English Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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The Maturation and Womanhood of Jane Eyre Written by Charlotte Bronte (1009 words, 3 pages)

The overriding theme of "Jane Eyre," is Jane's continual quest for love. Jane searches for love and acceptance through the five settings in which she lives Gateshead, Lowood, Thornfield, Moor House, and Ferndean. Through these viewpoints, the maturation and self-recognition of Jane becomes evident, as well as traceable. It is ... Read More

An Analysis of the Personifications in “The Lord of the Flies” by William Golding (1115 words, 2 pages)

Jack (and his tribe) represent anarchy. Jack did not have the integrity to keep the Beast at bay. He is the perpetrator of all three deaths that occur on the island and wishes to spend his time hunting (killing) instead of helping Ralph with rescue. Jack Merridew is a young ... Read More

Cultural and Identity Issues in Wayson Choy’s Novel The Jade Peony (1710 words, 2 pages)

Culture is an important part of any individual's identity. This is especially important when moving and adapting to the culture of a new country. Wayson Choy, in his novel The Jade Peony explores issues of culture through the eyes of four siblings. He defines Chinese culture in his book and ... Read More

An Analysis of “The Dead” by James Joyce (1093 words, 4 pages)

James Joyce's story "The Dead" has a tremendous impact on the readers, especially those who are familiar with the political situation in Ireland at the time about which the Joyce wrote the final story in Dubliners. In exploring the meaning of James Joyce's long short-story, "The Dead", there are many ... Read More

Life of a Photographer: A Personal Narrative (1249 words, 2 pages)

"Capturing the Perfect Picture" As I was looking through some magazines the other day, I thought to myself who takes all of these pictures of the stars and the newsworthy people. I wondered how much these photographers earned and the responsibilities that came along with their job. I became curious ... Read More

The Concept of Journey in Maestro, Stand by Me, The Tomorrow Series by John Marsden and the Book/Film Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra (1303 words, 2 pages)

Our unit of study Journey Challenge and Response, focussing on the book Maestro and the film Stand By Me has helped me to discover a variety of new insights into the topic of journey and to learn more about the different types of journeys, their outcomes and consequences. I have ... Read More

A Biography of the American Writer Jack Kerouac (831 words, 3 pages)

Jack Kerouac Born in the town of Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922, Jack Kerouac was born to Leo and Gabrielle Kerouac, a French-Canadian couple in which Jack didnt even learn to speak English until age 6, when he was enrolled in school. Jack Kerouac would aspire to be one of the ... Read More

The Love of Nature as Depicted in Jack London’s Call of the Wild (697 words, 2 pages)

Can one person fit into three very different categories? In Call of the Wild, by Jack London, London proves he is an emphatic naturalist. However, his knowledge of the areas in which the book is set and of the harsh realities of life show that he also appears to be ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Losing a Father (610 words, 1 pages)

A person who has impacted your life? I keep remembering odd things his love for cars, jokes he told at the dinner table, his subtle brand of sarcasism, the look in his eyes when he tlaked about my future. I knew college before I'd ever hear of high school, I ... Read More

Temporal and Transcendental Escape in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (565 words, 1 pages)

Macbeth has many examples where characters get to select either temporal way or transcendental way out of the situations they get in. Choosing the temporal way usually give them a short-time happiness, success even transcendental values like honoring and respecting from other people. But when they get old, having lost ... Read More

An Analysis of King Lear In “King Lear” by William Shakespeare (423 words, 1 pages)

King Lear King Lear is a tragedy unlike any other works written by William Shakespeare. This play focuses on so many aspects that the audience can relate with and it creates a bond between the characters and the audiences, especially with Cordelia. It shows what can happen when evil gains ... Read More

Criticism of the Romantic Ideology in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1793 words, 2 pages)

Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein is a critique of the romantic ideology from it's time. Even though there are elements of a celebration to be found within the text, ultimately the criticisms contained in the novel far outweigh the celebratory points thus sending the message across that the novel is a ... Read More

My Personal Opinion about Money Being Referred As “Root of Evil” (248 words, 1 pages)

Is money the route of all evil? In my own opinion on, in todays society people are starting for forget what real life is about, because so many peoples lives revolve around money. I have a hyposthesis that states that money is a good thing to have, and a bad ... Read More

Too Little Is Known about the Man We Know as Shakespeare (661 words, 1 pages)

Is Shakespeare Really Who We Think He Is? Was the man we know as Shakespeare really the author of the "Shakespearean Works"? We know little about the man called Shakespeare, Did he really write the plays, or is he just a man that got confused within history? (Sobran 44) There ... Read More

Hidden Messages and Symbolism in Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (997 words, 2 pages)

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is the epitome of oppression of the black race. It is the story of an educated black man who has been oppressed and dominated by whites all of his life. Within the covers of the book lie themes and episodes which support the idea that the ... Read More

