Writers Essays

In the beginning I thought this story would be very difficult for me, so I read the Chinese translation version first. Actually at that time I couldn’t understand it and the impression that it left with me was vague. I still dwelled on the end part of the story and …

The main difference between Plath’s and Hughes’ poetry, is that Plath writes about her own experiences. Whereas Hughes experience is second hand, he writes about his own pain though Plath’s experiences. In the poem Daddy, Plath is talking about her childhood. She is writing as she remembers it. On the …

Summary: In The Pearl, Steinbeck tries to say that human nature tendency toward greed, deception and evil, which can cause something good and beautiful to become something bad and evil in both physical and mental ways. In The Pearl, the author, John Steinbeck, uses the pearl to express what human …

Thus far in “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne he has made it clear the tone he has taken towards Pearl Prynne, Roger Chillingworth, and the Puritans as a whole. Hawthorne portrays his tone by his use of diction and syntax. Hawthorne’s view of Pearl is exceptionally adoring. There are …

There are many different books that are studied in schools, but one should be removed from shelves. Students should not be reading about certain subject matters until they are fully invested into that specific subject. Certain inappropriate topics are racism and dated subject matter. The book, To Kill a Mockingbird …

George Washington once said, “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” George Orwell’s satirical novel 1984 is based on the life of Party member Winston Smith, a free thinker, and his battle to restore humanity …

The Assignment: 1. In your notebook, complete a dialectical journal** (two-column notes) in which you discuss your author’s language and style. (See “Ideas for Analyzing Text.”) 2. Meet the required number (15) of concrete details in your journal notes. * See the page labeled “How to Choose Quotations…” for these …

Curley is the boss’s son, so he doesn’t need to work like the ordinary ranch hands, and he has time to kill. He’s little – so he hates big guys. He is a prize-fighter and looks for opportunities for a fight. “He glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie. …

(i) “In King Lear honour and loyalty triumph over brutality and viciousness.” Write your response to this statement supporting your answer with suitable reference to the text. OR (ii) “In King Lear the villainous characters hold more fascination for the audience than the virtuous ones.” Discuss this statement with reference …

Steinbeck cleverly builds up the tension throughout Chapter three to foreshadow the fight. It is important to note how Steinbeck builds up the tension beforehand, as he jumps from scene to scene which has conflicting emotions for both the characters and the reader, to perhaps manipulate us to believe that …