... movie. Also there is justification for the woman to turn him into the beast because he was very mean to her. Another major difference is the character development of Beauty. There are no sisters, and she is not at first seen as the unselfish one until she wants to take her father's place as Beast's prisoner. Disney did however keep in the ... Beast keeps Beauty in captivity. Another major difference in the two stories is where Beauty and her father lived. In the literary version, it seems that they live in the middle of the woods surrounded by no one. In the movie they are in a town of ...

• Word Count: 244
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... being able to play in there first year because did bad in high school and didn't pass a test in high school. Some concerns teens have about my topic is that they will not be able to play sports because of bad grades. So just keep good grades and then you won't have any concerns. Some facts that I have are people are to worried ... about sports and skip class to go work on sport that you like and end up flunking out. This effects more than just teens it is effecting ... not allowing college kids to play sports with bad grades. Today more kids are forcing to sit out of there games becaus...

• Word Count: 243
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Beauty is a special word, it has many meanings. Such as splendor, brilliance, vividness, and grandeur. All these words have a meaning of beauty, but they can only hold that meaning when something radiant is standing behind them. This radiance defines beauty, splendor, brilliance, vividness, and grandeur. These words can capture a heart, which is longing for that radiance behind these words. That radiance comes only from ... that unique young lady who has stolen my heart away. And with that radiance present, these words have captured my heart, and have stored it away. This young ladies" presen...

• Word Count: 243
• Approx Pages: 1
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Book Report summary of, "Bless the Beast and Children" By: I enjoyed reading Bless the Beast and Children by Glendon Swarthout. The story takes place in Presscot, Arizona, where six boys were sent to a camp to make them into men. The six main characters are Goodenow, Teft, shecker, the two Lally brothers, and Cotton. The story had many twist and turns. During the boys time at camp, they were assigned the nickname, "The bed wetters", because of their poor hletic abilities. The boys devised a plan to escape from camp, steel one of the camp's vehicles and drive it to a special ranch and free tons...

• Word Count: 190
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

It is often called America's first great war novel, yet Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is more than just a tale about the civil war. Each person goes through his or her own personal struggle during the process of maturing. Some have this easy; others strive very hard to reach this goal of development. Although there may be constant struggles, there usually is one major event that creates somewhat of a bridge between childhood and adulthood. The Red Badge of Courage traces the steps and major events in the life of Henry Fleming, focusing mainly on his evolution into manhood. We meet H...

• Word Count: 178
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

There are many ways to break bad habits, different techniques work well with various bad habits. How difficult the bad habit is to break depends on what it is, for example, it is a lot easier to quit biting your fingernails then to quit smoking cigarettes. The technique I will explain works well with smaller bad habits such as biting your fingernails, or cracking your knuckles. First, you must realize that you have a problem with your bad habit. Biting your fingernails for example, some people do this when they"re nervous. The best way to stop is to think about not doing it. When you catch you...

• Word Count: 213
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

ATVS I"m going to tell you a little bit about quads and why I like them. Hitting jumps on a four-wheeler is always fun. Quads are even more fun when you go with a group of friends that have one. Maintenance can sometimes be fun, however there are some cons to it. When you get to become a good rider with ... your quad you can start going to dessert races. Hitting a jump on a four-wheeler can be fun and sometimes it can be regretful. One of the reasons I think its fun is because I like to impress ... the people I ride with. It is also fun to get high up in the air and look down at everything f...

• Word Count: 248
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... really treated. I have heard many stories before about how slaves were beat, but I never really heard to what extent. Throughout the first ten chapters of this book it talks about how slaves were beat to near death many, many times. For example, just when the book starts in the very first ... chapter Fredrick Douglas talks about his very first experience of seeing someone getting beaten. He saw his Aunt Hester get beat on her naked body to the point where she was totally torn up and bloody. Another thing that shows how bad they treated them, is when in ... the second or third chapter F...

