English Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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Don’t Read A Book By It’s Cover, Read A Few Pages (699 words, 2 pages)

It was a cold winter night and Donyay was at my house. Everyone wasasleep and he remembered that I had a BB gun in my gun closet. Hethought it would be fun to go outside and start shooting random things.So he and I put our jackets, jeans, and shoes on ... Read More

A Silent Boycott Is More Effective Than Book Banning (1382 words, 6 pages)

Salman Rushdie once said What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. This hits on the biggest problem when it comes to book banning. There is always going to be something in a book that may offend someone and writers shouldnt have to live ... Read More

The Absence of Childhood Innocence in the Book Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card (1253 words, 4 pages)

Childhood innocence contains curiosity, imagination and a carefree fragile mind that has not experienced the cruelty of the world. Orson Scott Cards Enders Game expresses that general isolation causes the loss of childhood. In the novel, Enders isolation is caused by the hostile characters at the Battle School, the mind ... Read More

Stockholm Syndrome in Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (760 words, 3 pages)

Hostage situations are very traumatic to most people yet a hand full of people begin developing emotions toward the captors. In the novel Bel canto by Ann Patchett, terrorists invade and hold hostages at an opulent party thrown by Katsumi Hosakawa a head of an electronics company. Stockholm syndrome is ... Read More

Obstacles Overcome in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (838 words, 3 pages)

Overcoming obstacles plays a huge role in peoples lives. People face a million problems in their life time and if they never were to overcome them, then they would never achieve or become a better person. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, overcoming obstacles plays a key role ... Read More

Comparing Jacob Erin Cilberto Pieces (2163 words, 7 pages)

Jacob Erin Cilberto, or Ken Gilbert, or the nickname of Fog since he was 19, is the author of the two poems written about in this essay. Cilberto is originally from Bronx, New York and now lives in Southern Illinois. He is married to a writer, Laura Demali Gilbert, who ... Read More

The Demonstration of Appreciation in My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke (994 words, 3 pages)

Appreciating parents and showing love towards them, is one of the most important things within a family. In his poem My Papas Waltz, Theodore Roethke wants to explain in several ways how the father was acting with him, by focusing on the whiskey. In Mother Picking Produce, the author Richard ... Read More

The Removal of Act 2, Scene 2 in The Crucible (921 words, 4 pages)

The crucible is a play based on the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. The play shows multiple viewpoints from religion to witchcraft, love to obsession and respect to affairs. Throughout the play secrets are revealed, fingers are pointed, and people are put to death. The main character behind this catastrophe ... Read More

A Review of The Handmaid’s Tale (490 words, 2 pages)

To try and be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment once said Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American poet. The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood, revolves around the life of one Handmaid, a female used to produce children, whose name ... Read More

The First Time I got in Trouble (421 words, 2 pages)

Getting in trouble is a part of life. It happens to nearly everyone especially me. When I was younger, like most children, I had my fair share of times I got into big trouble. Whether it was being too loud in an inappropriate place or doing something a child had ... Read More

Summarizing a News Event (520 words, 2 pages)

For this reflection paper I went to CNN.com trying to find an interesting article. Being an accounting major I went to the business section. The first article I saw immediately caught my eye. B-school remorse When the degree is just not worth it. I have been planning on going to ... Read More

The Loss of Innocence in Billy Collins’ Turning Ten and Marie Howe’s The Girl (889 words, 3 pages)

Examining the Theme of Growing Up The nature of growing up has always been one colored by a theme of loss of innocence, as childhood fantasies give way to understandings of pain and suffering, where ones first responsibilities are placed upon them. This is an often discussed topic in literature, ... Read More

The Life of Aeschylus (353 words, 2 pages)

At the start of the 5th century Athens entered the most illustrious eraof its history it had ever seen. Aeschylus was born in this GoldenAge'', and became one of the founders of this new, inspired, andtechnologically advanced generation. Though he is most widely known forbeing the founder for rules of ... Read More

Overcoming Challenges in A Child Called It and The Book Thief (841 words, 4 pages)

Everyone has issues that stand in our way and it must be surmounted. My independent novel called A Child Called It and The Book Thief emphasizes how to conquer problems. They have similarities in overcoming challenges but they also have similarity in terms of the causes of their obstacles. Liesel, ... Read More

Assessing the Importance of Animals (289 words, 1 pages)

There are more than a thousand types of animals on our planet. They were living before us and should live after us. Only human beings destroy their way of life, because we want to change and build something new. For several reasons, I totally disagree with the point that farmland, ... Read More

Edgar Lee Masters’ Spoon River (506 words, 2 pages)

