Free Essays on In Search Of A Great Perhaps

  1. Search for My Tongue and Half-Caste: Points to Compare

    Traditions section deal with issues of language and speaking out. Using “Search for my Tongue” and one poem of your choice, write about how the poets tackle conflict and the need to express yourself clearly to others. “Search…” and “Half-Caste”: Points to compare Both poets use language to reveal...

  2. The Search for an Identity

    persistence in pursuing the answers to his questions, he learns that the Catholic Church has failed in gaining his complete faith and therefore must search for his identity. Catholicism presents itself in many different forms throughout Antonio’s childhood, but the strongest representation of it is from...

  3. Evacuation Was a Great Success

    ‘Evacuation was a Great Success’ Do you agree or disagree with this statement? In this essay I will use sources A to F and the evidence that I can take from these sources to evaluate whether or not evacuation was a great success. Sources A to F have differing attitudes towards evacuation so I will...

  4. Discuss the Author's Presentation of Social Class and Money in Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsby and Charles Dickens's Great Expectations

    In both novels social class and money is a dominant theme and important to the development of the plot. Great Expectations is about Pip who belongs to the skilled working class who longs for self advancement in education, morals and social class. His character wishes to climb the ladder of society...

  5. Sandpiper

    The Endless Search of the Sandpiper In the poem, Sandpiper, the focus is of a sandpiper which is a bird that lives mainly on the coasts of North America. The author, Elizabeth Bishop, writes about this particular bird running up and down the beach in search for something, but she never tells the...

  6. The End of a Great Civilization Rome

    The Fall of a Great Empire The Great and Holy Roman Empire, was, at its time the largest and probably one of the most successful empires in Ancient history. Their Empire, stretched "into a great triangle" (Ward-Perkins 6), refers to how the Roman Empire looked geographically like a triangle at...

  7. Wonders of the Great Pyramid

    Wonders of the Great Pyramid Have you ever wondered what makes the Great Pyramid of King Khufu so wonderful? Well, take a moment and close your eyes. Imagine yourself transported way back in time, to circa 2500 BCE, when the greatest masterpiece in the history of architecture was built. You find...

  8. dust bowl of great depression

    http://www.brainia.com/essays/PPeople and Things affected by The Great Depression The Great Depression is often referred to as a plain economic crash that lasted from around the 1930s to the 1940s, but in reality; the Great Depression means much more, it meant the destruction of hopes, dreams and...

  9. Sachin a Great Player, Human Being

    Department: MSJ Date: 24-November-2013 Sachin Tendulkar: A great human being more than a great player 26th December 2004, there was the second one day match Between Bangladesh and India. The match was just about to start. A boy...

  10. “Showing convincingly how characters develop and so achieve a sense of identity is an essential way in which novelists and poets engage fully with their readers”

    and plot. We, as the reader, see the transition of Pi Patel, finding and developing qualities within himself that help him to finally overcome his great ordeal at sea. The one thing, arguably, that keeps Pi alive is identity; the exploration for identity is unique to humanity and is especially unique...

  11. In Search of Epifano

    The story, In Search of Epifano is about an old woman who for years takes a trip to Mexico in search of Epifano, her great-grandfather. Epifano was dead already and the rest of the family had forgotten about the past, Mexico, and Epifano, but not her. She felt a strong connection to him. Through her...

  12. The Great Gatsby: P.O.V.

    Gatsby, an extraordinarily wealthy man who is more than eager to befriend him. This is a situation Nick both is astounded by and does not reject, perhaps because he is prompted by curiosity. He is soon introduced to a circle of friends with a tangle of relationship woes and the world all seems to surreal...

  13. Com140 Week4 Checkpoint: Assignment: Negative Messages

    Check Point Week 3 Overview and Assignments 2 Articles “First Article” o What keyword search did you use to find the article? Answer: My keyword I use was distance learning article. o What is the article’s title? My answer REFLECTIONS Distance education: yes, we can! o Who is the author or authors...

  14. The Journey 5

    questions is allowed, which causes great frustration inside the mother. This is obvious in both her frequent attempts at talking, but also in the general approach to the situation. The mother’s frustration makes her further desperate to connect with David and so she goes to great extends with her behavior....

