The Golden Notebook Essays

  • Jump The Gun Analysis

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    Jump the Gun is a South African based and shoot in the city of gold, Johannesburg which mainly follows the lives of three diverse characters; Gugu, Clint and Mini. This essay will be focusing on, with support and constant reference to specific scenes from the film Jump the Gun, or rather discussing how the various complex characters develop the narrative and intersect through the film. This essay will also discuss the racial and sexual identities, and how the representation of postapartheid South

  • The Anonymous Diary Of Go Ask Alice By Ruby Mathews Sparks

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    Despite it has not been fully proven, many readers believe that Go Ask Alice was written by an American Therapist and Mormon youth counselor Beatriz Ruby Mathews Sparks. The book has been banned and or challenged on multiple occasions for its constant drug use reference, teen pregnancy, prostitution, sexual activity, and rape (Sparks). According to Wikipedia.com, Sparks was born January 15, 1917 in Goldberg Idaho, but later moved and was raised in Logan, Utah. She began working with teens in 1955

  • Assasin In The Sun: The Character Of Noah Calhoun

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    has read the book, a great representation that there are some amazing guys out there and that love is real. Next would be Miss Alison ( Allie ) Hamilton. Even though she isn’t considered a protagonist, Allie did play a very important role in The NoteBook. Allie was a girl who wanted the best of both worlds. Growing up in the upper class in life she was always raised to think that money was and class was everything, that she was suppose to be a good wife and marry into a wealthy family in order to

  • Nicholas Sparks Research Paper

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    There is much that has happened in the life of Nicholas Sparks that makes him the author he is today. Every author is different and has their own way of writing. Sparks tends to romanticize everything he writes. But like most authors, his life tends to play a role in what he writes. However there is more to the life of this best-selling novelist. Nicholas Sparks was born on December 31, 1965 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the middle child out of three to his parents Patrick and Jill Sparks. Patrick

  • Narrative Techniques In The Lovely Bones

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    Have you ever wondered what it’s like to look down from heaven after you were murdered, and see the people who loved you try and figure out your murder? The Lovely Bones, written by Alice Sebold, pulls readers in with its vivacious storyline to find out who killed the main character. The story takes place in Norristown, Pennsylvania, and it follows a teenage girl, named Susie Salmon, who watches from her heaven, as her family struggles to find out her killer. In conclusion, Alice Sebold uses many

  • Figurative Language In Night By Elie Wiesel

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    Night contains a significant amount of figurative language. Select 3 examples from the text to analyze. In analyzing each example, be sure to explain how the specific example impacts the text. (How does it affect the reader? How does it affect the reading experience? Why did Wiesel make that specific choice?) Please use a different type of figurative language for each example. Night contains what seems like a multitude of examples of figurative language, but for this question I had to narrow

  • Dementia In The Notebook Movie

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    The movie “The Notebook” is based on the best selling novel written by Nicholas Sparks. The love story that this film tells is an absolutely beautiful one. And although I cry each time, I enjoy over and over. The Notebook is about an elderly man (Noah) who is telling the story of his life to the one he loves, his wife (Allie). Allie has irreversible dementia which has been caused by her having Alzheimer’s Disease. “Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of irreversible dementia, accounting

  • Sadako And The Thousand Paper Cranes Analysis

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    In elementary school, I read the tale “Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes” when my obsession for origami first manifested. In the story, anyone that folds a thousand cranes is granted a wish. Being a gullible child, I was fascinated by this legend and in turn, attempted to fold as many cranes as I could, measuring my hours and days by how many I could create. As I grew older, the moral of the cultural myth has stuck with me. The cranes now are a materialistic representation of the time and effort

  • Victor And Frankenstein Similarities

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    Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley is about Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster. He takes the limbs of dead bodies and makes his own creature. He spends years in Ingolstadt isolating himself from the world in order that he can focus on creating this being. He doesn’t write to his loved ones back at home or even take care of his own health. All he cares about at this point is to discover something no one else has before him. When the Creature comes to life, Victor sees how ugly and terrifying

  • Nicholas Sparks Research Paper

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    book, The Notebook, which was published in 1996. “The Notebook is about a man who reads to an old woman he visits from a faded notebook that tells the story of a couple who are separated by World War II, then passionately reunited years later. It is a story of love, loss, and rediscovery for both the young and the old” (Miller). It is insane to think that Sparks wrote one of his best-known stories, The Notebook, over a period of six months at age 28 (The Uprising Creative). The Notebook was one of

