Point Pleasant Essays

  • The Mothman Research Paper

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    waiting out in the mountains of West Virginia for the next tragedy to happen(Cryptid). The first sighting was with a young couple while driving near the abandoned TNT plant near Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Spotting the very large winged man moving toward them they speed off. The couple was followed down Highway 62 to Point Pleasant city limits. The Mothman moved extremely fast behind them reaching high speeds during the chase. Some people don’t believe stories just like these one because they hold little

  • Comparing Dark Water and The Mothman Prophecies

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    Audiences love to be scared. Horror films attempt to find some sort of trigger in the audiences mind, and develop it to create horror. Preceded by the great horror novels such as Dracula, and developed in the early nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties in Germany. From slash movies, to the post-modern psychological thrillers, horror films have evolved into an art form. This genre relies heavily on the basic horror conventions. These have been adapted from the early twentieth century, and

  • In Casy's Footsteps

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    Tom is, as I’m sure every reader should be, heartbroken at Casy’s death. Casy was his only real friend since he left prison, the first person he truly connected with. Tom was so connected to Casy that after the policeman bashed in his head with a pick handle, he went and did the same to his murderer out of hatred, without truly thinking about it. This also reflects just how far Tom is willing to go for his friends and family. Tom begins his journey with Casy as somewhat of a disciple, and in Chapter

  • Personal Narrative: Have You Ever Felt Lost?

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    Have you ever felt lost? Like you didn’t belong somewhere? I have. I remember I was 10 years old, and I was going to fifth grade. Up to that point of my life the only language I knew was spanish.In school I had only taken “bilingual” classes in school, where the teacher spoke nothing but spanish. In a bilingual class I learned how to write and read in spanish. As you probably already guess that wasn 't the case my fifth grade year. My fifth grade year I was placed in an all english class, knowing

  • Rock, Paper, Scissors

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    each tool. Each tool's score was assigned in coordination to its value of destruction. These psychological presets grant a rock a score of 5 points. A rock is easily the most destructive of the tools. Scissors would be granted 3 points for being more destructive than paper but less destructive than a rock. Consequently paper is assigned a 2 point value. "Can I have directions to. . ." Rocks, Paper, Scissors is a zero sum game always resulting in a collective total of zero. The two

  • Body Language

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    Body Language 1.1 What is Body Language? Body Language is the unspoken communication that goes on in every Face-to-Face conversation with another person. It tells you their true feelings towards you and how well your words are being received. Between 50% of our message is communicated through our Body Language 40 % tone of our voices and 10% only are our words. Your ability to read and understand another person's Body Language can mean the difference between making a great impression

  • Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield

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    Katherine Mansfield, in her short story "Miss Brill", slowly reveals the nature of her main character. She gradually divulges Miss Brill's personality, leading the reader to believe things about Miss Brill that are not true. Also, the point of view t t Mansfield uses enhances the story and adds to the reader's misinterpretation of Miss Brill until the end of the story. Miss Brill's character is a complex one. She cannot be stereotyped and she has a multifaceted personality. The reader sees

  • Free College Admissions Essays: Learning from Mistakes

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    few initial minutes, we warmed up, just casually rallying the ball around, but even then he was playing better tennis than I ever had. The coach then blew his whistle which concluded the warm up and signaled the commencement of the match. At this point in time, I tried to swallow all the fear and anxiety that I had and to face my opponent valiantly and courageously. The match began and before I had fully realized, he had won the first game 21-05. He had won it with the utmost ease, returning even

  • Disarmament And Internationalism

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    that this would begin a general move towards disarmament.Article 8 of the League Covenant saw disarmament as a specific goal: The members of the League recognise that the maintenance of peace requires the reduction of national armaments to the lowest point consistent with national safety and the enorcement by common action of international obligations... Reasons for the Failure of Disarmament *In the same way that France found it impossible to compromise over the issue of reparations,so it found it

  • Analysis of the Film Thelma and Louise

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    serves to point out the characters’ acceptance of their fate. Furthermore, the narrative can be viewed as a catalyst for more female roles in road movies. 3. Description of Act One and the dramatic event of point of no return. Act One ends, when Harlan attacks Thelma, at the parking lot, she resists his advances. Next Louise shows up and stops him at a gunpoint, walks away with Louise, then when Harlan makes some remarks; she turns around and shoots him. Killing Harlan was the dramatic point of act