An Analysis of Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour (1022 words, 2 pages)

Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour describes the mental processes and behavior of a woman upon discovering the recent news of her husband's death. This story points out the seriousness of some women's oppressive lives in the late 1800's with situational and dramatic irony concerning the life and death ... Read More

An Analysis of Characters In “Macbeth” by William Shakespeare (417 words, 1 pages)

'Is Macbeth a Thoroughly Representative Character?' Some critics may contend that Macbeth is not a thoroughly representative character, yet through a close observation and understanding of the drama, it can be seen that any rational human being, given the identical situation, would have undergone the exact thought process and taken ... Read More

Oedipus as the True Tragic Hero, Both Human and Fallible (568 words, 1 pages)

Is Oedipus The True Tragic Hero? Aristotle described tragedy in his poetics as "a man not preeminently virtuous and just, whose misfortune, however, is brought upon him not by vice or depravity, but by some error in judgment... the change in the hero's fortune must not be from misery to ... Read More

An Argument against Banning The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from Schools (551 words, 1 pages)

Mark Twain is an all American author. Many of his books have influenced American culture and have been passed from generation to generation. They never fail to bring up questionable topics or start interesting conversations. The banning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in schools would be preventing future generations ... Read More

Characters in Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air (822 words, 1 pages)

Reading Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, was an experience that made the reader feel as if he or she was actually climbing on Mount Everest in the Himalayan Mountains with Krakauer himself. He brought the reader into the story by making the reader feel like an extension of the ... Read More

A Personal Narrative on Learning How to Drive (485 words, 1 pages)

How I Learned To Drive First let me start off by saying that I have never seen a play presented in a black box theater. I thought that it was going to be just a little different from a "regular" theater, only in scale, but I was caught by surprise ... Read More

Different Kinds of Love in The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser (625 words, 2 pages)

Paper 2 As we have discussed in class, there are several different types of love. And in identifying the perils of inventing love in The Faerie Queen, many of these kinds of love can be related. In addition to the romantic love that Spencer and the Redcrosse Knight invent, one ... Read More

Intertextuality between Camus’ The Stranger and Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (604 words, 1 pages)

How can there be intertextuality between The Stranger and anything else within this universe? Camus would think it absurd! The mere idea that an absurdist novel could have a connection with something other than itself seems pure rebellion against its core philosophic principles. Can one not see the inescapable irony ... Read More

The Relationship between Culture and Literature in Vietnam (1402 words, 2 pages)

Throughout Vietnamese literature there are a few themes that are almost always present. Some of the themes are kindness, loyalty, and obedience. Vietnamese literature is the written manifestation of Vietnamese values and society. Throughout almost all of the literary work of Vietnam, this holds true, whether it be a myth, ... Read More

An Analysis of Hamlet Being Mad in “Hamlet” by William Shakespeare (1988 words, 4 pages)

Perhaps the world's most famous mental patient, Hamlet's sanity has been argued over by countless learned scholars for hundreds of years. As a mere student of advanced-level English Literature, I doubt I can add anything new to the debate in 2000 words, but I can look at the evidence supporting ... Read More

My Personal Insight about “Huck Finn” by Mark Twain on Being a Racist Novel (781 words, 2 pages)

Is Huck Finn a Racist Book? Controversial in death as he was in life, Mark Twain has been accused by some of being a "racist writer," whose writing is offensive to black readers, "Perpetuates cheap slave-era stereotypes, and deserves no place on today's bookshelves." I personally believe that no book ... Read More

The Use of Irony in Two Stories Written by Kate Chopins (933 words, 1 pages)

Irony of The Story of and Hour and Desirees Baby In the two stories that Kate Chopin wrote, The Story of an Hour and Desirees Baby, she uses irony though much of both stories. And the way she uses irony in both of these stories are quite similar. They both ... Read More

Forms of Irony in The Cask of Amontillado by By Edgar Allan Poe (1598 words, 3 pages)

Ironies Found in The Cask of Amontillado In the short story The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe writes in the first person point of view from the perspective of Montresor, the diabolic narrator of this tale, who vowed revenge against Fortunato. Montresor began to develop the perfect plan for ... Read More

Irony and Symbolism Shown in The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe (837 words, 1 pages)

Irony and Symbolism in The Cask of Amontillado In the short story "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe writes in first person point of view, from the perspective of Montresor, the narrator of this tale, who seeks revenge against Fortunato. Montresor began to develop the perfect plan for revenge. ... Read More

Jane Austen’s Use of Irony in Pride and Prejudice Provokes Gentle, Whimsical Laughter (1164 words, 2 pages)

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife".(pg.1) The first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is perhaps the most famous opening of all English comedies concerning social manners. It encapsulates the ambitions of ... Read More

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