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A Literary Analysis of What I Hope for by David Means (712 words, 1 pages)

Out of the wreckageAssorted Fire EventsDavid MeansFourth Estate 10, pp165David Means begins a story called 'What I Hope For' with the sentence 'I don't want anyone to die in my stories any more.' It's the seventh, and shortest and most cheerful, story in an unsettling, fiercely felt debut collection, and ... Read More

A Literary Analysis of What I Learned on the Mountain by Rajee Tupak Soiree (600 words, 1 pages)

Happy now?Happiness TMWill FergusonCanongate 9.99, pp320Edwin Vincent de Valu, sharp-tongued, disaffected junior editor at Panderic Publishers, one day picks out an astonishing manuscript from the slush pile a self-help manual that actually works. Atrociously written, covered in sticky labels of daisies, and more than 1,000 pages long, within months of ... Read More

Interesting Things to Do When You’re in Hawaii (1958 words, 2 pages)

'I don't think there's genius in my writing'Observer What is Hotel Honolulu about?Theroux I see it as a book about a place which is very difficult to write about. There are two places that are hard to write about. A place like Britain, England in particular, which has been written ... Read More

An Essay on Prize Disappointment (731 words, 1 pages)

Prize disappointmentThese are hard times. Those of us in the world of books who have, in the past, looked to literary prize ceremonies for a bit of harmless entertainment must confess to a mild sensation of disappointment this year.Whitbread passed with barely a frisson of controversy and, for once, it ... Read More

A Character I Identify with: Ralph from Lord of the Flies by William Golding (262 words, 1 pages)

Who am I most like?In Lord of the Flies, the character named Ralph is most like me. He is a normal boy who likes to play around, make fun of other boys and, sometimes get cross. Ralph has very active characteristics. In the beginning of the chapter 1, when he ... Read More

I Would Like to Live by the Mountains (323 words, 1 pages)

Living by the MountainsIf I could choose where I would live, I would live by the mountains. All my life I have been taught to be appreciative of the woods and nature. My love to be in the mountains is partly because of my love of snow. This has given ... Read More

Tone Shift between Act I and Act II of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible (271 words, 1 pages)

Tone Shift between Act I and Act IIof Arthur Miller'sThe CrucibleThe tone changes from maddened anticipation at the end of act one to somber falseness at the beginning of act two. The author's diction highlights the tones of hysteria and excitement at the conclusion of act one. "Rising to a ... Read More

Russia’s Involvement in World War I and the Communist Revolution (220 words, 1 pages)

Russia's involvement in World War I is noted as one of the causes of the Communist Revolution. During World War I, Russian armies were badly defeated many Russian soldiers were killed or captured. Soldiers were sent into battle without proper war materials because industry was in such a poor state ... Read More

A Description of the Founding Fathers of Our Country and By That I Mean the Federalists (1649 words, 7 pages)

When the founding fathers of our country, and by that I mean theFederalists, were creating the system of government for America, they knew thata separation of power would be necessary to protect the American people from theevils of a monarchy or dictatorship. In doing this, they created the threebranches of ... Read More

An Analysis of the Three Primary Problems in the Autobiographical Book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (729 words, 1 pages)

Three primary problems cage Maya Angelou in her autobiographical book I Know why the Caged Bird Sings. The most pressing of these issues was probably the fact that Maya lived in the highly segregated south. Another factor of her imprisonment was because Maya, also known as Marguerite, was a social ... Read More

Do Not Be Too Curious and How I almost Died (1117 words, 2 pages)

Quiet My hand shook violently as I fumbled with my keys. I tried to quiet the jingling, tried to unlock the door quickly without making much noise, tried to get inside before he caught up with me. I turned the knob and rushed through the door, locking it with a ... Read More

Recap of the Day I visited the Chambersburg Police Department (1200 words, 2 pages)

The System PoliceBefore I was to go and visit the police station, in Chambersburg, PA, I guess you could call me ignorant. You can say this because I was expecting to basically see what happens on all of those made up police shows (i.e. New York Under Cover). I was ... Read More

How I Made My Decision to Study Computer Science As My Major (712 words, 1 pages)

Chi YaoMy MajorI have made a lot of decisions until now. Choosing my major is one of them it is also one of the decisions that can most influence my life. Therefore, I decided my major by myself, and now I am studying computer science at De Anza College. I ... Read More

A Description of When We Shall Meet Again As the Three of Us (1566 words, 6 pages)

1 Witch. When shall we three meet again?In thunder, lightning, or in rain?2 Witch. When the hurlyburly s done,When the battle s lost and won.3 Witch. That will be ere the set of sun.1 Witch. Where the place?2 Witch. Upon the heath.3 Witch. There to meet with Macbeth.1 Witch. I ... Read More

The Life and Achievements of Queen Elizabeth I (860 words, 2 pages)

Queen Elizabeth I was actually born named Elizabeth Tudor on September 7, 1533. She was born at Greenwich Palace and was the daughter of Henry VIII and his second wife (after England s split from the Catholic Church), Anne Boleyn. She was crowned Queen of England on January14, 1559 and ... Read More

