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Brandon Lee, 1996.
Life & career of martial arts film actor & son of Bruce Lee, focusing on his death filming "The Crow".
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 9 sources, $ 39.95
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" The untimely death of actor Brandon Lee would have been a major story under any circumstances--the death of an actor by accidental shooting during the filming of a movie is both rare and shocking and so would attract a good deal of attention. However, the death of Brandon Lee at the age of 28 created more of a stir than might otherwise have been the case because of his family history, with the sudden death of his father, Bruce Lee, when the latter had achieved international stardom at the age of 32, and because of the nature of the film he was shooting, a film about a hero who returns from the dead. The story was thus played up as if there were a curse on the Lee family and as if aspects of the movie being made had come to life, with the movie also being made out to have been unlucky from the beginning.
Brandon Lee was eight years old when his father died, and he.."
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General Robert E. Lee, 2005.
This paper describes the life of General Robert E. Lee, the great Southern general and military strategist.
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper explains that, although General Robert E. Lee is most often remembered as the man who opposed the end of slavery, he also played an important role in the Mexican-American War and the Reconstruction period and served as the superintendent of West Point and the president of Washington College (now known as Washington and Lee College). The author points out that Lee was the son of Light Horse Harry Lee, a famous military leader of the Revolutionary War. The paper relates that Robert E. Lee was arrested after the Civil War and indicted for treason; however, he was never tried. The paper states that, although Lee applied for a federal pardon in 1865, five years before his death, his application for restoration of citizenship was granted only in the 1970s.
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Childhood and the Need to Follow in the Footsteps of His Father
Lee's Time at West Point
His Military Training
His Marriage
The Time before the Civil War
The Choice to Defend Virginia
The War and Its Conclusion
Lee after the War
Lee's Death
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"Lee began his service to the Confederate States by doing vital staff work to plan the army's attacks. His plans for the battle of Manassas were totally successful; this represented the first major victory of the war for the Confederate States. This was a shock for the North. The North had planned on a victory bringing a quick end to the war. But, the victory went to the South. Although Lee was unable to attend the Battle of Manassas (also known as the Battle of Bull Run), his battle plans led to the Southern victory. The South won this battle in great part to Lee's great military experience and battle strategies."
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Shelley?s "Frankenstein" and Lee?s "To Kill a Mocking Bird", 2004.
This paper compares the writing styles of Mary Shelley?s "Frankenstein?" with Harper Lee?s "To Kill a Mocking Bird" to demonstrate the way both authors used language by taking different approaches.
1,520 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper explains that Harper Lee?s "To Kill a Mockingbird" is well-crafted, using language that suits the mind of child. The author points out that, in contrast to Lee?s style in "To Kill a Mocking Bird", Shelley has a more complex style of writing as demonstrated in her language use, sentence structure, and higher-level vocabulary. The paper shows that both Shelley and Lee make use of quotations; however, Lee?s descriptions of scenes and the metaphors she uses indicate a skill that she exhibits to a greater extent in her book.
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"Harper Lee?s descriptions in ?To Kill a Mockingbird? are quite plain as compared to those of Shelley?s. In her following words this fact is exemplified when she describes Maycomb as ?an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square?. The words that she has used here are direct and straightforward. They are easy to comprehend, even for school-aged children."
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Rosa Lee (Leon Dash), 2001.
Investigative report on effects of racism & poverty on Rosa Lee & her family, of Washington D.C. Focus is on Rosa Lee's impact, positive & negative, on her children, & factors that turned family to a life of crime & drugs. Discusses each chapter.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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" "Rosa Lee" written by Leon Dash, investigative reporter for The Washington Post, chronicles four years in the life of Rosa Lee Cunningham's poverty stricken family in Washington, D.C. It is, in essence, a list of events that occurred between the years of 1991 and 1994 to Rose Lee, the 52-year-old link between a rural generation of sharecroppers and the growing urban under-underclass who survive through their "street smarts." Rosa Lee exemplifies the fact that in America the cycle of abject poverty and violence is an endless and continual spiral downward.
