Puzzle Essays

  • A Puzzle of Sovereignity

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    A Puzzle of Sovereignity ABSTRACT: National sovereignty presents a puzzle. On the one hand, this notion continues to figure importantly in our descriptions of global political change. On the other hand, factors such as the accelerating pace of international economic integration seem to have made the notion anachronistic. This paper is an attempt to resolve this puzzle. Distinguishing between internal sovereignty or supremacy and external sovereignty or independence, I investigate whether some

  • Comparing the Violin to a Puzzle

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    Comparing the Violin to a Puzzle A violin can be compared to a puzzle. Each piece of the puzzle has a unique role in the outcome of the picture, or in this case, the overall sound. The pieces are brought together by both the violin's maker and its player. Just like a puzzle, different persons, when given the same pieces probably will not put them in the same order. This fact accounts for the differences in the designs of master violinmakers and the tonal differences between players. To quote

  • Life Puzzle Research Paper

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    The Puzzle of life I have loved puzzles for as long as I can remember. There have been many spring breaks at my grandparents figuring out how every pile fits together, first by separating pieces into piles, such as distinguishing the sky from the ground. There is something fascinating about how all the little pieces end up creating a greater picture. This is relatable to my worldview. By separating views into different pieces of my puzzle, the end results in a large picture of how I want to go

  • A solution to the weight-loss puzzle

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    A solution to the weight-loss puzzle WHAT IS 5-HTP SUPPOSED TO DO? The purpose of taking 5-HTP is to reduce carbohydrate cravings, and thus, diminish food intake, resulting in weight loss. In addition to promoting weight loss, it has also been linked with beneficial effects on behaviors such as sleep disturbances, narcolepsy, depression, migraines, anxiety, bulimia, PMS, compulsive behaviors, substance abuse, childhood hyperactivity, and hypersexuality. WHERE DOES THIS 5-HTP COME

  • Multicultural Education: Piecing Together The Puzzle

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    Multicultural Education: Piecing Together the Puzzle When a child opens his (or her) first puzzle and the pieces fall to the ground, it may seem very confusing. What are they to do with this pile of shapes in front of them? It often takes a parent to explain to them that all the different pieces fit together into one whole picture. Although every piece is different and unique, when they are all put into their place they form one whole picture. In the same way, teachers can teach multiculturalism

  • Homecoming AQA Coursework This poem is a puzzle for the reader - there

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    Homecoming AQA Coursework This poem is a puzzle for the reader - there are some things the poet has not told us. This poem is a puzzle for the reader - there are some things the poet has not told us, and without them, our reading of the poem relies on guesswork. This seems deliberate, as the first thing the poem invites us to do is to look at two things separately, then put them together. The poem is written mostly in the second person, addressed to “you”. This may at first seem to be the

  • Puzzle of King Tut's Inner-Coffin as Recreational Activity

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    Puzzle of King Tut's Inner-Coffin as Recreational Activity The King Tutankhamun jigsaw puzzle consists of 1000 individual, cardboard pieces which fit perfectly together to form a 13.75 X 38.5 inch portrait of his inner-coffin. It serves a dual purpose, not only as a two-dimensional replica of King Tut's coffin, but also as a form of recreational activity. The fun lies in methodically assembling the pieces together to create a desired image. Its intended consumer ranges from kids to adults. The

  • Decoding Authorial Choices in 'All The Light We Cannot See'

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    Using this method, Doerr creates a symbolic puzzle that his audience has the privilege of solving. At the beginning of section two in the novel, All The Light We Cannot See, it is titled, “Two - 8 August 1944” (p.93), and at the beginning of section three, it is title, “Three - June 1940” (p.105). The author continues to skip around in time for the duration of this novel, allowing the reader to slowly start to put different pieces of the puzzle together. This structural element helps out immensely

  • Synopsis Of The Game Limbo

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    the creative aspect of the game is very high and good balanced throughout the game. 1.1. Genre Limbo is a 2D side scrolling game with a physics engine incorporated into the game. The character is able to interact with most of the objects to solve puzzles or to overcome difficulties that he has to face throughout his journey. Some games that would be similar to Limbo is "Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons". The two games have similar controllers and similar physics engines however there are graphical differences

  • Eulogy for Grandmother

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    just a big barrier of memories surrounding my heart. I can remember doing puzzles with my Grandma. The table she'd use came up to my chin when I was first interested in the concept of putting pieces of colorful cardboard together. When we had finished forming all the pieces together, I was in pure fascination of how beautiful the picture was that the pieces had formed. One time my family bought my Grandma a puzzle containing five thousand pieces. She worked on it (which took a lot of time)

