The night before departing, Jim Casy asks if he can travel with the Joads, so a family meeting is then held, where they decide to let him come along. ... At sundown on the first day of travel, the Joads turn off the road to camp for the night, when they meet Ivy and Sarah Wilson, a couple from Kansas that is stranded with a broken-down car. ... He is buried in a quilt burrowed from Sairy (Sarah), who also offers a blank page out of her and Ivy's bible, so Tom can write a note explaining the circumstances of his Grandfather's death incase the body is ever dug up in the future. ... ...

• Word Count: 1730
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This is illustrated in Lou's statement, "The night before I left, I lay on the living-room couch with the front door ajar in case he came down in the middle of the night in one of his furies. ... He also notes that one in every five women who are in relationships are assaulted. ...

• Word Count: 1554
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Imitation modeling theory explains that note everything is learned through conditioning, but that behavior is learned through observing and mimicking other behavioral patterns. ... On a rampage, he targeted his uncle, Bill Hastings, who was also Mamie's boyfriend, during the night. ... Three times with further encouragement from Bill, Brandon fired in the night. ...

• Word Count: 1444
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• Has Bibliography

Agnew (2001:326) notes that strains are most likely to result in crime when they (1) are seen as unjust, (2) are seen as high in magnitude, (3) are associated with low social control, and (4) create some pressure or incentive to engage in criminal coping. ... At one NSM meeting just a few weeks before he died, Hall's father boasted that 'by the age of nine, my son was able to operate a Gen-1 night vision and infrared scope.' ...

• Word Count: 2185
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Partaking in life's journey is something all humanity stages a role in. Forging our own identity is achieved through endless trials and tribulations. Many of us are in constant battle derived from our inner war of good and evil. The path is never easy and the knowledge obtained from choosing eith...

• Word Count: 1550
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

One chilly night my mom took my siblings and me out to a nice dinner, it was nice to have dinner with just us. ... In a room full of strangers, I am the man who takes mental notes of everyone's location and what they are doing; I will not be surprised. ...

• Word Count: 1595
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• Grade Level: High School

Anything But Average Ever since I can remember everyone has been telling me what a great dad I have. They would say things like, "you are so lucky- and "wow, what a great guy-. In some respects I always knew that my dad was an extraordinary man, but I never understood just how out of the ordinary h...

• Word Count: 1430
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In India, the average woman makes around two dollars a month, which comes to about twenty-four dollars a year. That is not even enough money to survive on. The average American woman makes about fifty-eight dollars a day at minimum wage. In America, that is barely enough to survive. With that being ...

• Word Count: 2236
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When we were having breakfast my, while having breakfast my dad was reading articles about immigration with Green Card and he was taking notes, I felt the same thing that what I felt for my mom. ... We were so excited that night and ready to go. ...

• Word Count: 2164
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School