English Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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Different Techniques on Characters Made by Charles Dickens (1223 words, 2 pages)

In great expectations Dickens judges his characters not on social position or upbringing but on their treatment of one another. Do you agree? Throughout his prosperous career as a writer, Charles Dickens took a literacy stance on the values and social status of society in London in the 19th century. ... Read More

Multiple Protagonists of The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (368 words, 1 pages)

All stories have a protagonist in which that character is the main character of the plot. Sometimes there is more than one protagonist. This is the case for The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, in which the plot revolves around the Wingfield family. The Wingfield family consists of Tom, a ... Read More

A Paper on Writings of Graham Green (558 words, 1 pages)

Greene, A Man of Few, Yet Elegant Words Graham Greene a literary master of the ages. A man who took a language of many words and summed up everything in a nice neat, pleasant to read package. As opposed to writing with the elegance of many words, he wrote with ... Read More

Giles Corey the Martyr: Review of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (724 words, 1 pages)

When a conflict arises, many people stand back and watch as their beliefs are trampled on, but sometimes one person will stand up and die for what they believe and inspire all those with similar beliefs. Of the many people who died in the Salem witch trials, one man stands ... Read More

An Analysis of Religion in the Gods Grandeur and Leda and the Swan (1559 words, 2 pages)

The Grandeur of a Swan A comparative essay of the role of Religion in "God's Grandeur And "Leda and the Swan" Relationships between humans and the Divine have been the subject of many authors writings, in fact the very first text ever published was the Bible the most comprehensive link ... Read More

An Analysis of the Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams (723 words, 3 pages)

The play The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, Williams uses many symbols which represent many different things. Many of the symbols used in the play try to symbolize some form of escape or difference between reality and illusion. The first symbol, presented in the first scene, is the fire escape. ... Read More

Position of Women in Society in Charlotte Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper (1086 words, 2 pages)

"Gaining Freedom" "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gilman is a sad story of the repression that women face in the days of late 1800's as well as being representative of the turmoils that women face today. Gilman writes "The Yellow Wallpaper" from her own personal experiences of having to face ... Read More

Contradictions in Orwell’s Writing in Orwell’s Politics and the English Language (339 words, 1 pages)

In his essay Politics And The English Language, George Orwell exemplifies inconsistences with respect to his thought process and his writing style. The problems Orwell sees in political writing have to do with a lack of clarity on the writers behalf. Orwell himself uses the very literary devices he considers ... Read More

A Paper on Totalitarianism in George Orwell’s 1984 (736 words, 1 pages)

1984 The year 1984 has come and gone, but 1984's message has stood the test of time and continues to evoke thought in this day and age. George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism. The novel reveals a horrifying picture of life in a communist society in ... Read More

Contrasting Western Morals and Eastern Corruption in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1418 words, 2 pages)

In the book, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a literary classic contrasting Western morals and Eastern corruption. It follows the trail of a man, Nick, out of the West through the depraved and excessive society of the East during the Jazz age. His thoughts and feelings are ... Read More

A Review of Roger E. Axtell’s Book Body Language around the World (2175 words, 4 pages)

Gestures The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language Around the World Axtell, Roger E. Gestures The DOs and TABOOS of Body Language Around the World. Jon Wiley Sons, Inc, 1998 -- Rev. and expanded edition. Over the past decade the author has been presenting seminars, speeches and workshops around the ... Read More

Genogram Essay on Religion and Faith (634 words, 1 pages)

Genogram Essay My whole entire family, on both my mom and dads side, consists of Catholics. Yet, not all of them practice their faith as they claim to. I have a pretty average relationship with my family. Starting off on my mom's side, I have a more than awesome relationship ... Read More

A Paper on Reoccurring Themes in Dubliners and Grace (593 words, 2 pages)

"Grace" begins with a fall down the stairs for our main character Mr. Kernan. The unconscious and drunken Mr. Kernan is carried up the stairs and laid out on the bar floor. The manager of the bar repeatedly asks who the man is and who he was with, but to ... Read More

An Analysis of Cultural Differences in “I Heard The Owl Call My Name” by Margaret Craven (825 words, 1 pages)

As the history of the world continues, gaps between the generations of all nationalities will continue to be made. We get a first hand example of this everyday, right here in the U.S. In today's society, it is very difficult to find a child that shares the same interests as ... Read More

Impression of Women in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (1043 words, 2 pages)

Geoffrey Chaucers Impression of Women during Medieval Times Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in the late 1400s. He came up with the idea of a pilgrimage to Canterbury in which each character attempts to tell the best story. In that setting Chaucer cleverly reveals a particular social condition of ... Read More