  15. Great Gatsby: Symbolism and Passion

    F. Scott Fitzgerald clearly has moral concerns about the characters in The Great Gatsby, most of whom are trapped by their materialism and lose opportunities for true love and authentic, open and honest lives. All the characters yearn to find something that will make them happy or to find something that...

  16. Run Lola Run

    result of the film's completion, he had our jaws dropped, our minds racing, and, perhaps most importantly, our overwhelming approval. The most appealing aspect of Run Lola Run, at least in my personal opinion, was the great emphasis placed on both time itself and the timing of certain events. After Manni...

  17. Man’s Search for Meaning

    Viktor E. Frankl’s, Man’s Search for Meaning, introduced me to a whole new understanding of how to deal with the past and the idea of Logotheraphy. In his book, he discusses the Nazi concentration camps, with various accounts of the horrific and unimaginable events that he witnessed, experienced and...

  18. Small Things

    natural food in first world countries, is scarce. If this ever becomes an issue in America or Great Britain, we might have to use some of the same tactics. “Chimpanzees, our closest relatives among the great apes, pursue insect game as avidly as they pursue baby bush pigs and baboons. In their eagerness...

  19. Global Partnership Between Japan and Australia

    Japan is said to have been formed in 1875, at the International Exposition at Melbourne. At that time, many Japanese divers have visited New Guinea in search of pearl oyster. This marked the beginning of the Japanese immigration to Australia. Unfortunately, the White Australia Policy was formed soon after...

  20. Potis

    answer is often unclear, but it is one of great interest. In the film “Crash”, several of the characters fall in and out of positions of power. Anthony (a young African American car thief), and Officer John Ryan (a middle aged Caucasian police officer) are perhaps the two most notable. Anthony and John...

  21. Science Is a Boon Speech

    all live like the Jetsons? I have. But, I have also wondered what if we were like the Flitstones, living in a world with no science and technology perhaps even before the discovery of wheels. That would've been really tough. Then, there would be no cars, bikes, or any automobiles. We would also have no...

  22. Six Characters in Search of an Author

    Six Characters in Search of an Author The play of Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello is a play that is known for it's great drama. This is a play that examines the fact of reality unlike many plays today. Throughout the play Pindandello is telling a story and watching and...

  23. The Female Quixote - a Comparison Between the Role of the Countess and the Doctor

    for her ancient-looking dress and appearance. This intervention creates a strong bond between the two ladies, felt especially solid by Arabella who, perhaps, saw in the Countess the motherly figure she never had. What binds even more Arabella to the Countess is the extensive knowledge the latter has...

  24. LFA Analyis

    Alaska tells the story of Miles Halter, a shy teenager who transfers to Culver Creek Boarding School for his junior year of high school, in search of the “Great Perhaps” (2007, 5). His roommate, Chip “the Colonel” Martin, takes Miles under his wing, nicknames him Pudge, and introduces him to smoking, drinking...

  25. Original Sources the Merchant of Venice

    Finally, In the story Zelauto: The Fountain of Fame by Anthony Munday, one can find Shakespeare’s source for his character Bassiano; a young man out in search for a distant and rich woman. Through the reference of these sources, Shakespeare constructed what is known today as The Merchant of Venice. As a result...

  26. Death of the Encyclopedia Salesman

    the sales and profits of the majors. One great disruptive idea was Internet search by Yahoo and Google, which even created a new verb in the English language, ‘to Google’ or ‘Google me’ meaning search for information on me on the Internet. Internet search changed the way we look for information. Today...

  27. Afro Amer

    The Bluest Eye (19, 20) Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye is a novel set in Lorain, Ohio, shortly after the end of the Great Depression. Perhaps the most prevalent theme in The Bluest Eye is that of whiteness as the all-encompassing standard of beauty. Morrison used childhood experiences of several...

  28. Dorthy Day

    love." To this day Dorothy would consider herself a sinner and a reluctant saint. Perhaps it is the fact that Dorothy was not superhuman but the average person who did commit sins and broke commandments that makes her so great. We think our sins are barriers to doing the Works of Mercy. It’s legacies such...

  29. Research Paper Ernest Hemingway

    Hemingway was the second of Dr. Clarence and Grace Hall Hemingway's child out of six children. He was named after his grandfather Ernest Hall and his great uncle Miller Hall. Having been born from a doctor father and a opera singing mother Hemingway did start as a writer at first as he took part in music...

