... then in a little while, retro. It stops. Then, Crrrgshh! Crrrgshh! Moving pictures in the big screen are like having a race with a shooting star, impetuously changing scenes as if played in fast forward. Small dots of white, grey, and black begin to cover the screen, and in a moment, everything ... upon spellbound. Her shiny straight hair resembling the ebony she somersaults, bewitching all helpless creatures she encounters. Every glance of those beautiful grey eyes she has, deep with empowering attraction casting each individual. Cheeks innate with permanent glow of tinted flush. Comple...

• Word Count: 1922
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... the public and the world's media were desperate to find out more information on their Hollywood screen icon: "What innocence? Whose guilt? What eyes? Whose Breast?". These short, and exciting questions also represent the main themes of responsibility and innocence; which are explored throughout the poem. The ... the child-like innocence of Monroe, and yet, portraying the idea that she is damaged in someway, i.e. the pressure and stress of the film-star lifestyle. This made me realise that fame and attention can seriously damage a person's life. This idea of innocence is continued in the...

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... and truly loves his family. He puts aside his plans for college and has two jobs to support his brothers so they can remain together as a family. Darry was a football star in high school and got offered a scholarship, but turned it down because he didn't want to break apart his family. He kept his brothers safe, instead of abandoning them and ... . His emotional outburst makes the readers think of him before he was hardened and reflects on how he came to be that way. A true friend sees the pain in your eyes while others believe your fake smile, related to the relationship with Dally and ...

• Word Count: 1634
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... . First, Siddhartha was troubled by the sight of a decrepit, old man. Channa revealed to the prince that aging was a part of life and all must endure it. Siddhartha then laid eyes upon a diseased man, covered in boils which he found out through his charioteer is yet another facet of existence. The third sight that the prince beheld was a corpse surrounded by ... prevailed in his journey for enlightenment. The Bodhi tree that Siddhartha had rested under erupted into blossoms of crimson flowers which filled the sky and when it cleared the eastern star shone upon Buddha, or the "Enlightened...

• Word Count: 1410
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

... with himself. He compares himself with Phineas and sees that while he has to deal with his own negativity and adversity, Phineas apparently had none to fuss about. In Gene's eyes, Phineas did not believe in such a thing as the "enemy", because for him it did not exist. The war that existed out of the country, Phineas only found ... world. This is your life. I'm sorry if it sucks. But you're not going to be the first man on Mars, and you're not going to be an NBA star, and you're not going to hunt Nazis" (Green 225). As he began to fall deeper into his discontent, his inner self became f...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... ) Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1886. His own name reflected a nostalgic view of American aristocracy for he was after the famous Francis Scott Key, who wrote the Star Spangled Banner, and whom the Fitzgerald family had a distant relation to. His parents wee poor and longed for any connect to greatness. His father drank away his sorrows and his ... the fountain at the Plaza or who partied in Paris."(Lanahan, 1996) With this side of Paradise Fitzgerald became the most promising writer in the world and as such, the eyes of the world were upon him. This Side of Paradise wa...

• Word Count: 1661
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography