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Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Horror

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A Good Day for Crossword Puzzles She always looked up as the top of the door brushed over the bell above the entrance to the coffee shop. He usually came in at about 10 til 8 every morning except Tuesday's. He often entered the shop looking mildly disheveled with his hair doing probably more of what it wanted to and less of ... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Feelings

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Nostalgia Pink and white dogwood blooms are dancing against a canvass spring sunset. This place, the smell of used charcoal ash and fresh honey suckle- This is the place of eternal boyhood. I walk behind his house, and look out into the wheat field. There's that green John Deere just peeping its front end over the crest of a... More..

Arts & Humanities > American Literature Examining anti-romantic themes in Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

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"Dey ain't no kings in America is dey, Huck"? asks Jim as he and Huck are contemplating the mysteries of French royalty. Twain is often classified as several types of fiction writer: 1. Realist 2. Regionalist 3. Humorist 4. Naturalist-However, it is Twain as not just a Realist writer, because I think that pigeonholes him a b... More..

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Pain

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Sophocles I stand before you, behind this Comedic mask. Yet my soul is engulfed in torment. I am a soundless shade wandering in perpetual night. The words I speak are not my own; They are merely shadows of an essence-an essence That lies entombed within my soul's mausoleum. You implore insight into my being But you wouldn't ... More..

Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy Fundamental problems with unrestricted liberty in wartime

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"Liberty, Sir, is the soul's right to breathe." Perhaps John Adams was a bit overzealous when contending that the type of liberty the colonists were seeking was as fundamental and appropriate to human nature as its right to breathe air. I certainly believe that the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution denotes quite possibl... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Meaning of life

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As humans, we harbor the need to render order from nature around us. We need to compartmentalize the events that shape our lives every day; moreover, we need to at least perceive we understand how and why life happens. jI believe that for humans, the world is simply the way we individually need to perceive it so that it make... More..

Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History Longstreet versus Lee: Differences in philosophies of war

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On the third day at Gettysburg, Major Anderson who had field command of artillery informed James Longstreet that if his Brigade didn't commence the charge at once, Anderson's artillery could not sustain the charge efficiently. Longstreet, who Lee had given tactical and strategic command of effecting an offensive attack on th... More..

Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History How the 19th Century altered the scope of American political culture

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Once upon a time in America, politicians thundered bombastic speeches from wooden scaffolds. Once upon a time in America, political parties were synonymous with region, and featured some of the most talented minds in the history of the world. Once upon a time in America, men who taught themselves how to read and write could ... More..

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Escape

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Chapter I of my book, Canon Guards CHAPTER I The air was sultry, and a heavy blanket of humidity had recently settled over the sleepy southern gulf town of Pompeii, Alabama. The whites, oranges, and reds of city lights pierced the otherwise empty and surrounding blackness at 1:00 a.m. on this particular Saturday morning. The... More..

Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History The importance of the Louisiana Purchase in American history

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Americans have always needed a frontier to look toward. It is inherent to American philosophical culture. Thomas Jefferson's view of the American was an informed farmer who needed a central government as a safety net. This is what fundamentally separated the Jeffersonian view of American culture from the Hamiltonian view of ... More..

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