Review of Treasure Island and The Secret Garden as Books which Define Masculine and Feminine Identities (561 words, 1 pages)

Many people think that boys in our culture today are brought up to define their identities through heroic individualism and competition, particularly through separation from home, friends, and family in an outdoors world of work and doing. Girls, on the other hand, are brought up to define their identities through ... Read More

Review of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Cronica de un muerte anuciada (1094 words, 2 pages)

Magical Realism Cronica de un muerte anuciada Gabriel Garca Mrquez was born in Aracataca, Columbia en 1927. His parents were poor so they sent him to live with his grandparent, where he heard stories from his grandfather, who was a colonel in the army, and inspired him to write his ... Read More

Gender Roles Imposed by the Media, Schools and Society at Large (973 words, 2 pages)

How I Became A "Girl" I, as a human being, am a parasite. I am continuously latching on and feeding off that which surrounds me. When my available resources have been used up, I move on--alike most of the members of today's Western society. I mean this in such context ... Read More

Review of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1895 words, 3 pages)

When F. Scott Fitzgerald turns on the heat in Gatsby, he amplifies a single detail into an element of function and emphasis that transforms neutral landscapes into oppressive prisms. Through these prisms which distort and color the lives of Fitzgerald's characters, we see why human's elations are, as Nick Carraway ... Read More

A Paper on Influences of Gabriel Garcia Marquez (391 words, 1 pages)

Gabriel Garcia Marquezs Influences Gabriel Garca Mrquez, a Colombian-born writer of astonishing skill, is thought by many to be one of the world's greatest living authors and is responsible for awakening interest in Latin American literature with his style of writing. He is considered one of the pioneers of "Magical ... Read More

Autobiographical Themes in Gary Paulsen’s Writing (942 words, 2 pages)

Gary Paulsen was born May 17, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is one of America's most popular writers for young people. Gary ran away from home at age 14. He acquired a taste for adventure, which has provided great material that he has used to create his powerful stories. The ... Read More

Review of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (409 words, 1 pages)

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the three hunts of Bercilak were similar to the three seductions of Gawain. Bercilak and Gawain made a bargain at the castle. Bercilak said "Whatever I earn in the woods will be yours, whatever you win will be mine in exchange." (Gawain 81) ... Read More

An Personal Recount on Friendship (552 words, 2 pages)

I value friendship more than the most expensive material things in this world. I started building friendships as far as my memory could reach from my kindergarten classmates who were also my neighbors to my freshmen classmates now . Friendships in the world today have many types of relationships. There ... Read More

Literacy as a Path trough Adversity: Life of Frederick Douglass (881 words, 2 pages)

Literacy- The Path Trough Adversity Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born a slave on February of 1818, on a plantation house in Maryland (Blight). He later changed his name to Frederick Douglas (AE video). His mothers name was Harriet Augustus, but Douglas did not know much about his father. Frederick ... Read More

My Own Perception and Definition of Public Space (1125 words, 2 pages)

Free In My Space OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Youve heard that phrase once or twice before, havent you? But did you ever stop to think what it actually means? Public is defined as - Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the people Maintained for or used by the people ... Read More

A Personal Recount on Family Tragedy (545 words, 1 pages)

For some reason, I felt gloomy all day long while I was in school. So all the lectures delivered by teachers seemed interminable. Upon hearing the last minute bell (signifying the end of the school), I hurriedly packed my backpack and got out of the school. I walked with my ... Read More

A Personal View on the Meaning of Freedom (456 words, 1 pages)

What Freedom Means too Me When I think of freedom a lot of things come to mind. Freedom to me is something that I have because of all of the people the served in the wars that fought and some gave their lives so I can live in a free ... Read More

Issues of Nature in Works of Robert Frost (1535 words, 2 pages)

A pristine emerald pasture sits gently nestled in a high valley between the jagged snow covered mountains which dutifully stand guard over it. Overhead, the aqua-blue sky sheds beams of warm, golden sunlight as light wispy clouds gently float by. A gentle breeze wafts through the valley, carrying with it ... Read More

A Comparison of Inner Conflict in Two Poems of Robert Frost and William Faulkner (871 words, 1 pages)

Decisions Decisions In The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and Barn Burning by William Faulkner, the characters struggle with an inner conflict of making the correct decision. Frosts character has to decide whether he should be a leader and take a path that was less traveled by, or be ... Read More

Theme of Friendship in John Knowles’s A Separate Place (935 words, 2 pages)

Friendship in A Separate Peace In John Knowles' novel A Separate Peace, friendship is a distinguished theme. Friendship is exhibited when two people share many common interests, do not turn on each other, and are not envious of each other. Due to the fact that Gene and Finny's relationship does ... Read More

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