• Word Count: 247
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... seems to be especially true; people are compromising their morals for fame, money, power, and status. They strive to attain these things without knowing the true consequences of their actions. Twenty-one is the magic age, with it comes a new-found freedom, the ability to legally purchae and consume alcohol. HOwever, if on their 21st birthday you were to ask several people if ... you would see that the age limit is not taken in a high regard. To a teenager a party is not a "party" unless alcohol is present; they believe it's "cool" to be drunk and thik that they can't have a good time wi...

• Word Count: 244
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... always a possibility to have students with disabilities in your physical education class. Teachers must learn hoe to deal with these problems. The teacher should know what special kids are capable of and be able to include them in activities. One example in the article was to use the buddy system, or student assistance. Some kids may or may not need special equipment ... class, without creating safety hazards, or affecting the class through negative behavior. In secondary school, many programs emphasize elective opportunities through individual, recreational, and lifetime sports. Studen...

• Word Count: 245
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

What is the best sport in America? Basketball is the best sport in America. The reason why basketball is the best sport is because it takes the most skill to play than any other athletic sport. Basketball also takes a lot class because fans can judge the way players act much easier than other sports. Basketball has the most skill involved than any other sport in the country. The game does not consist of an individual talent; a player must be an all around athlete. A basketball player must be able to jump, pass, shoot, dribble, be quick, and many more features the game involves. A person must b...

• Word Count: 215
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... book. It was about how world war two was effecting the zoo's because when Japan bombed the city they were afraid that the elephants cages would break open and the elephants would escape harming the town. They tried everything they could to kill the elephants without rudely harming them. They tried to give them a shot ... but the skin was to tough. They then finally without and other resort they had to starve them to death. They chose this instead of shooting them because it took 10-20 days for the elephants to starve. So if the war was over they would ... they started doing tricks for h...

• Word Count: 246
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Critique: How I Learned to Sweep The poem "How I Learned to Sweep" is written beautifully. I like the rhyme scheme and the pentameter. I think its very unique how the author, Julia Alvarez, ties together the sweeping with the broom and the sweeping of the weeds from a helicopter dropping off troops. The lines " our soldiers were landing in their helicopters into jungles their propellers swept like weeds seen underwater- gives you a beautiful mental picture. You can actually see weeds underwater swaying and also weeds being swept down from a helicopter. Another visually strong element is this "...

• Word Count: 197
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... a bad thing? I think that it all depends on the situation, so at times it could be a good thing that could help you or someone else get out of a tight spot or it could save some person some grief. It could also be a bad thing that could your relationship with someone or make someone not trust you ... anymore. Say that your friend had a really big project due and it was the last day to hand it in but your friend didn't get a chance to finish it. When you get into class your teacher asks you ... is because they still haven't handed their project in, what would you do? Would you either mak...

• Word Count: 250
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... of crisis, people feel the need for heroes" arrival in order to be mentally secure. These heroes may commit heroic deeds large or small but they keep ordinary citizens in a stable mindset and continuing to accomplish daily functions. The extraordinary appearance of heroes when people are in times of ... need is the miraculous thing about these occurrences. Every day heroes appear in times of crisis. The men aboard flight ninety-three which was ... with a certain spark within them. These four individuals were apparently ordinary citizens who lived life just as you or I do. However, the ba...

• Word Count: 227
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... in the play all seems to be doomed for death and tragedy. There were many conflicts that occurred throughout the play whether it is between choosing family over the law, high class and low class, or the decision to do right over wrong. The lost of loved ones was due to the stubbornness of a tyrant king, Kreon, who refused to give Antigone's brother, Polyneices ... , a proper burial. If Kreon chose to obey the Gods and gave Polyneices a proper burial, or if Antigone decided to follow the ... laws, heartbreak and death could have been prevented. Kreon refused to listen to anyone ... ...

• Word Count: 241
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Many people today do not give much thought to what their country represents and why they should be proud to live in it. I am very proud to be an American and live in America. An American is someone who loves their country and the people in it, and also believes in bettering their own lives as well as the lives of those around them. I fill that since I live in America I represent the leading country in the world, and I am able to achieve almost anything I set my mind too. Here people have a chance to make something of themselves and are free to decide how they wish to do it. In America when tro...