  30. The Ramayana

    question. From this flourishing civilization, there seemed to be remnants of a trail upon which thousands of these monkey-like beings marched. Perhaps only an army of troops could pack the earth enough to leave a trail that would last for thousands of years. I followed the winding trail to a small...

  31. Character Analysis: the Great Gatsby

    consciousness. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel set in the “Roaring 20s” which discusses the apparent nonexistence of an inner life and conscious in the hypocritical people of the era; thus they have a psyche created for them by the narrator. The characters in The Great Gatsby seem to...

  32. ECOM320 Assign1

    Part A: 1. Both Google and Yahoo are somewhat household names. They are, first and foremost, as tagged by most people, referred to as “Search Engines”. Indeed, this is their greatest commonality. Most users would describe these companies as providers of free online services. However, in terms of...

  33. Comparison of Collected Fictions by Borges and Basic Writings by Zhuangzi

    space. Borges states, “The universe (which others call the library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries” (112). The men in the story enter this massive library in search of one book which contains an unlimited amount of knowledge. Borges calls these men, ‘“inquisitors”...

  34. Narrative conversation between Montresor and Fortunato

    Montresor just received the scarlet colored wine and are about to begin tasting. Montresor: “Fortunato before we begin I must let you know I am in search of the great and rare Amontillado. You wouldn’t happen to know where I could find a cask would you? “ Fortunato: “I may have the taste of a complacent king...

  35. Epsco Host Database - Academic Search

    • A brief description of Academic Search Premier: Academic Search Premier is an Epsco Host Database. It is a full text multi-disciplinary periodical database which indexes magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals. It also indexes images. Academic Search Premier Covers nearly every subject in...

  36. People and Things Affected by the Great Depression

    People and Things affected by The Great Depression The Great Depression is often referred to as a plain economic crash that lasted from around the 1930s to the 1940s, but in reality; the Great Depression means much more, it meant the destruction of hopes, dreams and even the lives of countless...

  37. Great Expetations

    Great Expectations Great expectations were set in the early Victorian England, when great social changes were sweeping the nation. When the division between rich and poor was nearly as wide as ever. More and more people moved from the country to the city in search of a greater economic opportunity....

  38. The Lustful Downfall of Many Great Men

    11 October 2008 The Lustful Downfall of Many Great Men When a great man gives into temptation he faces a severe loss of integrity. Lustful temptations caused John Edwards and John Proctor to lose almost everything dear to them. Their actions affected not only themselves but others too. Unsuspecting...

  39. Primary Factors of the Great World War

    Primary Factors of the Great World War On June 28, 1914, as the deafening sound of the gunshot that killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife echoed briskly throughout Sarajevo, the news of this unexpected assassination spread quickly throughout the world. Surprisingly, whether or not it was known...

  40. How Did the Great Depression Help the Nazis

    How Did The Great Depression Help The Nazis? I agree fully with this statement as I believe that due to the ingenuity and influence that Lenin had, as well as the timing of the Revolution, he was able to easily overcome any resistance and seize power. At the time of the Revolution Russia was...

  41. Week 1

    us. When Joseph woke from his dream, he willingly obeyed God and took Mary home to be his wife, in spite of the public humiliation he would face. Perhaps this noble quality is one of the reasons God chose him to be the Messiah's earthly father. Joseph too must have wondered in awe as he remembered...

  42. The Leadership Challenge

    vision with mutual enthusiasm. Challenges the Process 
- Leaders never accept the usual or the norms. They are eager to challenge the status quo in search of more productive ways to achieve the goals of organization. Leaders are not afraid to take risks. They are keenly aware of the possibility of failure...

  43. unit 6 thesis

    patrol and serve as their electronic crime fighting super tool. A.L.P.R.’s have purposes that are yet to be discovered and are expected to deliver great potential. However, cracking down on non-violent offenders should not be a priority, according to civilians. Victimless offenses is not where the focus...

  44. Classic of Movies in Movie History

    Prize winning novel by John Steinbeck written 1939. The movie is an accurate historical depiction of the experience of migrant workers during the Great Depression, when the vicious dust bowls destroyed wheat farms throoughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and the Dakotas displacing tens...