Dash describes his chronicle as a "close-up look at the interrelationships among racism, poverty, illiteracy, drug use, and crime, and why these problems sometimes persist from generation to generation (Dash, 1997, p. 7)."
The book is a stark, frightening example of crime and drugs as a.."
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Robert E. Lee, 2005.
A look at the life of Robert E. Lee and his impact on American history.
1,476 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper presents a brief biographical account of Robert E. Lee's life and then takes a look at his military accomplishments and acumen. The paper considers how the Civil War would have been affected had Lee fought on the side of the North, discusses Lee's leadership of the Confederate Army, and examines how Lee's military career and life have had lasting impact on American history.
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"Robert E. Lee was a significant figure in history and his actions impacted history in many ways. Lee is considered to be among other things, a great solider. He was also an ideal strategist and his decisions did lead to implications that can be seen today. Perhaps the most significant of his actions was choosing to support the Confederates. For example, had he decided to side with the North, the Civil War might have lasted less than a year. In addition, Lee?s actions had a ripple effect on the Emancipation Proclamation as well as the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. His life is a constant reminder of how individuals can shape history. "
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Robert E. Lee, 2002.
A review of the life of Robert E. Lee, including his role in the Civil War.
810 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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A brief biography of Robert E. Lee, born in Stratford, Virginia, on January 19, 1807. The writer explores Lee's family background as well as his early entrance into military and political life. Lee was a staunch advocate of state?s rights and as such, resigned his commission from the United States Army and offered himself to the newly forming Confederate government and Jefferson Davis as a military advisor. The writer believes that Robert E. Lee was a great general who paid a high price for sticking to the principles he held most dear.
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"Lee worked in various assignments in the U.S. Army following his graduation from the Academy as an Army engineer. In 1845, the United States went to war with Mexico, and Lee, then a captain, was assigned to General Winfield Scott?s staff. Lee?s job was to map the terrain the U.S. Army would be marching into. Eventually he moved into military leadership roles, including leading soldiers into battle (Brasington, 2003). In addition to valuable combat skill, Lee served with other officers he would fight against during the War Between the States, including George Pickett and Ulysses S. Grant."
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Poem: John B. Lee's "Hockey Heart", 2008.
An analysis of John B. Lee's poem, "Hockey Heart".
1,810 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper explains that John B. Lee's poem, "Hockey Heart" reflects the Canadian spirit towards hockey, not simply as a sport for the nation, but as a way of life. The paper goes on to discuss the significance of the opening line of the poem, how Lee is able to capture the very personal relationship to hockey that each Canadian has even though it is an activity held dear by all Canadians, and the effective use of images in the poem. The paper concludes that Lee's poem "Hockey Heart" is like a national anthem, in that it is identifiable to those who had played and loved hockey.
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"Lee's hockey player however is the most committed boy of the bunch: he is "always the last to leave" a game. In each Canadian child hockey player's mind, they are the most passionate about the sport, and usually the most adept, committed player. However, Lee's hockey player is revealed here to be not only a committed player but the most romantic and dedicated one. The fact that he is the last to leave shows that he is the one who lags around after the game, reflecting on the game, his performance and his love of the sport."
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Edgar Allan Poe's Poem: "Annabel Lee", 2007.
This paper analyzes the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe and notes that the poem shows great symbolism with images and feelings of love and death.
1,030 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper explains that the most important part of Poe's poem, "Annabel Lee", is the speaker's love for Annabel Lee and how his love is unaffected by her death. The author points out that the word choice in this poem, which uses words that give the feeling of a medieval fairy tale story, is one of the greatest aspects of the entire work. The paper relates that the speaker describes many series of opposites throughout the entire poem, such as the idea from the beginning through the end that the speaker says they are in a "kingdom by the sea". The author concludes that "Annabel Lee" was not a religious prayer or any type of sermon; but rather, Poe wrote this poem with the knowledge that love will stay forever.
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"Many times throughout the poem the speaker tells about how heavenly beings and winged seraphs look down and how they wish they had the same love that the speaker and Annabel Lee share together. There is a possibility that these angels could have caused the death of Annabel Lee, or at least the speaker thinks this is a possibility. Many things such as jealousy could be explanations to why the angels, or devils, would have killed what was a great young relationship between two lovers. In the fifth stanza the speaker directly talks about these beings."
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General Robert E. Lee, 2002.
This paper discusses the history and reputation of General Robert E. Lee (1807-70).
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper states that more than any man in American history, General Robert E. Lee earned a simultaneous reputation as a hero and a traitor. The paper explains that Lee was a general who did not believe war was a solution to political problems, a hero of the secessionists and a born aristocrat who believed that the Union, despite its Jeffersonian ideals of democracy, should be kept intact. The author believes that, against his better practical instincts, Lee was forced to accept his state's (Virginia) decision to withdraw from the Union and the Confederacy's decision to pin its highest hopes on his skills as a military leader.
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"Lee was in Virginia and was not under active orders at the moment when Virginia finally decided to leave the Union. This also was the precise moment when Lincoln, via Francis P. Blair and Lee's military mentor General Winfield Scott, offered him command of the army that was being formed in response to the President's call to arms. It was agonizing for Lee to decide to leave the army he had served for thirty-two years, the tradition established by his father and other heroes of the Revolution, and follow his state on what he believed was an unwise course. Yet "he believed he had no other option". He resigned his commission with the army, and within a few days accepted command of the newly created "military and naval forces of Virginia".
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Spike Lee's Cinematic Style, 2002.
Explores Spike Lee's directorial style by comparing two of his films.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 71.95
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The films by director Spike Lee are not trivial, mindless films that require suspension of disbelief. His films provide the viewer with an insightful social commentary on contemporary race relations. This paper is an analysis of Spike Lee's directorial style. Lee's directorial style, stylistic tendencies, stories, and work as a whole are explored in this paper by comparing his films "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X".
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Robert Lee Frost's "The Road not Taken", 2008.
A analytical commentary on the thoughts of the author, Robert Lee Frost whilst writing his poem, "The Road not Taken".
929 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 33.95
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The paper is a review of the poem "The Road not Taken" by Robert Lee Frost and opens up by stating that one always questions one's decisions, wondering if a decision was the correct one and in fact what would have occurred had the alternative decision been taken. The paper relates that the poem reflects on life's choices and continues by giving the reader an outline of the poet's history and his origins. It is thought that the poem is a description of a walk that Robert Lee Frost undertook in the forest of Dymock.
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The man
The road not taken
Conclusion
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"Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco to Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott, Jr. in March 26, 1874. After his father's demise in 1886, he, his mother and sister moved to New England to be closer to his paternal grandparents who were living in Eastern Massachusetts. Frost married Elinor Miriam White in December of 1895. Looking for better pastures, Frost took his family to settle across the Atlantic in 1912 and settled in Beaconsfield, London. It was in this period of his life that Frost made the acquaintance of people who would eventually play a critical role in his literary career. Among them were the Dymock poet Edward Thomas, T. E. Hulme and Ezra Pound
It was in Frosts return to America in 1915 that his literary career truly took off. After Pound's review of his works, he gained acclaim particularly for the work he did while he was in England. He became a popular writer and lecturer while at the same time taught English at Amherst College and Bread Loaf School of English of Middlebury College in Ripton, Vermont. Aside from his literary work, Robert Lee Frost is also famous for the reading of the poem "The Gift Outright" on January 20, 1961 after the inaugural speech of President John F. Kennedy. He also influenced modern views on poetry that encouraged its public recitals and incorporation to other modern arts."
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?Lee: The Last Years?, 2005.
A discussion of this book written by Charles Bracelen Flood on the Confederate war hero, General Robert E. Lee.
700 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 24.95
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This paper discusses and reviews the book "Lee: The Last Years" by Charles Bracelen Flood. Flood's book looks at the final five years of Robert E. Lee's life after the American Civil War. It is a moving look about a man who gave so much to his people and yet always felt that he had given so little.
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"Lee was well respected, even by the Union troops, who he had once fought with before he resigned his commission and joined the Confederacy. Author Flood writes of a moving time just after the surrender at Appomattox, "When he realized that this was Lee leaving, he stopped and took off his hat. So did every other Union soldier in the yard" (Flood 13). Flood fills his book with emotional scenes like these, pulling the reader into the action and giving them a fuller idea of what Lee was really like, underneath the command and the power."
