Vine College Essays Samples For Students

Introduction

Superheroes are characters that have superhuman mental and physical capabilities which surpass normal humans’. Superheroes usually use their extraordinary power to quell evil and defend the powerless in the society. These super characters are common in fictional narratives and movies in which they emerge as the heroes against the villains. In such settings, superheroes are the main characters. Common superheroes in movies include Superman, Batman and the Spiderman. This writer takes Superman as his hero in life, owing to the character’s depiction of power and strong moral beliefs evident in his activities in the movie “Superman”. Towards this end, ...

Social media is a form of communication that achieved through the use of an information technology know a social network. A social network is an internet website that allows users to create a personal or organizational profile that other users can interact with or that can be used by the creator to interact with other users. User interaction is generally achieved by either posting content in text, image, video or audio format to one’s profile or commenting on the content that has been posted by other users.
In addition, to allowing people to communicate with others, social media ...

Sakuntala: Symbolism in the Allusion to Plant Life

In Sakuntala, Act I, background of the scene was fully colored by nature and it was decorated with fresh flowers and cute creepers. The King Dushyant tried to kill a male deer that was stopped by a hermit and his team. Then, he changed his way to visit the hermit’s daughter who was taking care of the living and nonliving things in the hermit’s forest. He could see green groves, fully-grown grains, lovely birds, and blossoming flowers that show his future that he is going to meet such a wonderful and pleasant natured lovable girl who would be his wife ...

ine is a top free app in the app store that allows users to share and watch a six-second video over Facebook, Twitter and the app itself. It was launched by the twitter group and has the vine.co domain. Its name originated from the word Vignette which means “short highly impressionable scene,” it can also mean photo filter. The application is supported by both the android and iOS platforms. The app has a detailed tutorial on how to create the short videos of up to six seconds.

With the apples no adult content rule, the Vine has almost had the ...

Analysis / The Disney Cinderella as a modern feminist tale

Disney Cinderella movies are the favorite tale of children all over the world. However, studying the history of these films, it is possible to notice the changes between their gender stereotypes. Each subsequent film depicts an increasingly feminist history of poor Cinderella, who despite everything, continues to believe in a miracle.
Charles Perrault's Cinderella was created to represent the post-war America a good poor girl, who with the help of her faith became a rich and happy princess. Unlike all the previous versions of Cinderella, in 2015 the happiness of the contemporary wretched girl depends not only on the ...

E-Business Strategy: Model Characteristics

The case for e-business cannot be overemphasized. In order for companies to perform sustainably in current business ecosystem, key characteristics are required for an integrated strategy. Further, an independent (but integrated) e-business strategy should be in place in order to manage products and/or service more effectively across different online and offline platforms and channels. For current purposes, focus is laid on key characteristics for an e-business strategy.
Notably, an effective e-business strategy should cover main areas, namely: micro-targeting, personalization, content innovation, customized browsing experience, channel integration and investment in mobile (Evans). By identifying specific niche markets in an online ...

Western Civilization

The Prince represents a different humanist approach to the art of governing, compared to the idea of government based on the divine authority and Catholic dogma. The Prince is an indication of the fact that the sovereignty and the sole authority should belong to the Prince in order to determine the state aspects, and for putting the policy in effect that would later serve his self interests. These interests meant to gain, maintain, and expand his political authority and power, while in case of the divine authority and Catholic Dogma the power and authority should be exercised in a way that ...

The British colonial government enacted various Acts in thirteen different colonial frontiers in America with the aim of raising revenues. Some of these Acts included the Stamp Act, Sugar Act and Townshend Act. However, these developments were never invited by most of the regions colonized as they resented the taxation without representation. Matters got worse in Boston after the formation of Boston Tea Party. With the increased threat Boston was posing on the British colonial rule, King George of Britain ordered that the region be placed under a tight military scrutiny. In 1774, Boston’s city harbor was shut ...

In the history during the Paleolithic era, the arrow and the bow were invented for many reasons. The primary reasons were to hunt and for protection. The arrowhead was made of strong stones, which would pierce into the animal’s body without an easy break. The arrowheads were discovered 10000 years ago from the ancient art. In the Europe, the north of Hamburg, Germany they were considered as an artifact. However, later on, they were utilized in sports, fights and hunting. The invention of arrowhead and bows in Europe led to many inventions and discoveries all over the world. ...

A pricing strategy used by the businesses to charge a different price to each customer for the same product or service is known as the price discrimination. Technology has raised the level of awareness for the consumers and also eased up their lives by giving them direct access to everything (Conitzer & Taylor et al., 2010). Computer and internet has earlier been perceived as the friends of a consumer as it eases the shopping and lowers the price. But recently it has been discovered that online shopping is actually triggering the price discrimination and hurting the customers in general.

The online ...

The Promotion of Mixed Income Neighborhoods in Hollywood, California

Chapter I:
Introduction
The facts are impossible to ignore: focusing on places, health and walkability requires increased public transit infrastructure, which creates new jobs, enlivens neighborhoods, creates local business opportunities and connects communities, both vulnerable and thriving, to vital amenities and resources. (Raphael &Espiau, 2010, par. 9)
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a neighborhood development plan focusing on easy access to major transit stops. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) defined TOD during the 1990s when undertaking a project consisting of initiatives to promote livable communities: “Transit-oriented communities are characterized by design and development patterns that are conducive to the ...

February 28

Special Delivery
Taylor, Larry
Manager Custom Woods, Inc
897 RockStar Lane

Durham, NC 34508

Julie Chen
Dear Madam,
I read your letter of complain about the wrong sizes of the oak French doors that you had recently ordered for a client. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused and the extra cost you had to undergo. According to the recorded information, the measurements taken in were eleven feet, and four inches and not eleven and eight inches as you claim. There could have been wrong recording of information, but for the last four years, our company has not ...

Ethnocentrism–The case of the “Iron Chief”

Ethnocentrism is a sociological term used to describe human behaviours in different cultural and social settings. Global scholars have defined the concept ethnocentrism as the act of judging other people’s culture by the standards and values of one popular cultural practice (John, 2008). The effect of ethnocentrism is mostly experienced by employees in modern multinational corporations especially those that have adopted cultural diversity (Salter, 2002). The knowledge on the affects of ethnocentrism on individual, societies, and multinational corporations are therefore critical in understanding behaviours and activities in modern complicated society.
The Japanese television show, the “Iron Chief” presents a ...

Jesus used seven metaphorical ‘I am’ statements in revealing whom he was in the gospel of John, which corresponded to details regarding the circumstances of his birth and miracles. The book of John describes the seven of thirty five miracles, which are recorded in four counts. John considered the seven miracles in making people believe that Jesus was the son of God and the Christ. In believing that Jesus was the son of God, people would develop faith in him, which would bring life into them. During his ministry, Jesus performed numerous miracles, which illustrated that he was the ...

Pepper is termed the “King of Spices.” It comes from the fruit of the flowering vine, Piper nigrum which originated in forests of southwest India on the Malabar coast (The Epicentre, n.d.). This vine grows best on rich, flat or gently sloping farmlands at an elevation of 1500 feet mean sea level or more. It requires a constant hot climate with regular rainfall of at least 100 inches per year. Production of pepper today is primarily from India, Brazil, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China, although it is cultivated in other areas of the world as well (International Pepper ...