Spoon River Anthology is an american classic written by Edgar Lee Masters. The book is a collection of autobiographical poems featuring the silent inhabitants of the small towns graveyard. The stories of their lives joys and sorrows, success and failures, love and heartbreak, betrayal and secrets, lies and death. Written ... Read More

Differences between Traveling in an Airplane and Driving a Car (295 words, 1 pages)

There are many differences in the world between a car, and an airplane. People may think that traveling by air plane is more dangerous than driving a car. After all, an air crash is catastrophic, with more loss of life, injury and property damage than a car accident. There are ... Read More

My Reasons for Seeking Admission to Montclair State University (494 words, 2 pages)

Explain your reasons for seeking admission to Montclair State University, including what you believe are your academic strengths and interests. Be sure to explain any situations that may have had an impact, either positively or negatively, on your academic record. List significant activities in which you have participated, both in ... Read More

An Analysis of The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant (1231 words, 4 pages)

Interpreting The NecklaceSometimes life is not always what you want it to be. This is precisely what happens in the short story, "The Necklace", by Guy de Maupassant. In this story the reader is introduced to Mathilde and her husband Mr. Loisel, who are invited to a fancy reception. Mathilde ... Read More

An Analysis of Prometheus (633 words, 2 pages)

Prometheus understanding what the best in him isIn the final chapter of Anthem, Prometheus tells us about what the best in him is. The best in Prometheus is his sins and his transgressions. What Prometheus came to understand about himself was, I understood that centuries of chains and lashes will ... Read More

Examining Allusions and Symbols in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and “Rappaccini’s Daughter” (630 words, 3 pages)

Man versus ScienceFrom the beginning of human existence, man has always tried to control nature. Man has delved deep into the dark sciences, such as witchcraft and alchemy. Man has always tried to get in the way of what G-d has set before us. Authors have learned to exploit this ... Read More

The Significance of the Fool in Shakespeare’s King Lear (1598 words, 3 pages)

A fool, perhaps more then meets the eyeHe's called the fool, yet he is the least foolish character throughoutthe play. Deceiving right? Yes, he is funny and comic, but the foolhas a lot more significance in King Lear then just the comedian. We seethe fool portray trustworthy and loyal personalities. ... Read More

An Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s portrayal of the 1920’s in The Great Gatsby (1680 words, 6 pages)

The Great Gatsby and the 1920'sThe book, The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald was a very popular selection that is read in high schools and colleges year in and year out. It was about Nick Carraway's narration of when he lived in West Egg, next to a very ... Read More

My Plan to Become a Zoologist (572 words, 2 pages)

I could say, for my age I'm about where I want to be in my life. I have graduated high school, I am in college, I have a job. I am currently saving up to move out with some roommates, ever since I was a kid I always knew that ... Read More

Character Strength in “The Color Purple” (1076 words, 3 pages)

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. J.K. Rowling. The act of standing up for yourself can be very difficult whether it is against someone you love, hate, or even a little bit of ... Read More

Themes in The Pit and the Pendulum (474 words, 1 pages)

The two themes of death and hope are interlaced with one another andare shown clearly throughout Edgar Allan Poe's story The Pit and thePendulum. The thought of hope and the actions that hope brings are whatovercomes the thoughts and actions of death. From the first line of hisstory the fabricator ... Read More

Analysis of Deception in Macbeth and Othello (7574 words, 19 pages)

Deception is a form of communication that people utilize includingpoliticians, rulers, soldiers, and even those a person trusts. WilliamShakespeare exemplifies that it is nearly impossible to get the fullstory from someone. When deception occurs in Othello, the Moor of Veniceand The Tragedy of Macbeth it weaves throughout the lives of ... Read More

Analyzing the characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Bless Me, Ultima” (512 words, 2 pages)

Childhood is a major part of ones life, as it sets the tone for how one will grow up to become an individual in society. The genre, bildungsroman, can be seen in both Harper Lees To Kill A Mockingbird and Ruldolfo Anayas Bless Me, Ultima. Identity is such an important ... Read More

The Dangers of Being a Fireman (265 words, 1 pages)

Being a fireman is associated with many different risks, such as getting burned, falling, and incurring physical injury from the strain associated with wearing heavy clothing.Walking into a house filled with flames is a dangerous thing to do. Firemen are very brave to enter burning buildings they rarely think that ... Read More

Judging by Character (1426 words, 5 pages)

Judging by CharacterCharacter cannot be developed in ease and quiet only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved, quoted by Helen Keller. We all strive to gain character and integrity in life, well most of us do. But, how do you ... Read More

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