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Spike Lee, 2005.
A look at how Spike Lee uses New York as a theme in his movies.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper examines how director Spike Lee uses the city of New York as a theme in his movies as well as
a foundation for the visual structure of his movies. The paper examines Lees' films, "25th Hour" and "Do the Right Thing", and suggest that the New York serves as a "background character."
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"In his films, "25th Hour" and "Do the Right Thing", Spike Lee uses New York both as a theme and a foundation for the visual structure of the film. In both cases, Lee relies on the cosmopolitan mosaic of New York to dramatize a series of inter-connected characters much the way he seems to view New York as a place of interconnected characters. In the film, "25th Hour", Spike Lee uses New York as both background and character. Perhaps one could argue the city serves..."
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Film: Spike Lee's "Malcolm X", 2007.
This paper analyzes the significance of the interracial sexual relationship between black Malcolm and white Sophie, in Spike Lee's 1992 film "Malcolm X".
765 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that the interracial sexual relationship between black Malcolm and white Sophie, in Spike Lee's 1992 film "Malcolm X is striking in the context of the civil rights movement, which only recently had begun to make such liaisons relatively safe and acceptable, and the narrative of the film, in which it develops into a criminal partnership. The author points out that Spike Lee positions this relationship as a direct result of Malcolm's ambition and power and Sophie's desire to realize her sexual fantasies. The paper relates Malcolm's ability to roam sexually in the upper class testifies to his personal strength and ability to succeed, an important theme in the film. The author concludes that Malcolm's relationship with Sophie serves as a symbol of the liberation of the civil rights movement.
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"With the emergence of the Civil Rights movement, black/white relationships lost at least some of their taboo, and increasingly became public. Both blacks and whites expressed profound distrust of mysogenation. As Michele Wallace, a black woman growing up the time, bluntly put it: "Only the rejects crawl for white pussy." In "Malcolm X", Laura's jealousy and disapproval at Malcolm's relationship with Sophia exemplifies this attitude. Interestingly, both in the historical record and paralleled in the film, the sexuality of black women seems less important than that of black men during this time period."
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"Rosa Lee"--A Review, 2007.
A review of Leon Dash's "Rosa Lee: a Mother and Her Family in Urban America."
4,415 words (approx. 17.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 115.95
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This paper explores the relationship between Rosa Lee and her daughter, Patty as described in Leon Dash's ""Rosa Lee: a Mother and Her Family in Urban America." Like her mother, Patty is a heroin user as well as a prostitute. The paper traces the reasons for these choices that Patty made and how her relationship with her mother shaped her path. The paper additionally cites research articles which support the belief that the dynamics of family life may significantly contribute to addictive behavior. The reviewer concurs with author Dash by stating the only treatment that will lead to any success with Patty will involve both the use of medication--methadone, most likely--and the establishment of relationships with individuals who do not partake in the use of heroin and do not tolerate its use in her.
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" In many cases, and certainly in Patty's case, the dynamics of family life contribute most significantly to the subject's addictive behavior: "Even though its values are largely shaped by the surrounding subculture, the family plays an integral role in shaping the attitudes of its members toward drug abuse," (Schlaadt 12). Typically, family settings within which drug abuse is common or accepted facilitate the spread of that practice to other family members. This was clearly the case in Patty's introduction to heroin. Patty was first exposed to the drug by watching her brother and his girlfriend while hiding in his closet: "After Ronnie pushed the liquid into his vein, she watcher her brother's worried frown change into a look of pleasure. . . . Ronnie refused to inject her that day. But, Patty told me, 'I knew then, "Well, I'm gonna try that one day,"'" (Dash 186). One of the major problems with being introduced to such a serious drug at a young age is that the pain and suffering associated with growing-up in a drug abusing household does not simply end with childhood: "If these children survive, it follows them, particularly if they are girls, into their own adulthood. For example, many of these girls will, themselves, resort to substance abuse in adulthood," (Pagliaro 94). Depression is another major result of such a childhood. This effect can manifest itself in further drug use, or even in attempted suicide. "
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