English Essays Examples For College & High School Students in PDF

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Living Through Death (1670 words, 5 pages)

You know, growing up I've heard my father tell me life is full oflearning lessons. I thought my father was referring to a break up thatdidn't end well, because the relationship wasn't meant to be, or an aunttelling me that wearing white is a bad idea when Mother Nature decidesto ... Read More

How the Word King Became Bad in Macbeth (771 words, 3 pages)

The word king suffers a semantic change of pejoration throughout Macbeth. It begins as a word used to describe King Duncan, a person who is good and has done no evil, at least in the eyes of the Scottish. After the murder of Duncan by Macbeth, the word begins its ... Read More

Family Conflict in All These Things I’ve Done (684 words, 3 pages)

All These Things Ive Done by Gabrielle Zevin is a wonderful novel about a young girl making decisions that will shape her and her familys lives. Many of the characters and the setting of the novel are very thought-out. Everything in the novel is always clear and easy to understand. ... Read More

Essay on How KCUMB’s Masters Program Helps in Achieving Goals (522 words, 2 pages)

Please submit a minimum one page essay detailing how KCUMB's Masters Program will help you achieve your future goals.The Masters of Biomedical Science program at Kansas City University of Medicine and Bioscience (KCUMB) is proficient in offering numerous avenues to success. It allows incoming students the opportunity to advance their ... Read More

Short Story Constructs (1409 words, 5 pages)

Different PerspectivesAs defined by A Handbook of Literature, a short story is a relatively brief fictional narrative in prose (480). Every short story is different and unique. Evaluating them is a great way to find the differences. Even though they are all different, they are also very alike in the ... Read More

The Price of Motherhood and the Unappreciated Work of Housewives (325 words, 1 pages)

This weeks reading that I found most interesting was The Price of Motherhood this reading affected me because, I never took into account that my mother is so much more than a housewife. While my father was working day and night, my mother too was working day and night, by ... Read More

Facing Death Head On (678 words, 2 pages)

My life is very hectic these days I am a high school senior, but I amcurrently enrolled in four college courses. This past summer I startedon college and scholarship applications, which are strenuous and timeconsuming. I am sure that you are fully aware, since you attended suchprestigious universities. Before I ... Read More

A Comparison of Henry James’ The Ambassadors and William Howells’ Indian Summer (2823 words, 11 pages)

The Ambassadors and Indian Summer are known novels which are written by different novelists Henry James and William Howells. These novels share some characteristics that reflecting the reality and mirroring events which occurred outside The United State of America. In this paper I will compare and contrast between the two ... Read More

Creative Short Story about Two Sisters (1003 words, 3 pages)

A long time ago in a land far away, there was a girl named Kat wholived with her family in a little village called Jicama. Jicama is asmall town in the countryside, but it is not too far from the mainlands. Jicama is a very magical place filled with witches, ... Read More

Four Ideas that Money Canâ€™t Buy (586 words, 1 pages)

This week I am going to talk about Michael Sandel and his four main ideas of what money cant buy. First being Coercion such as injustice and inequality. Sandel say that all humans have need and when those needs are not satisfies they can be turned into actions of coercion, ... Read More

An Argument for Compassion (1534 words, 5 pages)

Compassion is something I believe we all would like to believe we have, or do, but unfortunately we dont always do or think the right thing. We dont always go the extra mile for people who, in the back of our minds, we know they deserve it. When we do, ... Read More

Time Management and Homework (1466 words, 5 pages)

Growing up we are told not to procrastinate or to put off an important assignment. At this point it seems that all anyone does is procrastinate. On my residence hall floor, it seems as though the girls procrastinate more than the guys. Is the people to blame in aiding the ... Read More

Love Poem Comparison (495 words, 3 pages)

How does it feel falling in love? Does it feel like walking in heaven? Do people feel the same way all the time when they fall in love? In the poem Lover by Paul Eluard and Blossom by Horatio Paige, Eluard and Paige both portray the expression of love. Both ... Read More

Sir Thomas Malory’s Impact on British Literature (595 words, 3 pages)

Sir Thomas Malory was a knight of the Middle Ages with a mysterious prison life that contradicts his achievements as an outstanding author. The gentleman was a knight under the earl of Warwick and served the British parliament in 1445 before spending a large portion of his life imprisoned. Malory ... Read More

The Role of Toni Morrison as a Womanist (2903 words, 9 pages)

Harriet E. Wilson was consider the first black woman to publish a black novel in 1859. However she published it anonymously, unable to put a name on her work, due to her being black and being a woman. Ever since then black women writers have gone a long way in ... Read More

