My Story Told Essay Examples

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Away from Home in the Sad Story of Young Boy Michael (605 words, 1 pages)

What happened to Michael? Tell the story from the first time he left home to the last time he left home. Michael had first left home when he was three, they were in the city and he had run off they later found him in a milk bar eating a ... Read More

A Plot Summary of Lydia Davis’ Story “The Sock” (529 words, 1 pages)

When reading different stories, you can often relate one to another, even if they are written by different authors and are over different topics. I personally found common ideas between The Hand by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, a story of a wife and her new husband, and The Sock by Lydia Davis, ... Read More

The Dark Day in the Story of the Day My Friend Was Hit by a Car in 98 (324 words, 1 pages)

THEY It was a cold dark day upon the hill of the house where he slept in hell and dreamed in fire. But the only relief was the sound of his WWII records. It soothed him. He couldnt breathe without the sound of the music to his ears, and without ... Read More

A Story About Drew and Michael (1238 words, 3 pages)

Disclaimer The following is an exaggerated fairytale depicting actual events in my life. It holds very little validity. The rain stopped, clouds cleared, and the sun came out. The atmosphere was alive with a sense of all around goodness. There were two young men standing in an open field taking ... Read More

A Comparison of the Journey of the Three Wise Men and an Early Twentieth Century Couple in the Short Story, The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (593 words, 1 pages)

French author Marcel Proust once made an observation on the subject of wisdom. He wrote, We don't receive wisdom we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take us or spare us. A persons knowledge of the workings of the world and the nature of ... Read More

A Recollection of My Last Trip to the Local Zoo (1054 words, 2 pages)

Through the car window, an eight-year old girl eagerly tries to look inside of a different version of a zoo, the fish market. As her mom is parking the car, Erin takes a deep breath and knows they are at the dish market because the air is much fresher, and ... Read More

A Comparison of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and All My Sons (1273 words, 2 pages)

Arthur Miller profoundly explores the subject of morality and human values in his two famous plays, Death of a Salesman and All My Sons. Though dealing with a common topic , the works contain major differences that help to make them unique. Death of a Salesman describes the tragedy behind ... Read More

A Review of the Story “The Downward Path to Wisdom” (235 words, 1 pages)

The Downward Path to Wisdom was, to put it simply, a very confusing story for me to read. I am not exactly sure what message or meaning the author was hoping to pass on to the reader, but it does seem to make the reader feel much pain for little ... Read More

A Review of the Story of “My Hope Is Constant in Thee” (1875 words, 2 pages)

"My Hope Is Constant In Thee" (352-353) What gives a mother greater hopes than her offspring? To see in her child the hopes and dreams of the future while her own begin to fade with her age. Prin Logan, christened Princess, lost her only child but adopted the orphan Morag ... Read More

The Dissatisfaction of Georgiana in Willa Cather’s Story “A Wagner Matinee” (285 words, 1 pages)

The Dissatisfaction of Georgiana In the story A Wagner Matinee, by Willa Cather, a short story by Willa Cather, an elderly old woman named Aunt Georgiana is dissatisfied with her life because she is completely isolated from the rest of the world because of her small prairie farm in the ... Read More

The Decision of Jig in the Short Story, Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway (951 words, 3 pages)

Everyday people make decisions that affect their future lives. Do people make the right decisions? What makes a decision a right one? What may be right to some, may be wrong to others. There are no right or wrong decisions but those that people choose and believe to be right ... Read More

An Analysis of the Portrayal of Women in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Collection of Stories The Canterbury Tales (1730 words, 4 pages)

The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Thomas a' Becket's tomb in Canterbury. Throughout the stories, women are often portrayed in two opposing ways. The women in these tales are either depicted as pristine and virginal, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Short Story The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe (851 words, 2 pages)

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. (Poe, 100) Edgar Allan Poes short story The Black Cat tells a tale of ... Read More

An Overview of My Big Journey Around the World with Jonathan Burke and Sam Hiltz (773 words, 2 pages)

The Big Journey It was the year 2056, Jonathan Burke, Sam Hiltz and I (Chris Landry) were setting up to go on the greatest expedition in the history of the world. We were going to travel to the centre of the earth. We had attempted the same thing about four ... Read More

An Analysis of Jack London’s Beliefs of Social Darwinism and Racialism in His Short Story To Build a Fire (890 words, 2 pages)

The Beliefs of Jack London There were many magnificent writers who lived during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the most magnificent was John Griffith Chaney, better known as Jack London. He was among the most influential figures of his day(Stasz), and one of the most attractive ... Read More

