Essays

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Picture of A Night To Remember
Date Added: August 8, 2011
Word Count: 3108
This is about a dinner party inviting 5 famous people, dead or alive.  The people I have chosen are: Jesus Christ, Mother Theresa, Dr. Martin Luther King, Princess Diana and Satan.  It is a party I chose for myself after being in an isolation ward for three months and the only guest I was ...
Current rating is 3.50. Total votes 2.
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Picture of Achaeus of Athens
Date Added: February 5, 2012
Word Count: 10,106
Strange things begin to happen in the city of Athens in 52 A.D. It all starts with a stranger that comes and starts talking about new things from a far country that they have never heard of before. Some of the Athenians begin to follow him, and he touches the lives of many of the slaves and poor peo...
Current rating is 5.00. Total votes 1.
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Picture of Awful Beautiful Life
Date Added: March 7, 2011
Word Count: 2,000
What happens when the life you are leading is so far removed from the life you had planned for?
Current rating is 3.14. Total votes 7.
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Picture of Blame
Date Added: June 6, 2011
Word Count: 1548
A thriller about an ordinary family with a developing twist.
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Picture of Broadway
Date Added: April 14, 2011
Word Count: 483
 A short story about an actress and her determination to achieve her dream.
Current rating is 4.50. Total votes 4.
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Picture of Broken, But Mending
Date Added: November 8, 2011
Word Count: 440
Greg Daniels has the life, but sometimes you don't get what you want and sometimes you do. Partially based on a true story about a family friend of mine. James Roll October, 2011- November, 2011 May God bless his soul and give peace to his grieving family.
Current rating is 4.13. Total votes 8.
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Picture of Cat & Leprechaun
Date Added: March 13, 2012
Word Count: 579
 A cat and a leprechaun have a nice conversation about the state of mankind.
Current rating is 5.00. Total votes 1.
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Picture of Catcher in the Rye and Romeo and Juliet
Date Added: April 27, 2012
Word Count: 632
Essay between two very famous books.
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Picture of Character Analysis Essay
Date Added: November 1, 2011
Word Count: 1056
 Character analysis essay on General Zarrof from "The Most Dangous Game" By Richard Connel.
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Picture of Chronicle of a Death Foretold Essay
Date Added: June 4, 2011
Word Count: 1228
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