• Word Count: 164
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... . The ghost appeared later to his son, Hamlet, and tells him "Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder (1,v)". This is referring to Claudius, because Horatio told Hamlet that he knew it was Claudius reason being that the play he saw was similar to this incident. Hamlet cried, "O my prophetic soul! mine uncle (1,v)". Another reason of why Hamlets environment is corrupt is because Claudius ... , Hamlets uncle, married Hamlet's mother. Hamlet was talking to his mother and replied when he asked her if he had forgotten about her, "No, by the rood, no so: You are the queen ... , your husband'...

• Word Count: 223
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... innocent people caught in the middle. An army may attack a city of another country and there may be civilians caught in the middle of the attack. Innocent people may die. The civilians do not have a choice of what another country does. The situation is out of their control, just like young children do not have control of their parents decisions. War is a large problem for a lot ... of countries. Most innocent civilians do not have a choice of what happens to them ... . They do not have a say in the politics of the country. Divorce is an extremely stressful situation for young children, ...

• Word Count: 248
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... soldier that may not even be alive is wrong. Even if the soldier is the last in its family alive, and a mother losing four sons, would be better then 8 mothers losing 1 each of there sons. I also believe it is a waste of the soldier's talents to search for another soldier that may not even want to come home, or may be ... half across the world. It may take years to find Ryan with more then 100,000 soldiers to search threw. Captain James and his crew were lucky to ... find Private Ryan in the short amount of time they did. I also believe Private Ryan was stubborn not wanting to go home w...

• Word Count: 247
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... growing technology world. Today we have fax machines, laptops, cell phones etc and the business world is using all these advances to their advantages. Mr. Peretz made that clear in his presentation. I can't say I learn much from him because most of what he said I already new. The only thing I can say that ... card. This card helped because as we spoke in class one time about the measures that taken to prevent misuse of information systems. The other thing that Mr.Peretz helped in is about the world of investing. As I mentioned in my goals I most invest, If I could get in contact with hi...

• Word Count: 234
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Worries, doubts, concerns, and superstitions are part of everyday life. People can handle the stress of a little anxiety in their life. But when the individual becomes engulfed in a wild lifestyle of too much control, they can often be described as obsessive compulsive. Obsessive behavior does not always have to be compulsive but in many cases what one would call obsessive is ... really a mental disorder. Many people who are obsessive simply are zealous about a certain thing and think about it or do it a lot. When ... . People turn to obsessive behavior to fill a void that is missing in their...

• Word Count: 221
• Approx Pages: 1

What is an ideal hero in epics? An ideal epic hero, a king or a warrior, in Beowulf is similar to that in the Odyssey and many other ancient tales. The whole kingdom will know him. He is always brave and larger-than-life strong. For example, in his battle with the monster Grendel, Beowulf used "bare hands", not some magic sword or an army of football players. The hero is also clever, he outsmarts the enemy with his seemingly mortal capabilities. He likes to brag about himself and his powers a lot, showing his self-esteem and pride. For instance, Beowulf wants the world to know about his majest...

• Word Count: 211
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Granted I have been granted a life. A life guaranteed to be fulfilled with love, praise and perpetual freedom. Life has its faults, altercations and unfairness, But learning from the pain, the misery and the dereliction; It gives us strength to forestall from future problems that may surpass us during our frantic frenzy of an illusion. Fretful we may become, waiting on the dreams that we've longed for and the image our loved ones once wanted. Futile we may be, due to the fact that others are jealous of our accomplishments and refuse to see us in such a fortuitous state. Friendly we have to be,...

• Word Count: 164
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Beowulf is a classic epic here of the early English literature. He shows all the characteristics of an great epic hero of the times. He is has the strength of imaginable power there is no stronger. He shows that he is the bravest of all the great men in the peom. Beowulf also came from a noble family background. There is no charecter greater in this poem that shows the characteristics of a epic hero. When strength is tested there is no greater than Beowulf. For instants in the poem "Then he stepped to another still body clutched at a strong-hearted wakeful sleeper and was instantly seized hims...

• Word Count: 185
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School