Order now

my story told Essay Examples

18384 total results

The Symbol of Unique Women, Lost Love and Death in the Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (1697 words, 3 pages)

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe was a poet who encountered the oddity of human nature and had a farfetched imagination about life. He writes with the intent that the readers experience each phrase, each word, and each stanza in a way different from anything ever read. The language tends ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of Sonny’s Blues, a Short Story by James Baldwin (775 words, 2 pages)

Sonnys Blues The short story Sonnys Blues, by James Baldwin, tells the story of two brothers who come to understand each other. More specifically, it shows, through its two main characters, Sonny and his older brother, the two sides of African-Americans experience with much of racism. The narrator, Sonnys brother, ... Read More

The Benefits of Being Creative and Motivated in My Academics (607 words, 1 pages)

From an early age, I have always possessed a creative instinct and drive to create projects independently. I have always shared an interest in art, and throughout my life have been involved with it in some shape or form. I then decided to select Art along with other creative subjects ... Read More

The Binary Oppositions in I Stand Here Ironing, a Short Story by Tillie Olsen (1093 words, 4 pages)

The story, I Stand Here Ironing, contains binary oppositions which work together to support the structure of the text. I listed several of these oppositions in my notes, but I am only going to discuss a few that I found were connected to each other throughout the story. These oppositions ... Read More

The Notion of Individuality Through the Character of Sammy in A&P, a Short Story by John Updike (858 words, 2 pages)

John Updike wrote many books and short stories. Many of his characters resembled people he knew or they reflected his views on what was going on in America (Interview 75-79). They expressed his views on the value system that people lived by. One of these ideas was individualism. Individualism has ... Read More

How I Spent My Three Days on My Computer (442 words, 2 pages)

One thousand six hundred and eighteen minutes. One thousand six hundred and eighteen was spent by me, on my computer, in three days. That seems to be a lot of time when you think about it, probably just about twenty seven hours. How could all that time be spent at ... Read More

Achieving Clarity and Accuracy on My Growth in Writing (627 words, 1 pages)

How can we achieve clarity through writing? To judge anything with any degree of clarity and accuracy we would need all the information past, present, and future and how it will affect all concerned to make a perfect judgment. When no one has that skill, ability or information, you might ... Read More

Life Goes on After the Death of a Loved One in Is My Team Ploughing, a Poem by A.E. Housman (347 words, 1 pages)

An Analysis of Housmans Is my team plowing ThesisIn Housman's "Is My Team Plowing", the lyrical speaker discusses how life goes on after death. Housman uses quotation marks and play on words to convey the guilt that that the living feels for moving on after a loved one dies. Main ... Read More

Macbeth and Lady Macbeth the Most Important Soliloquies in the Story (432 words, 1 pages)

"Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here" In Macbeth, William Shakespeare writes this passage in order to tell us about the character of Lady Macbeth. Using only this line, we can almost determine Lady Macbeth's personality and her motives. Up to the point where this quote ... Read More

A Review of John Donne’s Poem Batter My Heart (1150 words, 3 pages)

I was completely blown away by John Donne's Batter My Heart. I normally enjoy poetry more than any other Literary form, and this poem was no exception, aside from the fact it meant more than any other. When the poem was first introduced to me in class, I was very ... Read More

Babylon Revisited: A Short Story Based on Babylon Building in the Bible (582 words, 1 pages)

I think that 'Babylon Revisited' is a good title for this story because it follows the same story-line of the Babylon building in the Bible. The story in the Bible is about people trying to build a tower to go on forever and it ultimately led to mass destruction. They ... Read More

A Paper on Appearances in D. H. Lawrence’s Story The Rocking Horse Winner (1069 words, 2 pages)

Appearances can be deceiving In the story "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence, it appears that the family is very happy, and Paul's mother is very loving and affectionate towards her kids, but she knows that is no so because they "read it in each others eyes."(p343) In reality ... Read More

A Message From an Angel: A Personal Story (396 words, 1 pages)

A Message From an Angel I was thirty-seven weeks pregnant, and only two weeks away from my due date. It was a bright sunny Monday morning in July and I was already late for my doctor's appointment. I threw on my favorite sweat shorts and an XXXL tee shirt to ... Read More

Clinging to Tradition: A Review of Stories A Moment before the Gun Went Off and The Lottery (785 words, 4 pages)

In the stories 'A Moment before The Gun Went Off' and 'The Lottery,' there is the situation in which a group of people cling to traditions very blindly. In both stories the traditions are so dug into the people's way of life that questioning them is considered sacrilege within these ... Read More

An Analysis of Book review in “My Brother Sam is Dead” by James and Christopher Collier. (548 words, 1 pages)

My Brother Sam Is Dead James Christopher Lincoln Collier Copyright 1974 Some of the major themes in this book were that Tim and his family has to survive through out this book. Another theme was to keep their store going and not to close it because that is where they ... Read More

