Essays Tagged: "rubble"

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

hought. They were perfect in almost every sense. This is the story of the day they emerged from the rubble.The sun rose through the noxious haze that had become the atmosphere, revealing the nuclear w ... e that had become the atmosphere, revealing the nuclear wasteland that was the Earth. Vast piles of rubble lay where the great cities of the Earth had once stood. It appeared as if civilization had co ...

(3 pages) 56 1 1.0 Mar/2003

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

Diablo3:Return Of The Primevils.

arth. Now what lies ahead?You return to your village to find everything destroyed. Nothing left but rubble and dead bodies. You go to your home to see writing in your families blood on the wall. It re ... ou end up winning the battle because of baals power. You ran but, baals attacks brought the tomb to rubble and him with it. Knowing that this is serious you head to Kurast to see if Mephisto the lord ...

(4 pages) 20 0 3.0 May/2003

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

"Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe.

In those days, many Africans were just willing to accept that there culture as nothing and full of rubble, as the European influence grew. In this novel Achebe will enlighten the reader with fascinat ...

(6 pages) 170 1 3.2 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

The significance of the Tet Offensive and how it effected the outcome of war in Indochina.

n as the media in South Vietnam had unlimited access and graphic coverage."Dead bodies lay amid the rubble and rattle of automatic gunfire as dazed American soldiers and civilians run back and forth, ...

(2 pages) 61 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

Literary criticism of "Slaughter House Five", by Kurt Vonnegut.

estruction of Vonnegut's dreamThe little dream Vonnegut took with him to war was not founded on the rubble of insanity, absurdity, and irrationality that he experienced in WWII. His dream was founded ... ot his visit toDresden in 1968, but Billy Pilgrim's efforts to dig up the bodies buried beneath the rubble of the fire bombed city. When Billy is released from captivity, Vonnegut describes the scene ...

(7 pages) 84 1 1.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Soulstone Destruction.

rth. Now what lies ahead. You return to your village to find everything destroyed. Nothing left but rubble and dead bodies. You go to your home to see writing in your families blood on the wall. It re ... ou end up winning the battle because of baals power. You ran but, baals attacks brought the tomb to rubble and him with it. Knowing that this is serious you head to Kurast to see if Mephisto has set h ...

(4 pages) 19 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Cna feature films such as stalingrad and enemy at the gates be used to illustrate the past or is it more dangerous than useful?

r was just as determined to seize it. In a six month long battle that saw the entire city reduce to rubble, it is estimated that over five hundred thousand Soviet soldiers and civilians perished. The ... tures the small German platoon slowly fighting its way through catacomb-like settings of industrial rubble. Desertion, friendly fire casualties, guilt, cowardice, bravery and fear are just some of the ...

(10 pages) 34 0 3.7 Mar/2004

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

Urban Life In Pompeii and Herculaneum.

etres under ash and pumice stones emitted from the volcanoe. Some examples of items found under the rubble are, theatres, amphitheatres, public baths, temples and administrative buildings. These finds ...

(3 pages) 49 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Medieval Sieges

castle wall. The stone crumbled and many men fell from their posts on the wall into the sharp, hard rubble of what was called a castle. Men ran into the castles some stealing from the archers as the w ...

(2 pages) 35 1 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Pop Culture Pie

population of trolls consorting with an entire menagerie of My Little Ponies. They stand amidst the rubble of Lincoln Logs and Lego's, while an old Lite Brite keeps watch from a distant corner. These ...

(6 pages) 140 3 4.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

This essay is an analyzation of the short story There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury. Outside research was an option and those sources are included.

struggle between nature and technology. As the nearby city of Allendale lies silently in a pile of rubble and ash, a single house stands alone, existing within itself. The world around this lone hous ...

(5 pages) 64 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

IS MODERN ART REALLY ART?

ple didn't understand the idea of cows cut in half (Damien Hirst), wire mesh lockers (Mona Hatoum), rubble (Richard Long) or rubbish (Tomoko Takahashi) being called art unless you could frame it nicel ...

(2 pages) 121 2 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Chomsky V. Friedman: A persuasive essay on the differing opinions of Noam Chomsky and Thomas Friedman when it comes to foreign affairs. In favor of Chomsky.

sparked diverse conversations within the United States. One of the major topics to emerge from the rubble was "What did we do to deserve this?" Although, many people asked it earnestly wanting to kno ...

(3 pages) 44 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Using Viktor Frankl, Hitler, and Sartre sources to show that we have to make our own choices: :"Lessons in Choosing"

mitism, this hostility towards the Jews was seen as a religious and social problem. But amongst the rubble, a man by the name of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) joined the German Workers' Party which later b ...

(8 pages) 63 0 3.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Tragedy strikes close to home

they had collapsed to the ground and the bulldozing that was going to be required to clear away the rubble. I could only imagine the pain he and his family were experiencing. What took me by co ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

The European Union extended

two terrible wars that ravaged the continent during the first half of the 20th century.But from the rubble of World War II emerged a new kind of hope. People who had resisted totalitarianism during th ...

(19 pages) 212 0 3.6 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Write an account, including all you have learnt, of the three witches before they meet Hecate.

r some sort of enchantment under their breaths. In a concealed position behind a clutter of ancient rubble, I leaned closer toward their direction and eavesdropped on their agendas.First witch: "Wretc ...

(2 pages) 8 0 3.0 Jan/2005

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

The Reasons why the Renaissance started in Italy

to get their act in gear, and they listened. With the Holy Roman Empire and all this church rubble going around, I'm sure the Italians wanted stability and comfort. Comfort is very much so in ...

(1 pages) 17 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Forgotten Ones (Descriptive Essay on a place visited comparison to what I saw and what it has done to society in the area)

hat calls you to its grand doors. A spire that once stood tall atop a tower now lies upon a heap of rubble. Windows that once gleamed in the sun are darkened with grime. Winged creatures of the night ... aying no heed to the ones that dwells within. Little by little, parts of the person are lost in the rubble of distress. Slowly, bit by bit, the self seems to be less and less as an Indian tribe has di ...

(3 pages) 24 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Compare the importance or at least three factors which affected the lives of the civilian population during the First World War.

ldiers, some of them were civilians. The Axis also sieged the city and turned it into a big area of rubble. This no doubt affected the lives of the people who were living in or near Verdun. This playe ...

(1 pages) 13 0 1.0 Oct/2005

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