  45. The Great Depression

    The Great Depression, as it is widely known as, could very possibly be the worst economic catastrophe of all time. It was a time that followed a very prosperous decade. During the Roaring 20’s, the decade of 1920, there was peace and prosperity in America, and much of the world. Being wealthy became...

  46. Business

    The positives of Next Step Herbal Health include its “feature in Forbes magazine as being one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S.”, “their great financial results” and “industry-leading ethics code.” One would have to assume that the writers of Forbes did their due diligence and researched...

  47. A Great Performance! Tips for the Orchestral Director

    can find diagrams online. A good orchestra teacher will research online to fine the best suited seating for an orchestra of their size and type. Perhaps the most important of all these roles, a music teacher/conductor must be able to interpret the works of various composers. This is important because...

  48. How 9/11 Changed My Life

    Every morning before school my two friends and I, who were also my neighbors, would meet outside my house which was the bus stop. My friend Myles had a great idea at the time. To skip school by hiding from the bus. An hour later the school notified our parents of our absence. This set off major panic, and...

  49. The Great Depression

    concern. Scholars have not agreed on the exact causes and their relative importance. The search for causes is closely connected to the issue of avoiding future depressions. A related question is whether the Great Depression was primarily a failure on the part of free markets or a failure of government...

  50. The Insufficiency of Honesty

    was raised from birth in a society that preaches racism states his belief in one race's inferiority as a fact, without ever really considering that perhaps this deeply held view is wrong. Certainly the racist is being honest - he is telling us what he actually thinks - but his honesty does not add up to...

  51. The Great Depression and the Revival of American Dream

    Kento Yoshida The Great Depression and the revival of American dream The Great Depression made a huge impact on both the American economic history and the shape of its nationality. The United States had been no great economic glowing nation in the world for that decade until the beginning of the...

  52. Fighting Formula

    but a brief web search is likely necessary to jog memory of the latter. In all fairness, Hackney was part of an entire era of fighters willing to test their mettle inside the Octagon in spite of the sport's virtually nonexistent public image. Yet, even in the case of the initial greats, personality was...

  53. Primate Cutlure

    researchers described other behaviors to be taught socially such as nut cracking and using leaves as sponges and napkins. This social learning is a great find in the search to prove that culture can be a way to describe their behavior. 2) Some argue against the notion of chimpanzees having a culture. University...

  54. Discuss What Jaggers Is in Great Expectations

    different in Little Britain, he has an indifferent attitude of confident control about him. A habit, which characterizes him is the biting of his great forefinger, this he does always, as a natural instinct and furthers the idea that he is superior both in intelligence and status than whomever he...

  55. John Smith

    Smith to be one of the leaders of the new colony, thus, perhaps, sparing Smith from the gallows.[2][8] The English arrived at Jamestown in April 1607 and, by summer of that year, the settlers were still living in temporary housing. The search for a suitable site ended on 14 May 1607, when Captain Edward...

  56. Moment

    They say that life comes down to a few great moments. Often the key points of our lives pass by with stealth, leaving us to chase at shadows. We are left to question and evaluate the ebb and flow, the surges and phases of our existence. The times we felt lost. Times of love, sorrow, rebirth and injury...

  57. The Great Society

    President John F Kennedy was assassinated. Being shoved into office at such a harsh time in society was difficult but Johnson had a plan for success. The Great Society was a set of programs put forth by Johnson to help improve the economy in the 1960s. With the percent of people living poverty being very high...

  58. Creating Sensational Customer Experiences

     to   queue  (which  I  hate  doing)  to  get  a  decent  cup  of  coffee.  It’s  one  of  those  great  concepts  that  was  different   at  first,  but  that’s  been  copied  and  so  commoditised  by  competitors...

  59. Analysis of Realism in Great Expectations

    Analysis of realism in Great Expectations Opening chapters; that crucial alchemy of an author’s writing skill and narrative force which may cause us to either close the book or turn the page, must have impact. My own preference is for realism and this is which I wish to discuss. By ‘realism’, I...

  60. Search for Meaning

    Search for meaning in my life Some people have asked me what makes my life meaningful. For a long time I didn’t know what to say or how to respond. So I did a search for my self and in the process found that you can’t have happiness without sadness, so if no sadness happiness has no value. So...