Smoke Essays

  • The Meaning of Smoke

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    The Meaning of Smoke Sometimes people feel that things are better left unsaid. Such is the case in Chris Avellone's, smoke, which tells the story of two friends who have a good relationship until one speaks the truth that both had been hiding. The smoke in the essay can be looked at as a veil that is concealing the true feelings of the two characters. The setting, which is in a smoke filled bar, can be looked at as a secret hide away that the two friends go to. It is when Kyle starts to bring

  • Smoke Signals

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    People mistake the Indian culture for living in T-Ps and going to powwows and always being drunk. But Smoke Signals really shows how the Indian culture really is. It includes how their culture is different from the white man but the stereo types that people put out for Indians are really inaccurate. Victor and Thomas not only take us on this interesting adventure to see his dad but they show us all of the Indian stereo types. Victor wasn’t anything like Thomas, Victor was a warrior, and Thomas was

  • SMOKE CITY: A STORY OF REDEMPTION

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    resources; central access by water, rail and road; and integral to the key to the creation of a nation; Pittsburgh knew days when no vegetation grew from the soil and the sky was permanent midnight twenty four hours a day. That was life in the monikered “Smoke City” until citizens and businesses took fate into their own hands and cleaned themselves up. Their struggle endured hardship and death, but the residents of Pittsburgh found themselves after two hundred years of darkness living in one of the cleanest

  • The Smoke Signals Forgiveness

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    The Smoke Signals Forgiveness Smoke Signals, written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre, begins on July 4, 1976 on the Coeur d’ Alene Reservation. Arnold Joseph (Gary Farmer), drunk while celebrating the "independence", lit off a firework and set the Builds-the-Fire residence on fire, killing the parents of Thomas Builds-the Fire. Many people were already asleep in the house when the fire started, so no one saw Arnold’s mistake, which he kept a secret from the whole reservation. Both

  • Summer and Smoke

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    Summer and Smoke Mr. Thomas Williams (Tennessee,) was born in Columbus, Mississippi to Cornelius Coffin and Edwina Dankin Williams, March 26 1911. Thomas' family moves to Missouri in 1918, and between the years of 1929 and 1939 Tennessee attends three different universities. After having written his first Blanche DuBois scene, from A Streetcar named Desire, in December of 1944, he took a few months break and wrote his first draft of Summer and Smoke. As a result, the character Alma is seen

  • Second Hand Smoke

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    Second Hand Smoke Second Hand Smoke In the 1950's and 60's scientists gave the people a lot of evidence on the deadly effects of smoking where the tobacco companies on the other hand tried to put the doubt in people’s minds through the campaigns to show that it is not all true. By the time people actually decided to take care of their health and finally saw how life-threatening smoking could be by real life examples, the tobacco companies already got rich from its sales. Nowadays, nobody doubts

  • Secondhand Smoke and Cancer

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    Second hand smoke is a cause of cancer. Data: Newspapers 1.     "When these new data for cervical cancer are considered in light of similar results from previously published studies, our      findings suggest that passive smoking may be firmly linked with cervical cancer," wrote lead author Anthony J. Alberg. "Our      study of two large cohorts found that women who lived with smokers had a percent or greater risk of developing cervical      neoplasia." excerpt from Second hand smoke, cervical

  • Smoke Signals by Sherman Alexie

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    Smoke Signals by Sherman Alexie Smoke Signals is a movie written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre that deals with many social issues in modern Native American cultures. The film follows the journey of two Coeur d’Alene Indians, Victor and Thomas, as they travel from their reservation in Oregon to Phoenix, AZ in order to gather the personal artifacts of Victor’s father who has recently died. Along the way, Thomas helps Victor to understand and forgive his father, who left the family

  • Why We Need A Smoke Alarm Essay

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    HEAR THE BEEP WHERE YOU SLEEP; EVERY BEDROOM NEEDS A WORKING SMOKE ALARM Have you ever wondered the need for a smoke alarm in the bedroom? Smoke alarms alert you of a fire in your home. America's fire death rate is one of the highest per capita in the industrialized world. Fire kills approximately 3,000 and injures approximately 20,000 people each year. The majority of deaths are in homes without a working smoke alarm. A smoke alarm greatly reduces your chances of dying in a fire. Firefighters

  • Marshal Dylan: A Typical Law Man in Gun Smoke

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    There are many characteristics that become standard for the typical "law man." However while listening to a few episodes of Gun Smoke the characteristics of a law man is very well distinguished. The typical law man portrays a character all of his own differing from that of anybody else. In the episodes of Gun Smoke, Matt Dylan is the Marshal of Dodge City, Kansas. Through the character of Marshal Dylan the idea of the law man is portrayed. Dylan seems to act out the part of Marshall in three different

  • A Comparison Of True Diary And Smoke Signals

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    Absolutely True Diary Of A Part Time Indian and Smoke Signals by Sherman Alexie, the main characters struggle with finding themselves. They spend most of the story going on a journey to find who they really are. Both of these stories are very similar, but also have many differences. True Diary and Smoke Signals are similar but different in characters, plot, and theme. True Diary and Smoke Signals are similar but different in characters. Victor from Smoke Signals and Junior from True Diary both need

  • Comparing the Personality of Matt Dillon throughout Three Episodes of Gun Smoke

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    In this essay I am going to compare the personality of Matt Dillon throughout three episodes of Gun Smoke. Matt Dillon is the sheriff of Dodge City and throughout these three episodes, with the help of this trustee companion Chester (The Deputy), he is able maintain the law and keep peace in the turbulent town of Dodge City. Matt Dillon right from the start of "Loch invar" demonstrates that he has a rough hard personality. With his harsh quick responses to whomever he meets, to some extent makes

  • Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time Indian 'And Smoke Signals'

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    September 2015 Emphasis on Topics The novel The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian and the movie Smoke Signals both originated from the mind of a man named Sherman Alexie. The novel and the movie have some similarities, but each similarity has a subtle difference. Some subtle differences between the topics in the novel The Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian, and the movie Smoke Signals is the emphasis the author puts on each of the topics. There are a few topics that are shown in

  • Analysis of Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Smoke Signals

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    Analysis of Sherman Alexie's 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven' and 'Smoke Signals' Sherman Alexie based on some short stories included in his book, 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,' wrote the screenplay for the movie 'Smoke Signals.' Both the movie and the book portray problems that Indians had to deal with, and how they dealt with it. The book is far more complex than the movie, showing a wider variation of characters facing different situations. In the movie

  • Human Behaviors in Fires

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    and visibility of exit doors and signs. According to Fire enthusiast, the major contributing factors that leads to a tragic evacuation is lack of sufficient exits for the population, lack of direction for egress, lack of fire walls, fire doors and smoke doors and not having an evacuation plan. This should be a topic of concern, because many people die each year in house fires or industrial fires due to the lack of an evacuation plan, so when a fire outbreaks, the occupant is psychologically and physically

  • Marijuana Should Not Be Legalized In Canada

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    What is Marijuana? According to, “What is Marijuana?” (2005), it explains marijuana is the commonest drug in the world, which is often called weed and pot. Also, people will get excitement when they smoke marijuana, but it is a dangerous drug because there has a chemical in marijuana called tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that can change people’s feeling and see something in different ways. Many think that marijuana should be legalized; however, should marijuana become legitimate in Canada? This topic

  • Marijuana vs. Cigarettes: Why is one legal?

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    all Americans have heard about. Man untrue ideas have been spread about both products. Marijuana is not legal and it may not be as harmful as cigarettes. Marijuana is less harmful to the brain, body, and environment than cigarettes. When someone smokes a cigarette they say they feel a sensation all over their body. Users may experience different feelings. Many people say it creates a relaxing feeling all over the body, some say it helps to clear their head, and some say they like the taste of the

  • Dipping Research Paper

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    while walking around or even in class. Throughout buildings on campus there are signs above water fountains asking students not to put dip spit down the drain since it will clog the drain. While Ole Miss is a smoke free campus, it isn't a tobacco free campus. Meaning that students who smoke will get a citation if caught not ones who dip. “It is hard to enforce the ban, we rely on UPD but they can not catch everyone smoking,” said Erin Murphy Cromeans the assistant director for Health Promotion

  • Marijuana Can Change A Person's Life

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    Marijuana means a lot of things to a lot of different people: addicting,life saver,fun,relaxing but most of the time people who smoke it don't ever think dangerous or life threatening. But the harsh reality is that marijuana isn't all fun and games it's a powerful drug that can change people's lives drastically. Cannabis is derived from the cannabis plant (cannabis sativa). It grows wild in many of the tropical and temperate areas of the world. It can be grown in almost any climate. Cannabis is

  • Staying Focused

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    lights and go to sleep. When the Smoke Signal representatives came into the classroom and talked about joining Journalism, I wasn’t exactly intrigued by the notion of giving up an AP course to write articles. I didn’t give it a second thought until I was talking to my English teacher Mr. Rath about applying for summer programs. I had to submit a written work to the summer program so I was asking him for a unit test he had collected. He asked me if it was for the Smoke Signal application. I hesitated