An Analysis of the Movie I Shot Andy Warhol Directed by Mary Harron (1001 words, 2 pages)

What do you get when you combine a warped mind of a Manhattan stockbroker and a suave, classy well-built exterior? You get an American psycho and the title of a brilliant yet not so easily accepted book by Bret Easton Ellis.Canadian director Mary Harron, known for her work with the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Funeral Journey in the Novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (920 words, 2 pages)

Few novels delve into the depths of the human psyche as effectively as William Faulkner s eccentric novel, As I Lay Dying. Written in a stream-of-consciousness style and narrated by fifteen different characters, As I Lay Dying not only reflects the religious and moral values of a family torn by ... Read More

A Personal Opinion on the Family I Want to Make in the Future (591 words, 1 pages)

Many people in the world have their own ideas of how they want their, "perfect" family to be. This opinion varies just as much as the personalities and views of people from this world do. Very rarely people agree with each other on what is the perfect "family". Individuals' own ... Read More

An Argument iIn Favor of Banning Handguns in the United States (559 words, 1 pages)

Why Should We Ban Handguns in the United StatesRecently in Michigan a six-year-old brought a handgun to school and shot a classmate and killed her. In 1990 there were 23,438 homicides in the United States, 9,923 due to handguns (418). This was one of the points that Nicholas Dixon brings ... Read More

The Extremes When Dealing With Poverty in The Horse Dealer’s Daughter (705 words, 2 pages)

The Extremes That Come When Dealing With PovertyThe protagonist in D. H. Lawrence s The Horse Dealer s Daughter is Mabel. She faces many decisions, however her conflict is internal. Her family went from being wealthy, to losing everything that they had, due to poverty. When wealthy, the sense of ... Read More

A Report on I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg (413 words, 1 pages)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden For my first Book Report of the marking period, I chose to read a book that deals with Physiology. My reason for doing this is because in my English 1 class, we completed a reading called The Bad Seed, which also dealt with ... Read More

The Person I Admire The Most and Why – My Mother (560 words, 1 pages)

Whom I AdmireThere are a lot of people in this world that sit very high with me. I like almost all the people I know and many people inspire me. The person whom I admire most would have to be my mother. The reason for this is that she had ... Read More

The Views and Ideas of William Faulkner in the Novel as I Lay Dying (985 words, 2 pages)

William Faulkner's complex novel As I Lay Dying presents many different views and ideas. With the use of James Joyce's stream of consciousness technique, Faulkner allows his reader to presented with many sides to the story and participate in the events of the story without blanking making statements. In this ... Read More

An Analysis of the Maya’s Endurance in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an Autobiographical Novel by Maya Angelou (629 words, 1 pages)

Chelly Perez12 April 2001I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya endures many trials as she moves from place to place, but whenever she finds herself back in Stamps she knows she is home. Growing up in the rural segregated south, Maya encounters many obstacles such as prejudice and racism. Stacked ... Read More

A Character Analysis of As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (636 words, 4 pages)

As I Lay DyingWilliam Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is a novel about how the conflicting agendas within a family tear it apart. Every member of the family is to a degree responsible for what goes wrong, but none more than Anse. Anse's laziness and selfishness are the underlying factors ... Read More

The Theme of Death in I Heard a Fly Buzz, a Poem by Emily Dickinson (780 words, 2 pages)

I heard a Fly buzz Emily Dickinson s works addressed many dark subjects, including death. In the poem 465, I heard a fly buzz Dickinson uses diction and imagery to express the last thoughts and sensations of the narrator while dying, and the ultimate emptiness in death. The theme of ... Read More

An Analysis of Beauty When the Other Dancer is the Self, a Story by Alice Walker (844 words, 1 pages)

Children are the seeds of humankind and need to flourish through the direction of their parents. Therefore we often find that children view the world through inexperienced eyes, while adults view it through experienced eyes. The way beauty is perceived differs from person to person, and a person s perception ... Read More

A Review of Margaret Craven’s Book “I Heard the Owl Call My Name” (1277 words, 4 pages)

Book Review 11. Name of Book Short Story I Heard The Owl Call My Name2. Name of Author Margaret Craven3. A List of 5 Books Written by the same AuthorI Heard The Owl Call My NameAgain Calls The OwlWalk Gently This Good EarthThe Home Front4. Interesting Facts about the AuthorHer ... Read More

The Character Traits of William Faulkner’s Novel “As I Lay Dying” (320 words, 1 pages)

DarlDarl, the second child of Anse and Addie Bundren is the most prolific voice in the novel As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner. Darl Bundren, the next eldest of the Bundren children, delivers the largest number of interior monologues in the novel. An extremely sensitive and articulate young man, ... Read More

An Analysis of the Architectural Concept of Silence and Light by Louis I. Kahn (3971 words, 4 pages)

Between The Silence and The Light Introduction Architecture is a meeting place between the measurable and the unmeasurable. The art of design is not only rooted in the aesthetic form, but in the soul of the work. In Phenomena and Idea, Stephen Holl once wrote, " The thinking-making couple of ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013