English Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

136161 total results

Left, right, left,'' I chant with the House Captain along with my newfriends. The sound gets very loud in the big stadium as we recite thechants and walk on the field. This is my first sports day in the newschool and I am not wearing an uniform like the one ... Read More

Why I Decided to Join Cross Country at Romeo Middle School (394 words, 2 pages)

Everybody makes decisions daily these decisions can change your life.We decide who to be friends with we choose to do good or bad actions.There are also easier decisions to make, like what you eat and what towear. I am happy I decided to do cross country.When Cross Country came to ... Read More

Steve Jobs: The Great Innovator (597 words, 2 pages)

With the sudden recent death of ex-Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, people all around the world are discussing the great career and life of Steve Jobs they however keep mixing up adjectives such as, innovator and inventor when describing him. Even though Apple fanatics believe that Steve Jobs is the greatest ... Read More

An Analysis of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery (1013 words, 3 pages)

Traditions are sometimes seen as repeated practices by a particular group of people or community over a long period of time making it to become a custom or law binding those individuals within that community or group. Some traditions may be good while others may be bad, some traditions are ... Read More

An Analysis of Irene Westcott’s Character (547 words, 3 pages)

Knowing someone for many years does not always guarantee there may notbe some secrets in that person's life. Irene Westcott is a typicalmiddle class American house wife. She is married to Jim Westcott.During their nine years of marriage the Westcott's have had twochildren. Irene is a very plain person. She ... Read More

A Person Who Has Had Significant Influence on Me (329 words, 1 pages)

Throughout my life I've been to many doctors' offices and have alwaysfound myself scared. I never liked going to the doctor's and I dreadedthe occasional checkup. That was, until I started going to see Dr.Christina Block. She may not know it, because aside from cold and fluseason I never see ... Read More

A Review of Lord of the Flies by William Golding (388 words, 1 pages)

What book is Jenna reading this week for her book report? Well, she is doing Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This book was about how a group of boys were trying to leave Britain during the war and their plane crashed into a deserted island and they were ... Read More

Why Glee Is My Favorite TV Show (1200 words, 4 pages)

Have you ever seen a movie or a TV show about high school and realized that it was nothing like your personal experience? Or have you realized that you went through these exact same experiences? Glee is a TV show that millions of people can relate to, and have. Glees ... Read More

Self-Sacrifice in One Flew Over the Cuckooâ€™s Nest (874 words, 3 pages)

Both Ken Keseys novel One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Milos Formans Film adaptation expose that how can the people in the mental institution be destroyed as human beings and lose their identity as men by authority power shown as the Big Nurse. They weaken by huge power of ... Read More

The Rollercoaster (948 words, 3 pages)

Back in 2005 during summer time, right before I was about to start my soft more year at Douglas Freeman High School. I experienced something I never experienced or felt in life before. It was made out of steel, it had rails like a train, it was fast, the highest ... Read More

Spies (1036 words, 4 pages)

There I was sitting on the green uncomfortable couch. My hands were sweating while my knees were shaking uncontrollably. What did I do wrong? Was I going to be grounded for the rest of the summer? I've been a good girl doing what I am told to you and not ... Read More

Getting Back in the Saddle (1225 words, 4 pages)

Gazing at the sun rising over the stables on our early morning trail ride is a memory that is forever imprinted in my mind. The horse stables represented a certain unexplainable bond between my mother and I. It was there where my mother would sit on the fence for hours ... Read More

An Analysis of Erich Maria Remarque’s Novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1054 words, 3 pages)

Unsettling, never ending, and gruesome all describe World War I whichoccurred in 1914-1918. Erich Maria Remarque wrote about his experiencesin World War I in the novel All Quiet on the Western Front which waspublished in 1929. At the age of eighteen, Remarque was drafted in thewar. After the war, Remarque ... Read More

How I Got Tuned Into Piano (310 words, 1 pages)

Music has been an influence on me all my life. When I was little Iliked playing the xylophone. Then in fifth grade I started playing theclarinet in the band. The summer after fifth grade is when I got interested in playing thepiano. I went to Aunt Vickie's house in Fresno, ... Read More

The Significance of Paintings (1483 words, 5 pages)

When an artist makes a painting they usually create a story without any words at all. Each detail is relevant in the overall meaning they want to interpret to their audience. In the painting Seascape, attributed to Hieronymus van Diest, a Dutchmen, he relays a message through his painting. Hieronymus ... Read More

The Archetypal Symbols Found in Genesis Represented in John Knowles’ Novel A Separate Peace (779 words, 3 pages)