A Review of Ambrose Bierce’s Short Story “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (706 words, 1 pages)

The Beauty of Life The short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, has many profound implications for the reader. During the main character's hallucination before he is hung, he, as well as the reader, receive a confirmation of the beauty and value of life and a ... Read More

The Background of My Enthusiasm with Archaeology (961 words, 2 pages)

The Archeology Enthusiast As sweat dripped down my nose and mixed with the dirt, I yelled, "I found glass!" Glass is considered a rare find, and upon hearing my announcement the excavation team stopped digging. Later, as I sat under the overhang on the laboratory roof patiently brushing dirt off ... Read More

Telling Off a Trusted Friend in the Story of The Apartment (1203 words, 3 pages)

THE APARTMENT I got a call from a friend saying that I haven't been over his place to hang out in a while and that I should come over and watch the game that was going to be on. A football game if I recall correctly. Immediately I thought of ... Read More

A Plot Overview of the Story “Alchemist” (1858 words, 2 pages)

Alchemist is a story of a shepherd called Santiago and his very own legend. All the story is based on this young man Santiago and his story. Our leading Artist is used by the author to let us know about something that he wants to tell us. He wants us ... Read More

Exploring the Themes of Love, Betrayal and Downfall in the Story of The Wife of Martin Guerre (768 words, 1 pages)

"Love has the power to transform evil into good" Love, betrayal, and downfall are the main themes involved in the story of The Wife of Martin Guerre, the main concept of these themes, 'love have the power to transform evil into good' is portrayed. Also portrayed is the concept that ... Read More

A Plot and Character Overview of the Story “The Tell-Tale Heart” (307 words, 1 pages)

Story The Tell-Tale Heart, 1850 Author Edgar Allen Poe (1809 1849) Central Character An unnamed man who claims to be sane but is not. He is very calculated and methodical. Other Characters There is an old man that has an eye that is pale blue with a film over it. ... Read More

A Description of the Drastic Measure’s Taken in Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Story (833 words, 1 pages)

As one strives to achieve his or her own personal goals, setbacks are inevitable. The person may have a strong ambition to accomplish these goals, sometimes where normal rules and right and wrong rarely apply. With this in mind, drastic measure's are taken in Edgar Allen Poe's short story, "The ... Read More

A Story About Louis and Lee Rock Climbing on the Tafelberg Spout (1944 words, 3 pages)

Louis felt his kneecaps almost shatter, as he landed on the rock ledge. His legs totally collapsed from fatigue, as he took the two-metre drop. Lee tumbled after him and helped him up. Louis had been running faster than ever before. It might have been because there was no way ... Read More

A Memory of My Ghostly Experiences at the Old House (430 words, 1 pages)

The house I grew up in was over two hundred years old. There were newer additions added to the house but the older parts were made of logs with mortar in-between these logs that had horsehair as part of the mixture. Growing up in this house has left me with ... Read More

An Analysis of the Play “The Glass Menagerie” a Play Told Through the Memory of Tom (1348 words, 2 pages)

"The Glass Menagerie" is a play being told through the memory of Tom, one of our main characters. It is opened with him talking to the fourth wall, not done again until the end. The play is set in the Wingfields apartment in the 30's. The Main door to the ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of My Father by Doris Lessing (283 words, 1 pages)

In the essay My Father by author Doris Lessing, Lessing writes Ive written about my father before but it did not have to be true and writing this article for her she says would be difficult because it had to be true. She talks of him as being an officer ... Read More

A Story of Liyana and Refik (323 words, 1 pages)

SUMMARY At first Liyana walks into her home and spots a woman sitting in her living room. Nobody knows who she is so when Poppa gets home, they talk. He finds out that she is a cousin of a cousin of a cousin. As tradition Poppa had to buy her ... Read More

An Analysis of the Story of Job (485 words, 2 pages)

In the story of Job, the God and the devil made a type of wager on the strength of Jobs faith, his consistency in upholding Gods laws and being humble. The devil was allowed to challenge Job in any way physically or emotionally which could not lead to death. The ... Read More

A Move That Changed My Life Forever (1046 words, 2 pages)

Moving from Ireland to the United States has been a life changing experience. Even thought I am now 20 years old, and we moved when I was 17, there is still a lot for me to learn. Mom and Pop brought my two brothers and I to the US from ... Read More

Loosing a Loved One in the Story of Mary Bekkas (1162 words, 2 pages)

Losing a loved one is hard. Losing a loved one is even harder whenever you dont really have anyone there to comfort you except for yourself and your brother and sister. When Mary Bekkas father was killed in World War 2, she had to be the person there for her ... Read More