Essays Tagged: "mimics"

Drug Abuse

rawal symptoms when drug use is stopped. They may undergo physical pain or mental distress.The drug mimics a natural process in the brain called neurotransmission. This is when a brain cell releases a ...

(6 pages) 251 0 4.4 Mar/1997

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

Drug Abuse

rawal symptoms when drug use is stopped. They may undergo physical pain or mental distress.The drug mimics a natural process in the brain called neurotransmission. This is when a brain cell releases a ...

(6 pages) 151 0 4.3 Mar/1997

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

Amory Blaine's "Mirrors" in Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise"

ck him from finding his true self. He falls in love with women whose personalities intrigue him; he mimics the actions of men he looks up to. Eleanor Savage and Burne Holiday serve as prime examples o ... s' in his novel to demonstrate the vacuity of Amory Blaine. Since he has no identity of his own, he mimics others to compensate for his shortcomings of soul. He is initially attracted to his victims ( ...

(6 pages) 62 0 5.0 Apr/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Communication with Parots

tsParrots, and other talking birds, have fascinated mankind since Aristotle. Oncethought to be mere mimics, these affable, entertaining and often quite lovablecreatures are now known to possess remark ... he shell, he brandedit a 'cork nut.'African Grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) are the mosttalented mimics among the 315 parrot and relatedspecies (parakeets, cockatoos, budgerigars and soforth, all o ...

(24 pages) 104 0 2.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess"

ing force behind the Duke's compulsive revelations. The Duke is quite a performer. In his speech he mimics other's voices, creates hypothetical situations, and uses the force of his own personality to ...

(6 pages) 162 0 4.3 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Literary Essey: Machiavelli and "A Bronx Tale".

up. Through the first scene of the movie, we see that Colagio looks up to his dad, Lorenzo. Colagio mimics things his dad does, such as crossing himself when he sees his dad do it while on his bus rou ...

(3 pages) 47 0 5.0 Jan/2004

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

Animal farm and Russian Revolution

luding pigs, horses, poultry, dogs, goats and other animals of the sort. In many ways the farm also mimics the countryside of Russia during its revolution with its poor and worsening conditions and ir ...

(1 pages) 25 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Writing

A Biography of Roald Dahl: Common Themes in His Writings And How They Are Reflective of Childhood Experiences.

ed themes in his novels. Whether positive or negative, at least one character in each of his novels mimics one person who had an effect on his life.There was a great deal tragedy that occurred in Dahl ...

(8 pages) 82 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Analysis of Dickinson

g way.Bevcause/ Iv | could/ notV | stop/ | forv Death/Hev kind/lyv | stopped/ | forv me/This rhythm mimics the sound of horses' hooves on the ground. Emily Dickinson correlates the speaker's expressio ...

(3 pages) 46 0 4.1 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Estrogen Mimics and thier Effect on the Environment.

nd impaired Natural Killer cells and T lymphocyte responses (Daniels et al. 2002). But now estrogen mimics confront the environment with a potentially greater catastrophe. Estrogen mimics, or ... humans can be adversely affected by exposure to environmental contaminants, which contain estrogen mimics, such as pesticides, industrial chemicals, and wood-derived sterols. Therefore, Exposure to s ...

(2 pages) 31 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Role of Organizing in Critical Thinking

as later proven to be an organizational system. The entire universe has its own order and our world mimics that order in our structure and systems. As an infant, we learn order through our own bodies. ...

(2 pages) 218 2 3.1 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Study notes on the basic animal behaviors and the processes involved with these behaviors

loration to warn predators-Batesian mimicry is when an animal without any special defense mechanism mimics the coloration of an animal that does possess a defense-Some animals have similar black and y ...

(2 pages) 33 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

"Look, stranger, at this island now" by W.H. Auden NOTES

leaping" and "light", together with the repetition of "light", creates a quick dancing effect which mimics the reflection of sunlight off waves.In two more commands the narrator requires the stranger ...

(3 pages) 75 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The Main Idea in "A Way of Talking" and "A Game of Cards"

relationship, Hera is proud of her sister and enjoys talking to her and listening to her. When Rose mimics the professors, the family laughs. By doing this, Rose is sharing her experiences in the big ...

(3 pages) 16 0 2.3 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Are single-sex schools better than co-ed schools for most students?

arrassed.Another reason why co-ed schools are more exceeding than single sexed school is because it mimics or mirrors the 'real' world where both sexes mix, for example, whether you are working in a s ...

(2 pages) 36 0 2.3 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Discuss the action, the characters and the dramatic setting of "The Laws" by Plato

eligious pilgrimage to the cave of Zeus. The entire dialogue takes place during this journey, which mimics the action of Minos, who is said by the Cretans to have made their ancient laws, who walked t ...

(2 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Fastskin Swimwear

set the pace for modern technology in swimwear. The key to Fastskin is the style in which it mimics shark skin. The shark's body shape is not very hydrodynamic and should make it slow in the wa ... vement yet minimizes the dragging. The inner arms of the bodysuit incorporate a gripper fabric that mimics skin, which increases friction and gives the swimmer a greater grip and feel in the water. ...

(2 pages) 2228 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Diary Of Anne Frank

s first external conflict was with Peter. Anne rudely dresses up in Peter's clothes and obnoxiously mimics him. Peter did not take her game very lightly and immediately retaliated. Anne also consisten ...

(1 pages) 4590 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Liberal Studies Visual Arts Capstone

particular favors that of Jazz by Henri Matisse. Like Matisse’s work, Captivity and Resistance mimics Jazz in its patterns, materials, color use, and method of construction. Bearden used brightly ...

(5 pages) 17 0 0.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education