Examining the themes of Richard Edward Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game (496 words, 2 pages)

It takes courage to do everything in life. Courage helps show to never give up. In the story Rainsford had to have courage and strength. He always kept telling himself to always keep going. The theme of the story could be anything. In the story theme is the message that ... Read More

Creative Short Story Domestic Violence (1865 words, 4 pages)

As I walked out the door I felt the cold shiver of winter running down my spine. My scarf flew away from my face while I walked to opposite direction of the wind, It was really windy. It was dark maybe a little too dark to how I like it, ... Read More

The Impact of Cheating on a Family (369 words, 1 pages)

A few years ago, a man who spent every Sunday at church decided that his terminally ill wife was no longer enough for him, and that he needed to have a girlfriend on the side to be happy. To top it off, he thought that the perfect place to find ... Read More

An Analysis of James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (1226 words, 5 pages)

A Picture is Worth a Thousand WordsJames Agee and Walker Evans work together in the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men to describe the lives of three tenant farmers and their families in the Deep South. Agee tells the story though his words while Evans uses his pictures to ... Read More

Characterization of Women in Christine de Pizan’s La Cite des Dames (1588 words, 7 pages)

Does the Cit des Dames ultimately present female virtue as essentially passive?Women in the Middle Ages were responsible for many different roles. They mostly maintained the position of a loyal wife and caring mother and sometimes worked as peasants or looked after their household. They were obliged to obey their ... Read More

Creative Short Story about Two Brothers (1868 words, 6 pages)

It was a hideous, grotesque monster. It was a demon sent from hell. It was an alien from another planet. It was as hairy as Bigfoot. It was as bloody as an open wound. Its cries were as loud as a siren. It hurt to look at the repulsive beast. ... Read More

The Writing Style of Willa Cather (1061 words, 4 pages)

An authors style brings life to the roaring oceans, whistling winds, rolling prairies, and busy towns. Style provides vast images and vivid pictures for the black letters stuck on the page. The theme of an authors story draws readers in with powerful ideas and views voiced by the author through ... Read More

The Use of Literary Devices to Enhance Theme in Short Stories (756 words, 3 pages)

Authors use literary devices to enhance their story or their theme. The devices can vary from a climax to make a thrilling story, to a choice of narrator to create a certain tone or mood. Devices like these are used in numerous short stories including, The Most Dangerous Game by, ... Read More

The Great Gatsby: Character Analysis (517 words, 2 pages)

The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is narrated by its main character Nick Carraway. Nick is an interesting choice for narrator, but not a good one. Nick is bad at reading other people, and gives his personal judgement, this prevents him from giving the reader the full view ... Read More

Summary of The Giver by Lois Lowry (230 words, 1 pages)

The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is about a twelve year old boy named Jonas. Jonas is a normal boy who lives in a hueless community. Life there was serene and peaceful and nothing ever changed until the day of the ceremony of twelves. It is when people were assigned ... Read More

Comparing the Short Stories The Snipers and Cranes (290 words, 1 pages)

The Sniper'' and Cranes'' are comparable, but they are also verydifferent. Both of these stories are about war, and they show theeffects of war on people. The main characters in both of these storieswere effected by war in a major way, and this is revealed in thesetting, characters, and theme.The ... Read More

An Analysis of Sophocles’ Oedipus The King (1181 words, 5 pages)

Cant Fight FateOftentimes, literature is used as a form of escapism. This idea can be seen within works as well. In the story of Oedipus Rex, we see examples of escapism shown through prophecies and the actions that characters take to avoid their destiny.Even though these prophecies have a major ... Read More

An Accomplishment That Marked My Transition from Childhood to Adulthood (578 words, 2 pages)

The primary role of a firefighter is to protect his or her community from disaster. Whether it be storms, fires, floods, hazardous spills or medical emergencies were always there. In most cases theyre not paid but, volunteer time to help better the community they reside in. Volunteer firefighters leave their ... Read More

The Role of Fate in Stephen Crane’s Blue Hotel and Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard To Find (1099 words, 3 pages)

In life, people are always afraid of unknown things and complicateenvironment around people trapped them. As things get worse and out ofcontrol than usual, people reveal their essences of selfishness andsometimes they even tend to have paranoia. However, their weak motiveand strong eagerness of individual survival dominate their behaviors andlead ... Read More

The Use of Symbolic Contrast in the Book The Scarlet Letter (517 words, 2 pages)

The country setting of the town and the forest contrasting each other is significant to the book, The Scarlet Letter. This symbolic contrast light versus darkness helps the reader feel and understand the struggle with good versus evil in thought and actions. When Hester and Pearl meet with Dimmesdale in ... Read More

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