In A Separate Peace by John Knowles, youth exists in its own environment. The Devon School is isolated mentally, physically and emotionally from the rest of the world. Growing up, then, involves a transition from this sheltered environment to the harsh realities of things like war, hatred, and fear. Knowles ... Read More

If I Knew Then (854 words, 3 pages)

If you were to ask sixteen year old me where I would be in ten years, I would have told you a great story. I had a plan then. I was going to graduate from high school, go to the University of Georgia, and become a veterinarian. I would have ... Read More

Critical Thoughts on Dr. King’s Work (197 words, 1 pages)

In reading this literary work, I was impressed with the elegance andvalor Dr. King displayed in his response. Although Dr. King's abilityto provoke the masses to reflection and action made history, I believehis exceptional education should be brought to the forefront and moreaggrssively highlighted. Orchestrating the english language andaccurately citing ... Read More

Finding God in an Unexpected Place (670 words, 2 pages)

To what extent did you engagement with the spiritual practices affect or shape your daily life? I have been reading daily devotional and taking piece out of the reading to find God in every day. I feel that Im at a safe place when Im at LTS, but when Im ... Read More

Rafting in the Valley (2661 words, 5 pages)

I remember my first experience whitewater rafting quite often. I envision myself nervously and hesitantly boarding the raft, and the water reflected in my brothers excited eyes. I wonder why we foolishly rafted class four rapids our first time out have you ever, on impulse, done something you thought you ... Read More

An Analysis of A Cup of Tea by Amy Ephron (836 words, 3 pages)

Ephron, Amy.A Cup of Tea. New York Ballantine Books, 1989.A Cup Of Tea by Amy Ephron is a tragic romance.this story takes placein new York City. The Time Period of this story is between 1917 and 1918. this is a story oflove and betrayal. Rosemary fell is from a wealthy ... Read More

My Sister My Best Friend (2223 words, 5 pages)

For as long as I can remember my sister and I have been extremely close. Weve always been the best of friends even through everything weve gone through. From her living in Georgia and me living in Texas its very hard to see each other but we make things work ... Read More

The Scariest Day of My Life (384 words, 2 pages)

It was last year June 2010 when I was back home in my country. Me,my sister and my dad used to live together as a family. One day after eating dinner we all went to bed as usual. The weather condition was so bad we could hear the thudetstorm and ... Read More

Taking Charge of Your Life (423 words, 1 pages)

We all know that life is unfair, but sometimes it is worth it to goagainst the norm. I did this once. In fifth grade. After lunch, in one of the earlymonths of the school year, we were supposed to get recess. Instead ofgetting recess, we got to go to class. ... Read More

How to Influence Others (1552 words, 5 pages)

Throughout my life I have met numerous individuals who would be considered people of outstanding character. Yet there is one that I admire the most who always has persuasive influence on me. My father, Sean Golliday. Sean is a conductor at BNSF, an evangelist, and a Staff Sergeant in the ... Read More

A Critical Evaluation of the Key Theoretical Concepts and Models on Xenophobia (7815 words, 21 pages)

AbstractThe term xenophobia is commonly explained by various scholars as unreasonable fear, distrust, hatred of strangers and foreigners. Normally, these feelings are perpetuated by several factors views such as political, socio-cognitive and cultural approaches, identity formation and interactive models between in-groups and out-groups (foreign nationals and host populations). This presentation ... Read More

An Essay on Welty and Seaver (413 words, 2 pages)

Thesis Walty and Seaver warn that when a society fails to take care of those who served it, dehumanization and alienation will be the ultimate consequences.Weltys and Seavers written experience in nursing homes show how once a person ceases to become useful to society, one becomes an outcast and a ... Read More

Beau Jardin, a Peaceful Life (759 words, 4 pages)

Standing at the gate of Beau Jardin Apartment with three heavy packages, I was really tired. I just experienced a 13 hours flight and I was over 10,000 miles away from my home in China. Even though I had imaged the place I would live in for over 100 times ... Read More

Relating The Keeper of All Things Poem to My Personal Life (820 words, 3 pages)

In the book Ghost on 3rd, I related to two of the poems, The Keeper of All Things (Reese 33) and Playing with Balloons (Reese 35). The Keeper of All Things had me reminiscing about my Grandma Ruby, who last week had a heart attack. In the poem, Playing with ... Read More

How to Lose a Girl in Less than 10 Days (613 words, 2 pages)

WARNING NO ACTUAL GIRLS WERE EMOTIONALLY HURT WHILE WRITING THIS ESSAY.THIS ESSAY IS PURELY WRITTEN OUT OF AMUSEMENT. DO NOT TAKE SERIOUSLYPLEASE DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME. I was standing in the hall outside of class when I saw two young lovebirds approach. Slowly he put his arm around ... Read More

English Essay Examples