  • My Philosophy on Life

    2001 Words  | 5 Pages

    one piece of life’s puzzle. When you sit down to think in silence about the world revolving around you, you realize that piece is near you. However, it is not close enough to grab with your hand or heart. You want to react with your mind, but your heart seers you in other directions that you weren’t ready for. When you think that you have found that perfect piece to complete the puzzle, you second-guess yourself about it. Is it really the prefect piece that will make the puzzle stronger, or are there

  • College Application Essay Highlighting the Importance of Diversity

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    watched as a child, and yet I could not think of any six letter word to satisfy this clue, but fortunately, I knew who could. I quickly instant messaged my Egyptian friend and asked him if he knew the answer. I excitedly shifted back to the crossword puzzle and typed in his answer, "scarab," and sure enough, his answer was correct. Contented with my acheivement of a correct answer, I continued the crossword only to be baffled by another clue, "Jewish holiday." I immediately thought of Hanukkah and Rosh

  • Pt1420 Unit 7 Lab Report Conclusion

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    Conclusion There were two main goals of this investigation. The first one was to find an equation that would produce the perfect number of moves for any number of disks that are being used in the puzzle. The second goal was to find a pattern between all of the different number of disk puzzles. The first goal of finding an equation was accomplished through trial, error, and logical thinking. By first graphing the data points, many equation types were able to be eliminated and a focus was put on exponential

  • Secrets and Lies

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    also a window into our self. In my opinion, self is a giant jigsaw-puzzle.  It is filled with different pieces of others selves that we have interacted with throughout our life, that combine to make one big picture, our self.  I have taken pieces of many people who I have encountered throughout my life.  My three older brothers influenced major pieces of my self.  The pieces of their selves have "fit" into my jigsaw-puzzle self, and complete my total picture.  Without force, or a conscious

  • The Scrambling of Time in Faulkner's A Rose for Emily

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    In, A Rose for Emily, Faulkner uses the element of time to enhance details of the setting and vice versa. By avoiding the chronological order of events of Miss Emily's life, Faulkner first gives the reader a finished puzzle, and then allows the reader to examine this puzzle piece by piece, step by step. By doing so, he enhances the plot and presents two different perspectives of time held by the characters. The first perspective (the world of the present) views time as a "mechanical progression"

  • Hamlet As A Madman

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    into a mysterious and fascinating man. A philosopher and a fencer, he is a man disgusted with the rottenness of life around him and is obligated to set things right. Under the guise of madness he attempts to achieve his ends; yet there is much to puzzle over. Was Hamlet really such a good actor that he could fool everyone into believing in his madness or was he truly mad? And, why did he wait so long to carry out his revenge? Hamlet thinks too much and this drove him to an insanity that was not feigned

  • Towers of Hanoi

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    with 4 discs and then 5 discs using the smallest amount of moves, then to find a formula to find the smallest amount of moves for any number of discs. Simple cases: ============= 4 discs ======= After having tried to solve the puzzle with 4 discs I found that the smallest amount of moves possible was 15. (See fig. 1) 5 discs To try and make things slightly easier for myself I decided to use the first 15 moves I had used for 4 discs and then proceed from there. This method

  • Gender Roles and Kids Toys

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    Gender Roles and Kids Toys In David Barry's article, Guys vs. Men, he discussed the differences between "guys" and "men". This article made several valid points, including that guys will try and out perform each other where sports are concerned and that the space shuttle is the ultimate guy toy. My question is why do only guys play with all the neat toys? Part of the answer to this question might be that men are encouraged to play with hi-tech toys while girls are given a Barbi doll or a

  • Exploring Different Types of Video Games

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    Video games in today’s society have become very popular. Every new game that comes out to be played and conquered by the average gamer has its own category. There are several other types of genres of games that people play but because of big hit titles and the new popular game systems like the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, people become more interested in a game that is well known than a game they have never even heard of before. Every game has its own storyline and own way of how it unfolds and where

  • Another Voice In Frankenstein

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    Shelley is said to be representing her own views through the voice of the monster created by Victor Frankenstein. But what exactly are Shelley’s views? So many have taken apart this novel, analyzing it beyond all bounds, and yet it still remains a puzzle to most, as to what message Shelley tries to give to the reader. Perhaps this quandary is the direct result of this over-analysis. What if we are looking too carefully? If we were to take a step back, we should see that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein