11 results found, view free essays on page:
-
Gas Station License Plate
1,900 wordsMary and Peter Jackson were driving down highway 50 in the middle of Nevada when Collie Entragian, the Desperation police officer, pulled them over for having a missing rear license plate. He told Peter that he could take the front license plate off and put it on the back and they should be ok. Peter went to the trunk of the car to get a tool kit under the spare tire. When he lifted up the tire to get the tools, Entragian and Peter found a bag of marijuana. Entragian started to get violent and h...
Free research essays on topics related to: cell phone, gas station, mining company, license plate, living person -
Death Be Not Proud Reading This Book
1,644 wordsDeath is a creature that takes the life of an individual. The book Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther tells a story of a young boy's life facing death. The reality is that everyone is born and everyone must die. Life for everyone is hard and no one said that life was going to be easy. Johnny Gunther, John Gunther's son, a young boy and he experienced death in a very cruel and painful ordeal. Death is nothing we can hide from and because of that we must face the fact that Death will appear in our...
Free research essays on topics related to: brain tumor, young boy, style of writing, reading this book, death be not proud -
S E Hinton Easy To Understand
1,016 wordsThe year is 1966 and if you were a kid growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. You belonged to one of two groups, you were either a soc or a greaser. Soc is pronounced like society, and means just that: money, nice cars, nice homes and a bright future. Greasers are the poor kids from the bad side of town with no future and no real hope. Always at each other's throats, the two warring groups fight to save face and prove themselves. The Outsiders is the story of two of the Greasers who come to realize that...
Free research essays on topics related to: s e hinton, easy to understand, plot development, first sentence, gang members -
Greasers Hurry To Find Ponyboy And Johnny Dally
983 wordsThe main character, Ponyboy he is a greaser, part of the lowest-class kids who wear their hair long and greasy, wear blue jeans and ripped-up T-shirts. There is another group of kids called the Socs. They were the preppy kids, the rich ones, the goody-two-shoes. The Greasers and the Socs do not get along and have their daily brawls in the street. One day, as Ponyboy is walking home from a movie, he is jumped and beaten by a gang of Socs. At the last minute, his gang of greasers -- including his ...
Free research essays on topics related to: ponyboy, first time, greasers, johnny, dally -
Cruel Tears Johnny Is Most Accountable For Tragedy
310 wordsThe cause of the tragedy at the end of Cruel Tears was not Jack's jealousy but Johnny's weakness. Jack played an important role; however, in thinking about, and looking at the events that surround the tragedy, it will be clear that it is ultimately Johnny who is to blame. Jack's jealousy played a large part in the tragic events; however, it was Johnny's jealousy that caused the car crash. Without his jealousy, there wouldn't have been a need to race. Johnny's attempt to break up the dance showed...
Free research essays on topics related to: johnny's, weakness, jealousy, johnny, blame -
Physical Emotional Blue Hotel
1,292 wordsThe Blue Hotel Steven Crane is not one of the most liked authors in the world. He tends to become to engulfed in the scenery around the action that is taking place rather than the action itself. When watching the movie, cannot experience this description since it is given to them. Details are very important for the readers because if the reader cannot see the same thing that the writer sees then the reader might lose interest in the story. In the story The Blue Hotel, Crane uses his excellent se...
Free research essays on topics related to: hotel, major themes, swede, blue hotel, physical emotional -
Struggle For Power Low Key
454 wordsWhile watching the movie On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan, I was bombarded by many timeless topics about the human condition. The most striking of which was the struggle for power. Throughout the movie, the desire to be in control was the underlying motivation for the violence witnessed. It was the foundation to the falling out between family members and the basis for which lives were taken. Kazan brings the classic gangster story to a new level with the characters depicting a modern rag...
Free research essays on topics related to: johnny, struggle for power, lighting, low key, terry -
People Laugh Make People
989 wordsDavid David Letterman David Letterman David Letterman grew up in a small town in eastern Indiana. He was born to Joseph and Dorothy Letterman. After reading the novel, David Letterman: On Stage and Off by Rosemarie Lennon, I have learned about all his struggles and joys. Because of this book, I feel sorry towards one of the funniest people on Earth, David Letterman. I also admire him for his good acts and abilities. To realize why I feel what I feel toward Letterman, you have to look at some of ...
Free research essays on topics related to: jay, dave, people laugh, daves, make people -
Johnny Tremain Sam Adams
764 wordsIn the novel Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, Jonathan Lyte Tremain undergoes some very serious changes. It is this readers impression that as Johnny grew up in Boston, Massachusetts in these Pre- Revolutionary War times, he matured much since the time hat he left the Lapham household, until the end of this novel. Some examples of his maturity were: -When he learned to control his temper. -When he learned to treat people (especially Cilla) with respect. -When he helped his country in the war aga...
Free research essays on topics related to: revolutionary war, boston massachusetts, johnny, sam adams, johnny tremain -
Death Be Not Proud Hope Determination And Courage Johnny
675 wordsDeath Be Not Proud The novel, Death Be Not Proud, by John Gunther, is the story of the struggle of a child to stay alive. Johnny Gunther Jr. s constant hope got him out of bed every morning with a positive attitude. His outright opposition to the fact that he was going to die and his determination not to, kept a fiery spirit in him so that he didnt give up. Johnny's stubborn determination to not accept defeat at so early an age, along with the tremendous courage he showed when realizing that he ...
Free research essays on topics related to: death be not proud, gunther, johnny, determination, johnny's -
Cruel And Unusual Punishment Boot Camp
3,199 wordsThe historians cant seem to settle whether to call this one The Third Space War (or the fourth), or whether The First Interstellar War fits it better. We just call it The Bug War. Everything up to then and still later were just incidents, patrols or police actions. However, you are just as dead if you buy the farm in an incident as you are if you buy it in a declared war. Welcome to the 22 nd century as depicted by Robert Heinlein in his book Starship Troopers. Around 1987, the Russo-Anglo-Ameri...
Free research essays on topics related to: moral philosophy, boot camp, lose sight, mentioned earlier, cruel and unusual punishment
11 results found, view free essays on page: