Autobiography Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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Experiences of Slavery in the Autobiography, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann Jacobs (1539 words, 5 pages)

The life of an American slave in the 1800s was far from easy appalling acts of inequality, intolerance, and violence occurred daily, as was the norm during the eras society in certain regions. Harriet Jacobs narrated her real life experiences growing up as a slave in Incidents in the Life ... Read More

The Living Conditions and Life as a Concentration Camp Prisoner in the Book, Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi (1182 words, 4 pages)

In Survival in Auschwitz, Primo Levi shed light on the horrendous reality of life as a concentration camp prisoner. The conditions described in the concentration camps and the treatments given to the prisoners were outrageously sickening. As I read the narrative, I questioned how anyone in that situation had the ... Read More

A Biography of Sarah Margaret Fuller (1141 words, 2 pages)

Margaret Fuller Bluestocking, Romantic, Revolutionaryby Ellen Wilson1810-1850Published by William E. WilsonCopyright 1977 Ryerson Ltd.., Toronto, 1977 Sarah Margaret Fuller lived an extremely detailed life. She experienced manydifficult occurrences that would have made many think life too difficult. But, no matterhow many events made her feel like a failure and never ... Read More

Surviving Treblinka (1231 words, 2 pages)

Surviving Treblinka The book, Surviving Treblinka, describes a miraculous story of one man s struggle to remain alive through each coming day and his escape from Germany s killing machine. Samuel Willenberg is one of a very small group of people, who have lived to tell about their horrific experiences ... Read More

An Analysis of Invisible Man by Lawrence Otis Graham (1972 words, 3 pages)

Paper 1 Invisible Man This paper will discuss the concepts of master status determining characteristics, stratification, and hierarchy in regard to Invisible Man, an autobiographical text written by Lawrence Otis Graham. He wrote about his experiences as a successful black lawyer posing as a busboy in an attempt to understand ... Read More

The Theme of Violence in Geina Mhlope’s It’s Quiet Now (327 words, 1 pages)

Critical Analysis of Its Quiet NowIn Its Quiet now by Geina Mhlope a person witnesses the harshness of apartheid. Through the events of this book the author reveals the violence and problems that come along with apartheid. Geina Mhlope uses man verses man conflict to show the violence and troubles ... Read More

A Story of a Jewish Man in a Concentration Camp in Night by Elie Weisel (790 words, 2 pages)

NightDuring World War II a man named Adolph Hitler came into power. He led campaigns blaming the Jews for Germanys post-War World War I depression. The German people embraced this standpoint. Hitler had come upon a hypothesis called, The Final Solution. By the time the Allies had defeated Germany (in ... Read More

The Life of Slaves Represented in Literary Works (1642 words, 2 pages)

Imagine, if you will, rising earlier than the sun, eating a mere snack- lacking essentially all nutritional value - and trekking miles to toil in the unforgiving climate of the southern states, and laboring until the sun once again slipped under the horizon. Clad only in the rags your master ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Ben Hampers Book Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly (1688 words, 9 pages)

IntroductionBen Hampers book Rivethead Tales From The AssemblyLine is a gritty in your face account of a factory workersstruggles against his factory, his co-workers, and the timeclock. Hamper makes no apologies for any of his actions,many of which were unorthodox or illegal. Instead hejustifies them in a way that makes ... Read More

An Analysis of Providence in Candide by Voltaire and Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi (1825 words, 3 pages)

Sarah FisherProf. Van LiereHistory 102 J12 May 1999The Role of Providence in Candide and Survival in AuschwitzProvidence is a main theme in Candide, by Voltaire, and Survival in Auschwitz, by Primo Levi. The word providence literally means foresight, but is generally used to denote Gods preserving and governing all things ... Read More

A Review of the Autobiography “Black Boy” About Richard Wright’s Life (1133 words, 2 pages)

Black Boy is an autobiography about Richard Wrights life, and his struggle for freedom. Throughout this book, Richard strives to find a model of manhood to emulate, but ultimately fails. Richard fails in finding manhood to emulate in his father. In the beginning of the book Richards father leaves his ... Read More

A Biography of Paul Verleine (346 words, 2 pages)

Autobiography of Paul Verleine Paul Verleine, was born in 1844, in Metz, at 2, Rue Haute Pierre, opposite the trainingschool for officers in the engineers and artillery. Until later, he knew how to spell. He went to a small school in Rueauz. Verleine had a very hard and strict childhood. ... Read More

A Recollection of Olaudah Equiano’s Childhood and Kidnapping (310 words, 1 pages)

Olaudah Equiano was kiddnapped from his Afrincan village at the age of eleven, shipped through the Middle Passage of the Atlantic Ocean, and brought to the West indies and sold to a Virginia plantert. He was later bought by British naval Officer, Captain Pascal, as a present for hios cousins ... Read More

An Analysis of the Writing Styles of Mary Rowlandson (479 words, 1 pages)

Mary Rowlandson wrote a narrative about hardships she faced during her captivity, in a journal. Despite her suffering she thanked God for her life and his mercy. Rowlandson wrote during the colonial period and is an example of a puritan writer for many reasons. As a typical Puritan writer would, ... Read More

An Experience in Racism in Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall (1755 words, 3 pages)

American Racism SocietyIn Nathan McCalls Makes Me Wanna Holler, he describes the difficulties he must face as a young black boy experiencing the slow, never-ending process of the integration of blacks and whites. Through this process, his autobiography serves as an excellent example of my theory on the formation and ... Read More