A Loss of Language: A Review of Richard Rodrigueze’s Story Gains and Losses (886 words, 1 pages)

A Loss of Language In Richard Rodriguezs Gains and Losses, we are told the story of how he learned English as a young boy, and, in turn, stopped using his familys language, Spanish. The story is the portrayal of a Latino family that does not speak English very well and ... Read More

A Review of Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese (585 words, 1 pages)

Who Moved My Cheese? "Who Moved My Cheese?" by Spencer Johnson, is the story of two mice, Sniff and Scurry, and two little people, Hem and Haw, who are searching for Cheese. When I recommended this book to a friend, he seemed pretty skeptical. I bet he was thinking how ... Read More

Reasons Why Dead Man Walking Changed My Views on Life and Death Penalty (676 words, 1 pages)

Dead Man walking was an extraordinary and really thought provoking movie that got me to re-examine some of my fundamental beliefs of the death penalty. It's the first time I actually saw a video so graphic about death row. It was so detailed and it showed us how the inmate ... Read More

Different Interpretations of the Story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been (1785 words, 2 pages)

The Minor Portion of "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" The story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been", by Joyce Carol Oates, has been discussed by many critics who try to interpret the story the way the author intended. In Larry Rubin's article, "Oates's 'Where Are ... Read More

A Review of Martha Brooks’s Short Story What I Want To Be When I Grow Up (794 words, 1 pages)

Brooks, M. "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" Paradise Caf and Other Stories, Thistledown Press Ltd. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1988 Martha Brooks' short story called "What I Want To Be When I Grow Up" is about a 14-year-old junior high student, Andrew, who has to take the public ... Read More

A Review of Douglas Adams’s Story Life, the Universe and Everything (918 words, 1 pages)

Arthur Dent, the protagonist in the story Life, The Universe, And Everything by Douglas Adams, is just an ordinary person who has to save the universe in his pajamas. This book is the third in the hitchhiker series and is one of the best. The best thing about Douglas's books ... Read More

A Review of Edgar Allan Poe’s Short Story Tell-Tale Heart (565 words, 1 pages)

"Tell-Tale Heart" is one of the shortest short stories Edgar Allan Poe had ever written. It is a magnificent tale of mental deterioration in which Poe uses his wording very efficiently. The story is told by an unnamed narrator who is attempting to defend his sanity yet confessing to having ... Read More

A Review of The Feast of Bricriu, a Story Based on a Collection of Irish Legends (427 words, 1 pages)

Main Character Poison tongued and sour, stands Bricriu in his spacious home. This the spirited member of Conchobar Mac Nessa's Ulster Court stands, towering above the visitors and servants of his house. All of the servants knew that if they didn't do what they were told, Bricriu would have no ... Read More

Youth and Innocence in The Chief’s Daughter and My Own Life (476 words, 1 pages)

While reading the "The Chiefs Daughter" by Rosemary Sutcliff I came across a very surprising event. In this selection, a young Indian girl meets an Irish prisoner and when a stream that brings many important resources to the tribe, begins to dry up, their relationship is put on the line. ... Read More

Exploration of Terror, Vengeance and Solitude in William Faulkner’s Story That Evening Star (370 words, 1 pages)

William Faulkner's story "That evening sun" is a dark portrait of white Southerners' indifference to the crippling fears of one of their black employees. It is also an exploration of terror, vengeance and solitude. Nancy, the main character in the story, is a typical African-American woman, "she was tall, with ... Read More

My Vision of a Technologically Upgraded School (713 words, 1 pages)

Differences make the world go round. And that is what the world of science is trying to bring to the future of education and of course the "SCHOOLS". For instance, take school uniforms they take away kids' background and identity and make school boring and colourless. The worst thing about ... Read More

Ways in Which the Peter Cowan’s Short Story School Can Be Read (954 words, 2 pages)

There are many ways in which a piece of literature can be read and interpreted. A text is construed in many ways, depending on the readers time period, culture and previous knowledge. When we read literature, there are many culturally determined practices and conventions that we follow. These practices and ... Read More

Escaping the Past: A Review of James Baldwin’s Story Sonny’s Blues (550 words, 1 pages)

How do sonny his brother try to escape the past? Is sonny's brother able to accept the past? "Sonny's Blues" Learning To Accept The Past What is the past? Webster's Dictionary defines the past as a person's history or background. The experiences of the past help make people who they ... Read More

Please Be Honest With Me Even if It Hurts Me: A Story (600 words, 1 pages)

Please Be Honest With Me Even If It Hurts Me". So many nights I sit all alone and and I think about you, wondering if you are ever thinking about me too. It is probably unrealistic to think that you might be thinking of me as much. In the silence ... Read More

Homeless Heroes: A Review of Story Onion John (687 words, 1 pages)

Homeless Heroes Authors like to write tidy stories about growing up. Since everyone's growing up is different, there probably are very few stories that everyone can relate to. "Onion John" is a story about one set of problems a boy encounters as he is growing up. Children want to have ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013