages) 113 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

When Ethan Frome lost control of his life, from Edith Wharton's novel

I believe Ethan Frome lost control of his life when his mother died.After his mother's funeral, Ethan did not want to be l ... have control ofhis life, and Ethan married her because his mother died, the point in timewhen Ethan lost control of his life is when his mother died.I believe Ethan could have changed the direction of ...

(1 pages) 56 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Dangerous driving and the effects on Youth.

n a dangerous driving accident. The driver was Ralph Parker, a twenty year old man from Halifax who lost control of his sports car as he attempted to make a turn on the corner where the girls were sit ... illegal. It has not always been deviant, but that has changed because there have been so many lives lost needlessly. Reckless driving is also criminal and deviant, but not to the extent in which dange ...

(8 pages) 189 0 4.7 Oct/1996

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

Past failures of the palestinian liberation organization

ALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATIONIn 1948 when the country of Israel was created, Palestinian Arabs lost control of all the lands which they possessed. Although many organizations were immediately for ... l the lands which they possessed. Although many organizations were immediately formed to regain the lost lands, it was not until 1964 when the Palestinian Liberation Organization was created, that the ...

(8 pages) 81 1 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

"Marooned Essay." Goes with book "Lord of the Flies". Its bout 4 people on an island. Tells who the leader is and why, 3 rules and why, and 3 problems and how they were solved.

Marooned EssayIt was a dark and stormy night. The winds were high and the sea was raging. Our plane lost control over the Virgin Islands and we crashed into an uncharted tropical island. Betsy Miller, ...

(2 pages) 23 0 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Effects of aging on beauty and societies views on growing older.

back upon women as 'a dark vein of self hatred, physical obsessions, terror of aging, and dread of lost control'" according to Naomi Wolf (Schiebinger 2002:397). Many of the ideals are unrealistic fo ...

(12 pages) 392 1 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Spain.

n Empire in fifth century AD led to Visigoth rule. The Visigoths, who migrated form central Europe, lost control of Iberia when the Muslims of northern Africa crossed the Strait of Gibraltar in 711. T ...

(2 pages) 104 1 2.1 Apr/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Make or buy decisions are sometimes overruled for "strategic reasons".

In the 80's, IBM outsourced the OS and the microprocessor of the PC and lost control of this industry to the Wintel alliance. In the 90's, Dell grew to dominate as a PC man ... tinctive advantage compared to suppliers. If not, the company would better not waste resources in a lost battle as long as it can strive for leadership in a different subsystem.Are you transferring so ...

(6 pages) 236 1 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

The transformation of Hamlet into Rosencrantz and Guilden are Dead and themes that were explored by both plays.

common theme of fate and destiny is examined in both plays as a reflection of the society that has lost control of their life. Stoppard demonstrated this theme through the use of ironic and absurd si ... ey participate in the roles of Hamlet. The instantaneous change of language enforces that they have lost control of their identity.Similarly, Shakespeare's tragic hero, Hamlet has also lost control of ...

(4 pages) 88 0 5.0 Jul/2003

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

A speech.

son to lose control over his/her drinking. An alcoholic is commonly believed to be a person who has lost control over their drinking and who is now in personal and social trouble as a result of this. ...

(4 pages) 59 0 4.7 Sep/2003

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

Limits of free speech and expulsion of a student from Brown University. Discussion on why it happend and should he be expelled?

0, Hann was celebrating his twenty-first birthday. With the effect of the alcohol, he got drunk and lost control over his actions. First, he shouted racial insults against a black student. Then, he th ... get counseling. Whereas at Brown University, all he got was an expulsion from the University and he lost the opportunity of getting more advanced education. This was happened just because of his speec ...

(3 pages) 79 0 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Why Soceity has become a cesspool

day before by a two-man KSNW-3 crew out of Wichita. They were driving down a slick gravel road and lost control while trying to catch up with a tornadic, softball size hail-producing supercell. Lucki ...

(5 pages) 29 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Roadrage Research paper

off. He began tailgating me even more and he got so close that he hit the back of my car bumper. I lost control of my car and headed straight down the grassy median. I hit a brick barrier and my car ...

(6 pages) 75 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Complete a Creative wrioting Peice of your choice between 600 - 650 words

see Scott get rammed onto the bonnet, over the roof and make a loud thud on the ground. Darren then lost control of the car and ploughed straight into a tree. He then reverted from the car and started ...

(2 pages) 40 2 3.0 Apr/2004

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

Lear rough draft on diction

e skin": literally about Kent, Fool, and Edgar; figuratively like 2 sides of Lear. Skin= completely lost control, comes from inside to outside- like volcano"XLear has a good reason for query, for the ...

(3 pages) 21 0 2.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Cause and effect story about a lacrosse game.

ever had an occasion where you could prove you were better than someone? What about a time when you lost control and over-reacted to something? Sure you have, at least once in your life. When spring f ... ey scored and that was the winning point. The game ended about ten short seconds after that. We had lost our first game in the season, and it was entirely my fault. I felt extremely frustrated with my ...

(5 pages) 42 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Argumentative Essay "Learner drivers don't get enough experience in different types of weather conditions before they get their Probationary License".

n the roads each year. A lot of the fatalities when driving involve inexperienced drivers that have lost control of the car when they were driving recklessly. The unit is needed to give young people e ...

(3 pages) 106 1 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Contrasting Business Styles of William Durant & Alfred Sloan

r more than twenty-five independent automobile companies to form the General Motors Corporation. He lost control of the company in 1910, due to financial difficulties. Durant regained control of the c ...

(2 pages) 39 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Aisel 3-short story of around 1500 words. Written for yr 11 school assignment

wind flew past as the trolley barrelled away, powered by the eight year old boy who seemed to have lost control over the vehicle which had so tempted him to ride on. "Oh, my gosh, that nearly ...

(8 pages) 41 0 5.0 May/2004

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

George Orwell's Animal Farm

rtaken in excess alcohol consumption along with his men. It was for this same reason that Jones has lost control of the farm, which initiates the ideal of revolution to the animals. Old Major stirs th ...

(7 pages) 134 8 4.8 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature > Authors