... many of the other girls, hitting off the machine this served as my advantage to making the team and earning the lead off position. 18 My personality also took part in some of Charles Darwin's ideas about natural selection at the varsity softball tryouts at Patchogue Medford High School in March of my eighth ... grade year. 19 Coach Lowe also felt that my personality would be an asset to the team, thus giving me one more advantage at the tryout for example coach Lowe told me the way I walk into ... makes not only the individual player have an advantage, but also makes the team have an a...

• Word Count: 855
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... would find Chaplin in bitter mood and the comparisons between the situation described in the plot and the real life United States are very clear. Chaplin plays a king of the fictional country Estrovia, forced to leave due to a revolution. He seeks asylum in New York City, almost broke and with no idea how to make a living. One of the first big ... ...

• Word Count: 2299
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... he actually created three entirely new words that have now become almost household words for some - 'psychohistory' (the analysis of historical events using psychological theory for a lens, 'positronic' (a fictional technology that involves particles with the opposite charge of an electron) and most importantly the term 'robotics,' which is the study and use of robot technology. Most of Isaac ... ...

• Word Count: 1524
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... progress, and a mood of despair and disappointment as a result of their war experiences ("Lost Generation"). Ernest Hemmingway portrays this "Lost Generation" through the words of his fictional character Lieutenant Henry, in A Farewell to Arms. Henry describes the words "sacred," "glorious," and "sacrifice" as meaningless because people fail to fulfill their meanings ... ...

• Word Count: 2233
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... in the nearly forgotten past, there are many, many examples of modern-day epics in our world's society today. Just as in the past, some are factual, and some are fictional; some blur the line, but all have the most essential part of an epic, an archetypal hero. To be an archetypal hero, one must have unusual circumstances of birth, leave ... ...

• Word Count: 900
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... roses are not inherently beautiful; that it is only so because people have come to perceive it that way. In similar ways, Nick believes that Gatsby had imbued Daisy with a fictional image of glorious odes that she does not deserve. Stripped of the symbolisms that Gatsby imbued Daisy with, Nick implied that Daisy will be nothing but a rich, idle, boring, hollow ... ...

• Word Count: 7760
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... for cinema, and those watching have already paid to see the film: they want to be there. The main purpose of this opening is to introduce the audience to the fictional characters and the real, albeit seen through rose-coloured glasses, city. The purpose of this opening is to retain audience interest and attention. They engage the viewer, arousing interest, and ... ...

• Word Count: 1447
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In his novel Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates a fictional character that must confront very real problems as a result of cultural and social issues of the time. Many of these such issues, slavery and race relations being the most prominent, ... ...

• Word Count: 1965
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... films is one that nuclear TV cannot stand. In one case we see the actual horror of a bomb dropped by Americans and that, in the other case, we see the fictional horror of a bomb imagined by Americans to have been dropped upon them by someone else. Thus, TV is engaged in a retrospective political history on the nuclear front which parallels the ... ...

• Word Count: 2823
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... troops and those who knew his concern for their well-being, was the embodiment of the image of an aristocratic buffoon, an amateur defeated by inferior opponents. He had a theatrical personality that seemed more staged than natural. He was the object of parody, known for a propensity to gamble and party. More satires and biographies were written about him during his life ... than any other British officer during the Revolutionary War. Burgoyne's bearing, personality, and demeanor were the stereotype of the men who lost the colonies. The truth is that Burgoyne was the least aristocratic ...

• Word Count: 10342
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , as Caesar was maturing, he was very violent getting into as many fights as he could and changing schools frequently due to numerous suspensions. According to Bourgois (2002: 181), violent personality is important to develop when changing schools often in order to defend himself or herself. Traditional template is a view that a culture is supposed to be patriarchal, with large families. Moreover ... ...

• Word Count: 3236
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... to 1979, he was on the psychology faculty at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was published widely in the general area of behavior therapy and personality, with particular emphasis on theoretical and philosophical issues, and is co-author of Clinical Behavior Therapy (1976). He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and has served on the ... ...

• Word Count: 303
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... rejection and loss are always a concern. However, coming out to her parents and family was even more difficult, "I was afraid they would define me by my gayness, not by my personality or self worth. Not knowing their reaction, I put myself at risk for losing my family's love and much of what I consider to be important in my life." Because of false ... ...

• Word Count: 1153
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... into a conservative Johnston, New York family in 1815. (Banner, 1) Her father was Daniel Cady and mother was Margaret Livingston Cady (Nies, 62) Through her adolescence she displayed a seemingly almost split personality; in public she appeared to be carefree, possessing both grace and wit, and was a natural leader, while privately she was quite introverted, with a fear of death, frequent nightmares, depressions, and ... ...

• Word Count: 995
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... and down with no convolutions. She is friendly with the aristocracy, and with people who have no social standing at all. May, on the other hand, seems to have no personality of her own, but is simply a construct of what society expects. Every time Newland questions something about their relationship - the length of the their engagement, for instance - May responds in ... ...

• Word Count: 2957
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... for life. Instead of the award-winning American girl finding happiness by following society's rules, she is in a struggle with herself and the world. As Esther's "carefully built up public personality dissolve[s]," she echoes the feelings of Plath's real life struggle (Steiner 21). "As [Plath] became increasingly conscious of herself as a woman, the conflict between the life-style of a poet/intellectual ... ...

• Word Count: 1473
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate