Slice Essays

  • A Slice Of Life

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    A Slice of Life Thump!Thump! There was a loud noise at the door, "Alright hold on, I'm coming." Tim yelled. Tim was in his early twenties, he had a blue mowhawk, always dressed shabby, and addicted to heroin. Tim walked to the door and opened it, "Yes." he said sarcastically. The man at the door asked if Gwen was home, "Are you Gwen's new boyfriend" Tim asked him. "Yes I am, my name is Tony" he replied. "Nice to meet you" Tim said. "No, Gwen is not here right now. I think she is still trying to

  • How the Concentration of the Substrate Affects the Reaction in the Catalase Inside Potato Cells

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    O2 particle is added. Prediction As the levels of H2O2 increase, gas is produced faster and in a greater quantity. This means that the height of the froth will increase. The froth is produced due to the gas as it bubbles from the potato slice. This gas is given off as a waste product from the reaction where H2O2 (substrate) breaks down the enzymes in the potato. If I were to roughly plot a graph for the reaction, it would look like this, [IMAGE] The graph shows that as the concentration

  • Advertising Kill Bill

    574 Words  | 2 Pages

    Advertising Kill Bill Explosive entertainment any way you slice it! This is how the magazine ad for the movie Kill Bill starts off. In the advertisement they have different pictures from the movie of sword fighting and also characters in the film. Also the advertisement’s background is blood red. As soon as you look at it you can tell that this movie is an intense action film. The Kill Bill magazine advertisement accomplishes its purpose very well by its eight person sword fight picture

  • Kite Runner

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    they'll call him "one-eyed Assef." Before the daunted bully backs off he warns them that he will have his revenge. Assef's vow comes true during the day of Amir's favorite sport: "kite fighting". In this sport, children fly their kites and try to "slice" each other's kite. Amir wins the tournament, and Baba's praise, with his kite the last one flying, but when Hassan goes to fetch the last cut kite, a great trophy, Assef and two henchmen are there instead. Hassan tries to protect Amir's kite, but

  • Al Capones Pizza

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    them its unbelievable. I’m sorry to say I haven’t tried out many of their toppings because I’m a very picky eater. The thing that is special about this pizzeria is that they only offer you pizza pies. They sell nothing else; you can’t even get a slice there, its just either a small, medium, or large pie. Some may be discouraged about this, but the thing that makes this place very unique is how they have over 50 different combinations of toppings for your pizza pie. From anchovies to zucchini, you

  • Skin Grafting

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    age we possess two major means by which to transplant skin: split-thickness skin grafting and full-thickness skin grafting. In split-thickness skin grafts, the skin graft includes only the epidermis and a portion of the dermis. The thickness of the slice can be broken down further into a thin layer (.008-.012 mm), a medium layer (.012-.018 mm), and a thick layer (.018-.030 mm). This type of skin grafting is used primarily when cosmesis, or, the concern for the appearance of the patient, is not a key

  • The Concept of Honor in Henry IV, Part One

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    Shakespeare’s talent as both a writer and a poet lead to his gift for character development, down to the last detail. Henry IV, Part One contains a variety of deep characters, two of which play key roles in the evolution of the concept of honor in the play. Falstaff and Hotspur symbolize opposing viewpoints concerning the main theme of the play – honor. At the time the play was written, honor was defined as “the special virtues which distinguish those of the nobility in the exercise of their vocation–gallantry

  • Medieval Ballad vs. Modern Interpretation in Get Up and Bar the Door

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    Medieval Ballad vs. Modern Interpretation in Get Up and Bar the Door An often used literary form in Medieval English literature was the folk ballad, an example of which is "Get Up and Bar the Door." A typical ballad is humorous, its author is unknown, and it focuses on one subject. This subject and the events of the story are conveyed both by the words written and those implied. The implied thoughts are conveyed and emphasized using a variety of literary techniques such as symbolism, repetition

  • My Eating Disorder - I Had a Problem with Food

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    listening at the door would be fooled and actually think I was in the shower. I used to vomit in the shower, pushing the chunks of food and bright colored foamy mucus down the drain, but one night, in my hurry to clean up, I had not been able to push a slice of pickle down the drain grates and my mother found it. Pickles, raw vegetables, and spaghetti were the hardest foods to fit down the drain. As I basked in the hazy afterglow of my purge I tasted the blood, sweet and thick as it trickled down my

  • Is Jay Gatsby Tragic?

    666 Words  | 2 Pages

    oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulp less halves… By seven o’clock the orchestra has arrived. No thin five piece affair, but a whole pit full of oboes and trombones and saxophones and violas and…” These examples are only a little slice of the essentials for a “Gatsby” party. All of this excessiveness is way beyond rational, and reason. Another example of his excessive parties is the fact that people would be so trashed that in one event, a couple guests are in a car accident and

  • Star Wars Vs. Star Trek

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    general concepts, themes, and motives. First of all, the technology of Star Trek and Star Wars hold some similarities, but mostly differences. Star Wars has the superior weaponry. Star Wars has lightsabers (highly dignified glowing swords that slice titanium doors like nuclear powered chainsaws), laser blasters, planet destroying canons, and mystical energy called “the force.” In Star Wars, most ships are capable of light speed, which can move their ships to different galaxies in seconds. Radically

  • The Character of Brutus in Julius Caesar

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    was even going to tell her about the plot against Caesar. "You are my true and honorable wife, As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart" ( II, i, 289-290) She cared very much for him. She was willing to slice her thigh open just to prove her loyalty and trustworthiness to her noble husband. He also cared very deeply about his wife and he loved her very dearly. "O ye gods, render me worthy of this noble wife!" ( II, i, 303-304)

  • Literary Analysis of ?The Grandfather? by Gary Soto

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    life would be like when living in a Hispanic community. Soto is able to do this with a naturalistic writing style, writing in a simple style, and using his real life experiences as a basis. Naturalism is a writing style in which the writer takes a slice of life and makes it last forever. In “The Grandfather” Soto uses a naturalistic style of writing. In his writing Soto contemplates over everyday life such as marriage, parenthood, friendship, or making a living (Fields 284). In “The Grandfather”,

  • Orlando-Conforming to Society

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    like his father and grandfather had done. As soon as the story opens Orlando is described as a boy at the age of sixteen that would “steal away from his mother and the peacocks in the garden and go to his attic room and there lunge and plunge and slice the air with his blade” (page 13, Woolf). When a boy usually hit the age of sixteen he would have already been called a man for some time, however Orlando seems to be shielded from the average duties of a young man. As he is left behind with his mother

  • Mad TV: The Impact of Televised Violence on America

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    shopping mall, that it’s the biggest event since Bert told Ernie he snores too loud--the violence seen on TV seems like a logical reaction to life’s problems. And that’s a problem within itself. The impact of televised violence on children is only a slice of the pie that is the problem with the endless stream of violent acts on TV. The controversy over whether or not violence portrayed on television actually affects children or not has been playing itself out for nearly three decades. When some of

  • Honor in Henry IV, Part One

    2377 Words  | 5 Pages

    Honor in Henry IV, Part One In Henry IV, Part One Shakespeare revels in the opportunity to suggest the idiosyncracy of character through his command of a wide range of both verse and prose. As a result the play is full of rich and different character parts (Wells 141). Two in particular, Falstaff and Hotspur, hold diverse beliefs concerning the main theme of the drama, honor. In Shakespeare’s time, honor was defined as the special virtues which distinguish those of the nobility in the exercise

  • Camping – My Only Refuge

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    says "No." I gather together the assignments that kept me up well past the change of day and hope they are as good as they seemed at 3:45 a.m. My stomach rumbles with indigestion from the 2 a.m. pepperoni and olive pizza. I grab a stale but clammy slice from the card board box on the floor and head out the door. This is the start that propels me into my day. By 7:30 am I am roaming the streets, video camera in hand, searching for the latest news. It is my job to pry into miserable people's lives

  • How to Work at Subway

    662 Words  | 2 Pages

    hoagie is finding out what type of bread the customer wants (typically white or wheat). Next, the employee must ask how large the loaf will be (six or twelve inches). After the initial bread information is gathered, one may commence cutting. Simply slice the entire length of the bread, but do not cut all the way through, to create a hinge effect. The entrée is then ready to be dressed. There is a specific order to the ingredients placed on a Subway sub, which must be adhered to unless the customer

  • Three Strike Laws

    1735 Words  | 4 Pages

    to reduce the sentence is by assisting the authorities in further convictions of others. In California, a man was sentenced under the three-strike laws for theft because he had two prior convictions for robbery and attempted robbery. Therefore, the slice of pizza he stole got him 25 years to life in prison (Lungren Trumpets ‘Three Strikes’ Law). Many argue that these laws are unfair and used to profile African Americans and inner-city minorities, primarily due to the sentencing difference in rock and

  • Elusive Perfection in Wilson's Fences

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    The play, 'Fences', presents a slice of life in a black tenement and is set in the late 1950's, through 1965.  The main character, Troy Maxson, is a garbage collector.  Throughout the play he rebels and frustrates as he struggles for fairness in a society which seems to offer none.  His actions and behavior towards his family can be interpreted by a reader as those of a violent and bad father.  However, soon one notices that beneath a mask of cruelty and toughness there is an individual who takes