  • Reflection Paper On Writing Center

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    commas, semi-colons, or colons. I do not, however, always take time to remember who my readers will be. Caity addressed this by pointing out a particularly long sentence in my paper. Once she highlighted this sentence for me, I figured out what her point was fairly quickly and started looking for ways to break up the sentence. Caity added to my repertoire of “tips and tricks” by explaining that while detail is not a bad thing, it can confuse the reader. As I went through my paper looking for sentence

  • Analysis Of The House On Mango Street By Sandra Cisneros

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    as she, because of my faint belief that the writer wrote this fiction to tell about her life in a way), saying “We didn’t always live on Mango Street” (Cisneros 551). Here is one interesting thing: she said “didn’t always live”, which mean at one point or more, they have lived there, while going deeper into the story, it sounded like they have never been there and only get to it half way near the end. The family rented houses and apartments as they were moving, but this time it is different, they

  • Personal Narrative: Sophomore Year

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    He we go. Just me and myself now. I can write whatever I want and Mrs. Wesbecher can’t read it. To this point I have wrote about a lot of fun things I have done throughout high school, but that was just the PG version. Sophomore year is when things really began to heat up. One day over at Alex’s we found the key to his parents liquor cabinet. We did exactly what 15 year old guys would do, took some sips and wow did we think we were badasses. Looking back opening the cabinet taking a few sips and

  • Stephen King On Writing Analysis

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    their own skills. Unlike many other books on writing, King discusses in length the language one uses to tell a story instead of how to form the actual content itself. As a fiction writer, King knows that stories can come from anywhere, so he makes a point to give his readers the necessary tools to put those ideas on paper in a way that will be appealing. Because what you write is not nearly as important as how you write it. Although there are clearly defined sections of the memoir, there are three overarching

  • Internship Analysis: Aces In Motion

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    1. Aces In Motion (AIM) is a non-profit organization based in the Gainesville community who focus on providing at-risk youth with the opportunity to learn how to play tennis while instilling valuable life lessons. Each week, AIM works with more than 500 from surrounding schools through the in-school, after-school among other programs to teach the participants about teamwork, self-esteem, and confidence as tennis players and most importantly individuals. AIM’s main purpose is to give the youth within

  • De Testimony Of The Soul By Tertullian

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    Tertullian is making points about previous proconsuls who persecuted Christians and their fate. He points to the fact that Christians are willing not only to die for their faith but also that they love their enemies. He explains that if they choose to persecute Christians that they may not face consequences here

  • A View From The Bridge Analysis

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    Eddie's niece. Marco and Rudolfo are their cousins who come to stay from Sicily. They are both illegal immigrants. A situation in the play occurs where Eddie becomes possessive of Catherine while Rudolfo plans to marry her. From the director's point of view advice to the actor playing the part of Eddie is complicated, but crucial. If I was the director looking for an actor to play Eddie it would have to be a man in his forties because

  • Humorous Wedding Speech: A Eulogy For Christmas Gifts

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    Hello Everyone, First, thank you for the Christmas gifts. They are very nice and appreciated and we will find a nice place to put them. The wooden plaque of Cheryl will go nicely on the wall I have reserved for the family tree. I have several family pictures there already. I also Love the Lantern. I will probably keep it close to the fireplace either upstairs or downstairs. Anyway, I know Paul has spoken to all of you about the situation and has written you letters. Clearly, you guys do not quite

  • Skewed Frequency Curve Analysis

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    stubborn and reluctant statistician, was diagnosed with mesothelioma (a particularly serious kind of cancer). Despite the median mortality of eight months, he survived for the next 20 years and died of an unrelated illness. This resolution inspires many points of interest on the insufficient median and its fulfillment in frequency curves, the importance of graphs, and Stephen Gould’s remission. In Stephen Gould’s story the median is not the message. Instead, it should have been the shape of the frequency

  • Underground Parking Injustice

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    INTRODUCTION: This case involves two unknown suspects forcing their way through the underground parking structure. The unknown suspects entered the structure and left with unknown loss. During the commission of the crime, the unknown suspects damaged the parking structure gate. Estimated damage is valued over $2,000 in US currency. LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Apartment complex, with front entrance facing east, with gated underground parking structure. LOSS: Unknown Total Value: $Unknown