Longest Essays

  • The Longest Day

    671 Words  | 2 Pages

    The Longest Day Few of God's miracles cause protests in the "scientific" community like the account of Joshua's long day - when God made the sun and moon to stand still. But science and modern technology have done more to verify this phenominal biblical fact than they have to refute it. Common sense would say it is impossible for such a major disruption to occur and not totally destroy the precise, perfect balance in the solar system. But given a God, who created the heavens and the earth, who

  • The Longest Journey

    1010 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Longest Journey Have you ever wanted to do something so bad, you can’t wait and it actually seems the days and hours are getting longer as you get close? I hadn’t seen my father for three years and I wanted to see him so bad, I also wanted to the United States of America which had been my dream since I was a little child. My dad had left for the United States when his business failed and he had to find a job which was better than his business and after a few years he decided to move his family

  • The Longest Day: Book Vs. Movie

    1581 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Longest Day: Book Vs. Movie For a long time, when anyone thought of a war movie, they immediately thought of Darryl F. Zanuck’s, The Longest Day. Cornelius Ryan, who was the author of the book by the same name, and happened to be a D-day veteran himself, wrote the movie. The book meticulously recreates the events preceding and during the invasion. It is filled with detailed descriptions of multiple occurrences during the invasion. It explains everything from mass attacks on beaches and towns

  • Analysis of America's Longest War: The United States in Vietnam

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    Analysis of America's Longest War: The United States in Vietnam The reports in this novel are prefaced with a quote by Robert Shaplen, which sums up the feelings of those Americans involved in the Vietnam conflict. He states, "Vietnam, Vietnam . . .. There are no sure answers." In this novel, the author gives a detailed historical account of the happenings in Vietnam between 1950 and 1975. He successfully reports the confusing nature, proximity to the present and the emotions that still surround

  • Investigating the Relationship Between the Lengths, Perimeter and Area of a Right Angle Triangle

    2080 Words  | 5 Pages

    Triangle Coursework Aim To investigate the relationships between the lengths, perimeter and area of a right angle triangle. Pythagoras Theorem is a² + b² = c². 'a' being the shortest side, 'b' being the middle side and 'c' being the longest side of a right angled triangle. So the (smallest number)² + (middle number)² = (largest number)² The number 3, 4 and 5 satisfy this condition 3² + 4² = 5² because 3² = 3 x 3 = 9 4² = 4 x 4 = 16 5² = 5 x 5 = 25 and so 3² + 4²

  • Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, King of the Franks

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    The world of Charlemagne was a heathen one, with many warring tribes or kingdoms. Many of these tribes were conquered by Charlemagne, among them the Aquitanians, the Lombards, the Saxons, the Bretons, the Bavarians, the Huns, and the Danes. The longest of these battles was against the Saxons, lasting thirty-three years. Charlemagne actually defeated them many times, but due to their faithlessness and their propensity to return to their pagan lifestyle, the Saxons lost many lives in the prolonged

  • Death in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

    682 Words  | 2 Pages

    year," the winter solstice (474). The winter solstice is the day marking the beginning of winter, when the sun is the sky for the shortest time, and the night is longest. Night, with its darkness and shadows, is a classic symbol of death. On the winter solstice, Death can be considered his strongest, for his time, the night, is the longest i...

  • Extraordinary Means Of Treatment

    526 Words  | 2 Pages

    techniques to help keep people alive as long as possible, even when the person quite possibly should have died a natural death a long time ago. Does this make what the doctor is doing wrong? Doesn’t the patient deserve a chance to live the longest and fullest life they possibly can? These questions must be weighed on the benefits of the treatment versus the burden of the treatment. It may prolong life but will it make the life better or just lengthen the suffering that the patient has to go

  • Pythagoras Experiment

    1227 Words  | 3 Pages

    x 7 x 24 = ½ x 168 = 84 square units [IMAGE] Length of shortest side Length of middle side Length of longest side Perimeter Area 3 4 5 12 6 5 12 13 30 30 7 24 25 84 84 Task3: Length of short side is going to be in fixed steps meaning that this is a linear sequence and the length of middle side and longest side is actually a quadratic sequence because they are not in fixed steps and in geometric sequence. 4 , 12 , 24

  • Determining An Appropriate Parabolic Model Report

    752 Words  | 2 Pages

    Model In this procedure, I am trying to determine an appropriate parabolic model that fits the data I collected of whirlybird wing length vs. time, doing so by using first principles. Also to find out which wing length would produce longest flight time. Method: Firstly, I made a whirlybird model and timed how long it took to reach the floor from a certain height. This procedure was repeated several times, each time lessening the wing length and keeping the same