  • Examples Of Relationships In The 1940's

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    In the famous movie The Notebook written by Nicholas Sparks, a young love flourishes into a great love. The two main characters Allie and Noah meet at a young age and fall into a summer love, once summer is over Allie’s parents make her return back to school leaving Noah. Breaking up caused each individual a long period of heartbreak and agony. Years later Allie reaches back out to Noah and visits him. This return resulted in the couple rekindling their relationship and growing fonder and more in

  • Comparing The Birth And Development Of A Jellyfish

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    The animal I chose is a jellyfish (or jellies). I used many sources but these were the most helpful. I mainly used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish for reproduction and the sizes between birth and adulthood. I used kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/jellyfish/ for more facts about their one type of cell. I used http://eu.oceana.org/en/feature-about-jellyfish to learn more facts about the reproduction of jellyfish. First, I’ll talk about the types of cells in a Jellyfish. Fun fact, Jellyfish

  • Invasive Species Essay

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    Alien species is a species which brought into an unnatural ecosystem. Invasive species are species, both native species or not, which broadly affect the habitat, can cause environmental damage, economic loss, or harm for humans. Invasive alien species do not always invasive species not necessarily come from outside/foreign. Invasive Alien Species (IAS) is a combination of alien species and invasive species. Invasive Alien Species is a species introduced either intentionally or unintentionally outside

  • Disadvantages Of Genetically Modified Food

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    What is GM food? GM stands for “genetically modified”. Genetically modified food is food that has been produced from organisms which had specific changes introduced into their DNA by making use of genetic engineering. This is done in order for the organism to perform better under harsher circumstances and to improve yield and resistance against pests. Genetic engineering can be used to introduce new traits and also have more control over the genetic structure of the food. Genetically modified

  • Argumentative Essay On Genetically Modified Food

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    For years, the health and safety of genetically modified foods have been debated and researched by scientists, but the question still stands: should genetically modified foods be allowed for consumption? The process of genetic modification involves inserting a gene from bacteria or a virus into an organism where it would normally not be found. The purpose is to alter the genetic code in plants and animals to make them more productive or resistant to pests or farming techniques. Genetically modified

  • Gmo Pros And Cons

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    GMO, also known as the Genetically modified organism. These are artificially designed flavors and nutrition to make food good and long lasting then the usual. A proper definition would be that GMO refers to the plants or animals created through the gene splicing techniques of biotechnology. From this different types of food items are created by merging different DNAs from different species. (David Suzuki Foundation, n.d) Genetically-modified plants, animals and processed foods were

  • Hyphae Essay

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    1.Those animals all belong to the Kingdom Animalia|. 2.ex.1. Corn was crafted through artificial selection a wheat like plant called Teosinte became corn, the vegetable became bigger, easier to eat, and sweater. ex.2.humans over the time have created Kale, Cabbage, and other plants through the artificial selection of Wild Mustard. The plants no longer have yellow flowers and now have lots of large edible leaves. 3.They belong to the Phylum Cnidaria. 4.Stomata allows carbon dioxide, water vapor

  • Genetically Engineered Foods Argumentative Essay

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    Nowadays the majority of the food that we purchase in the supermarket is genetically engineered, which means that these foods have genes from other plants or animals injected into their genetic codes. The goal of genetically engineered foods is to add one or more traits that are not already found in the organism or plant. Many people feel that genetically engineered food should be used because it comes with many benefits such as, it makes more nutritious, tastier food, and it increases the supply

  • The Pros And Cons Of GMO Labeling

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    Genetic modification is the alteration of an organism's genes to acquire desired characteristics (Kracht para 1). Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are in over 70% of products produced in the United States, especially since most contain traces of corn, soybean, rice or canola, which are some of the popularly grown genetically modified crops. (Steinhauer and Strom para 20). Currently, companies are not required to label GMO-containing products, however, some people are pushing to make it a requirement

  • Bacteriolation Lab Report

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    Detection of listeria spp Contamination of food and dairy products with Listeria is the major cause of foodborne disease in human. Since researchers have found out that listeria is a foodborne pathogen, there is a continuous challenge on isolation of bacteria from food and other samples [115]. The primary studies indicated that Listeria is able to grow at low temperature so researchers used this phenomenon for isolation of bacteria from clinical samples by culturing for a long time in 4oC but this