Reading Essays

The personal essay is an expression of the author’s feelings, thoughts and experiences. By writing a personal essay and sharing the personal experience, the author is trying to entertain and involve the readers. A variety of stylistic techniques may be used by the author in a personal essay, such as …

The title alone told me that this story had some amount of darkness to it, but the setting of “Greasy Lake” is what eluded me as to what would happen next in the story. The author, T. Coraghessan Boyle, foreshowed each phase in the story by providing the reader with …

“The Shark Net” written by Robert Drewe is a non-fiction Autobiographical text which is part-true crime and part autobiographical. Robert Drewe captivates the reader’s interest through the events, places, and people of early his childhood and adolescence, and the Eric Cooke serial killings. By using techniques such as symbolism, language …

The realistic tone of ‘Save Us From’ seems all too familiar to those who have spent a night driving through an unknown area on the long stretch of interstate. Constantly glancing down at the gas gauge, we’ll guess how much farther it is till the next gas station; the next …

The short story I am wrinting this response for is “The Kitten” by Alexander Reid . It is set on a farm a long time ago . That it is evident because the roof of the farm house is thatched, also butter churns are used a lot less often now …

I can’t begin to explain how reading has enriched my life. I live in a small fishing village called Lancaster, 200 miles northeast of Anchorage, Alaska. It’s strictly a fishing and mining town with a year-long population of 424. We’re a loyal, self-sufficent group, and count among our ranks five …

“Leaving was her punishment.” Throughout “The Reader” the relationship between Hanna and Michael changes. In Part 1 their relationship begins and develops into a very sexual and personal affair. He blames himself for her leaving him. In Part 2 it turns political and they are very separated throughout the trail, …

“After years of conflict between whole language and phonics advocates, a consensus about what works is emerging from the research: What is needed is a balanced approach to reading instruction – an approach that combines the language and literature-rich activities associated with whole language activities aimed at enhancing meaning, understanding, …

“Signs and Symbols” by Vladimir Nabokov, has been read in many different ways by many different readers. The story depicts a day in the life of Russian immigrants on the birthday of their mentally ill son. Critics may say it is a simple short story, a collage of signs and …

A Summary of Fires of Jubilee The Fires of Jubilee by Stephen B. Oats presents a riveting and harrowing tale of Nat Turner and his systematic and militaristic slave revolt against Virginia slave owners in the mid-1800s. The story is constructed in an incredibly accurate and historically chronological style. Oats …