An Analysis of Dori Laub’s Concept of Collapse Witnessing (2627 words, 4 pages)

Mary Rowlandson and St. TeresaAnalyzed Through Dori Laubs Collapse of WitnessingDori Laub, author of, Testimony Crises of Witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis, and History, discusses a concept of missed experiences referred to as the collapse of witnessing. The collapse of witnessing is the idea that a person can witness an event ... Read More

A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Rawlandson (1693 words, 2 pages)

A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonIn A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, Mary Rowlandson, a Puritan mother from Lancaster, Massachusetts, recounts the invasion of her town by Indians in 1676 during King Philips War, when the Indians attempted to regain ... Read More

An Analysis of the Holocaust in Night (1553 words, 2 pages)

There is a Jewish tradition, honored by the survivors of the Holocaust, to respect the memory of the dead by letting them rest in silence. However, to not talk about the sickening events of the Holocaust is disrespectful to the millions of Jewish people who fell victim to the Nazi ... Read More

Gender Stereotyping and Sexism in Chinese Culture in the Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston (633 words, 1 pages)

In her autobiography, The Woman Warrior, Maxine talks-story about how she grew up surrounded by the Chinese culture but went to American schools. How her mother told her stories of herself as a shaman and of Fa Mu Lan when Maxine brought home good grades. How she was put down ... Read More

C. S. Lewis Lets the Readers in His Journey to Christianity (426 words, 2 pages)

In The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis uses autobiographical allusions in order to aid the reader in a better understanding of his conversion to Christianity. Throughout the entire novel, each character represents Lewis previous notions of Christ and Christianity (Alfred 1), and the people that aided in his understanding of ... Read More

The life Lessons Learnt by Mitch Aldom in Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (998 words, 3 pages)

Domenic BuonadonnaEnglish 101 T, ThDecember 2, 2000Thesis In the novel Tuesdays with Morrie, Mitch Aldom gains a new understanding on life's lessons taught by his old professor Morrie.I. The lesson on the second Tuesday in the novel is feeling sorry for oneself.II. The lesson on the fourth Tuesday is death.III. ... Read More

An In-depth Review of Joanne Greenberg’s “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” (709 words, 1 pages)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, by Joanne Greenberg, is a description of a sixteen-year-old girl's battle with schizophrenia, which lasts for three years. It is a semi-autobiographical account of the authors experiences in a mental hospital during her own bout with the illness. This novel is written to ... Read More

A Review of the Myths and Memoirs in Maxine Hong Kingston’s “The Woman Warrior” (1192 words, 2 pages)

Maxine Hong Kingstons The Woman Warrior is novel composed of myths and memoirs that have shaped her life. Her mothers talk-stories about her no name aunt, her own interpretation of Fa Mu Lan, the stories of ghosts in doom rooms and American culture have been the basis of her learning. ... Read More

A Analysis of the Images Used in Angela’s Ashes by Franck McCourt (668 words, 3 pages)

Angela's Ashes Informal Essay on Angelas Ashes Angelas Ashes is a moving book full of poverty, suffering, and death that shows that no matter how difficult things seem, the hard tines can always be overcome. Angela and Malachy McCourt, both Irish, were married in America after a passionate night together ... Read More

An Analysis of Amelia Earhart Gives a Brief Summary of Her Younger Days (417 words, 1 pages)

20hrs. 40 min.In 20 hrs. 40 min., (New York, Knickerbacker Press, 1928), Amelia Earhart gives a brief summary of her younger days, and then goes on to give a detailed story of her flight across the Atlantic.20 hrs. 40 min. opens with Amelia Earhart as a nurses aid in Toronto, ... Read More

A Review of A Thousand Days by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (967 words, 2 pages)

A Thousand Days, in so many wordsAny writer presented with the daunting task of chronicling such an emotional figure as John F. Kennedy, while being personally and professionally involved in his administration is bound to either fail miserably or succeed brilliantly. Schlesinger seems to have done both. While setting out ... Read More

An Analysis of Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes (1388 words, 2 pages)

Frank McCourts Angelas Ashes is a powerful and emotional memoir of his life from childhood through early adulthood. This book is a wonderfully inspired piece of work that emotionally attaches the reader through McCourts life experiences. Its effectiveness is primarily due to McCourts evolving innocent-eye narrative technique. He allows the ... Read More

Money Can Not Buy Happiness and Companionship (586 words, 1 pages)

Many people may think that money is the key to happiness, but Too Rich, written by Pony Duke and Jason Thomas proves this theory wrong. Doris Duke was one of the richest people in the world, in fact at her time, she was the richest woman in the world, but ... Read More

A Brief Biography of John Keegan and an Analysis of America’s Military in His Book “Fields of Battle: The Wars for North America” (2843 words, 4 pages)

Fields of BattleThe Wars for North AmericaJohn Keegan, the author of Fields of Battle The Wars for North America (334 pgs), is a very distinguished military historian. Keegan attended Oxford University, in England, his place of birth. He was Delmas Distinguished Professor of History at Vassar in fall 1997. He ... Read More

A Reading Report on Cleopatra by Don Nardo (1218 words, 2 pages)

II. SummaryAfter the completion of the book, it had let me to believe the book was written for the general audience. Although the author provided many resources, the information was taken from literature that was written during the time. Therefore, some of the quotes were biased either against or favored ... Read More

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