  • Beyond Pythagoras - Mathematical Investigation

    1522 Words  | 4 Pages

    So far I have observed the following patterns: · The smallest side length advances by two each time. · All the middle numbers are even · The middle length is always a multiple of four. · The longest length is always one unit more than the middle length. · Both the shortest and longest side lengths are always odd. · Both the area and perimeter are always even numbers. I can immediately see the formula to derive the shortest side length

  • Remarks on the Spoudaios in Plotinus

    3988 Words  | 8 Pages

    Who is the Plotinian spoudaios and what is his function in the Enneads? This question turns out to be fundamental, especially when trying to make out an ethical dimension in Plotinus. Treatise I 4 [46] offers, concerning that question, not only the longest sustained discussion of the spoudaios, but also shows how highly problematic it is to figure out more precisely his characteristics. This is due to the terminological ambiguity with the term sophos, which is also the reason why the two terms are often

  • The Longest Day

    1210 Words  | 3 Pages

    "The Longest Day" was a mammoth project dramatizing D-day, the Allied invasion of France. It was nearly three hours in length and with an enormous ensemble cast, all playing supporting roles. The production was very conscientious about realism, the actors were always of the same nationality as their characters, and spoke in their native languages, leading to a lot of subtitles translating French and German dialogue. Although the movie was historically correct, it was also meant to be a blockbuster

  • Personal Narrative

    996 Words  | 2 Pages

    back and let the sun bathe me in its bright, reminiscent light. The atmosphere around me was quiet, but just a few feet away people were mourning a great life. It was a life that some say was “lived to the longest and the fullest.” I ,on the other hand, held a solid disagreement. The “longest” couldn’t yet be over, could it? Seventy-five just seemed too short when I had only shared thirteen years with this fabulously, wonderful woman. I stood up, as the loud vibrations of the church bells seem to

  • Saturday Morning Cartoon Research Paper

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    These were the first “post-T.V.” cartoons and this era was referred to as the “golden-age” of Saturday morning cartoons. During this time some of the most influential and longest running cartoons debuted on Saturday morning. The one cartoon, however, that attracted the highest ratings was the Beatles cartoon. Fortunately, after its initial season the ratings dropped off dramatically and the show was canceled. Bugs Bunny

  • Sterling Seagrave's Dragon Lady

    592 Words  | 2 Pages

    Seagrave's Dragon Lady China’s great ancient empire has been the source of stories, fables, and fascination throughout the world for generations. The Asian culture has a long history of powerful leaders and ruthless battles making it one of the longest standing powers that the world has ever known. Yet, what took centuries to create was destroyed during the reign of a single ruler, plunging the country into chaos and confusion. The one who often is believed to have generated this collapse is the

  • P. T. Barnum

    1977 Words  | 4 Pages

    ever had were lotteries, but even those were rare. Also the town liked one-upping each other with outrageous pranks. Phineas Taylor, who was Barnum's grandfather, was one of the most notorious jokers in Bethel and also one of the richest men. His longest running joke would be on Barnum. At the boys cresting, he deeded Barnum a piece of land called Ivy Island. For years Barnum herd stories about what a lucky young man he was to be given Ivy Island At the age of ten he set out to see the island himself

  • The Longest Memory

    744 Words  | 2 Pages

    Whitechapel is the focal character of D'Aguiar's novel, The Longest Memory however, the author has used a great many other characters whose stories also stand-alone. Why has D'Aguiar structured his novel in this way and how does it lead the reader to an understanding of the impacts of slavery? D'Aguiar's central purpose is to make us reflect upon American society during the slavery era and to acknowledge its realities so that we understand the capability for evil that exists in society. D'Aguair

  • The Longest Ride Analysis

    1265 Words  | 3 Pages

    Released within the past 3 years, the American film, The Longest Ride encompasses the stories of Luke and Sophia. Luke Collins is a professional bull rider who just recovered from a serious injury from a year before. While Sophia Danko is an art lover, finishing her journey through college, and living in a sorority house. She is more than excited to start her internship in New York City at the end of summertime. They meet at a bull riding competition that Luke partakes in. Sophia never really wanted

  • The Longest Ride Analysis

    642 Words  | 2 Pages

    I picked The Longest Ride as my movie to show examples of Luke Collins and Sophia Danko in relationship stages because I recently watched the movie and remembered it having a good story, building up a relationship, but also having problems and breaking up. This movie does an excellent job showing the first four stages: initiating, experimenting, intensifying, and integration. On the other hand the last four stage: differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, and terminating, was a little more challenging