English Essays

The Poetry of EE Cummings
The Poetry of EE Cummings E. E. Cummings, who was born in 1894 and died in 1962, wrote many poems with unconventional punctuation and capitalization, and unusual line, word, and even letter placements - namely, ideograms. Cummings’ most difficult form of prose is probably the ideogram; it is extremely terse and it combines both visual and auditory elements. There may be sounds or characters on the page that cannot be verbalized or cannot convey the same message if pronounc...

The Power of One by Ernest Hemmingway
The Power of One by Ernest Hemmingway Throughout the world, there are many diverse cultures, each of these distinct cultures have different backgrounds, rituals and practices. These cultures have a profound effect on the minds of their inhabitants. It’s a person’s culture which effects their thoughts, beliefs and their outlook upon life. It doesn’t matter where you are from or where you go to, you always have a piece of your culture with you wherever you are. I...

The Power of Speech and Silence
The Power of Speech and Silence One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest - The Power of Speech and Silence There are many powers associated with both speech and silence. One can use either speech or silence to their advantage in a power struggle. Both can be very effective if used properly. In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Nurse Ratched and McMurphy use the power of speech and Chief Bromden uses the power of silence. The power of speech can be used in a number ...

The Problem of the Color Line by Anna Quindlen
The Problem of the Color Line by Anna Quindlen “The verdict is in. The jury has spoken. The death of Diallo, a hard working African immigrant, was adjudged a terrible accident. Not murder, not manslaughter. Louima’s assailant is in jail. Two of the officers who beat King went to prison. There have been commissions, investigations, demonstrations, public reaction, prater vigils, op-ed pieces, television segments, classroom dialogues. And so Americans ricochet from event to ev...

The Qualities of a Good Man
The Qualities of a Good Man The qualities of a “Good” Man “Your gonna’ grow up and be just like your father!” Much more than a forecast of an unfortunate demise, but this and other comments have rendered me as screwed up as I am today. A personal goal I have set is to be nothing like my father; the question why can be debated later on a damn’ NBC mini-series, or a rather entertaining episode of the Maury Povic show. Anger, dishonesty, co...

The Raise of Bhuddism
The Raise of Bhuddism The Raise of Buddhism Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world. It was founded by Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) in Northeastern India. It arose as a monastic movement during a time of Brahman tradition. Buddhism rejected important views of Hinduism. It did not recognize the validity of the Vedic Scriptures, nor the sacrificial cult, which arose from it. It also questioned the authority of the priesthood. Also, the Buddhist movement was open to pe...

The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice Introduction In William Shakespeare’s romantic tragic comedy, The Merchant of Venice, he employs an array of dynamic characters and utilises their colourful and contrasting relationships as tools, set against an Italian backdrop, to reveal his views on love to the audience. Money VS Love Through the frequent references to the need and desire for money, the writer develops the theme of the conflict between material values, that is love for money, and ...

The Metamorphisis
The Metamorphisis My name is Kevin Cifuentes. I am currently a high school senior at Francis Lewis High School in Queens New York. I am also an individual with a physical disability. I have a twin brother who is also a high school senior, and I have an older brother who is attending his sophomore year in New York University. Although I was born and raised in the United States, my parents were born in Colombia. They wanted a better education for me as well as my brothers, so...

The Mirror by Sylvia Plath
The Mirror by Sylvia Plath There is a noticeable comparison between the poem “The Mirror” By Sylvia Plath & the article “Barbie” that appeared in the Newsday Tuesday November 18, 1997. The comparison is about how people look, and how society could reflect how you may feel about your looks. In the poem “The Mirror” it tells about a lady who dislikes the way she looks. She thinks of herself as being ugly. In the article it tells how Matte...

The Most Dangerous Game and The Destructors
The Most Dangerous Game and The Destructors “And something had come to life…It was a kind of shadow, a poisonous blackness filled with bewildered loathing. …something hateful and unspeakable in the souls of men.” An apparent introduction is made in the three works, The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, The Child by Tiger by Thomas Wolfe, and The Destructors by Graham Greene; the unwelcome but necessary introduction to the sinful nature of mankind, to evil w...

The Natural
The Natural “The Natural” By: Bernard Malamud The Natural, a story bases on a man by the name of Roy Hobbs. This story reminds me of a book I once read a little while ago. Roy Hobbs is (to me) a King Arthur. Iris is his Guenevere- in this story and then the rest of the characters are like those from the story. Roy Hobbs plays the Arthur figure. Roy is a country boy, innocent of the temptations of the urban jungle that is already taking over American life in the period...

The Necklace
The Necklace Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” Mathilde’s Inability to Accept Destiny Many people born into the middle to lower class of society come to accept their lot in life and make the best of it, Mathilde, the main character in Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace”, is not one of these people. Mathilde felt that she was attractive and that fate must have made a mistake in birthing her into a family that could not provide a suitable dowry for a pr...

The Never ending battle
The Never-ending battle The Never-ending battle I don’t have all of the experience in the world about this topic, but like the typical male, I would like to think that I do know everything and that I am never wrong. At least that is what my wife of one year sometimes thinks. I admit it, men sometimes are the weaker sex when it comes to certain things, but I must draw the line when it comes to being reasonable. The ongoing conflict between women and men lie in the fac...

The Odyssey Basic Book Report
The Odyssey - Basic Book Report By being filled with vigour and by being well written, the Odyssey sets the mood for many of the adventures allowing the reader to become caught up in the story and sympathise with its characters. In Homers description of the adventure, you feel overcome with curiosity while reading. The plot of the Odyssey consists of the journey taken by the main character Odysseus while returning from the Trojan War. The wanderings are presented by use of flash...

The Odyssey Development of desire
The Odyssey - Development of desire The development of the male warrior, throughout literature, has a direct relationship with the development of western civilization. The attributes a warrior holds, fall respectively with the attributes that each society held as valuable. These characteristics, started by societies ideals, become the warrior’s only reasons for continuing their heroics. The ideals however do change with each warrior. At the beginning we have a warrior wit...

The Odyssey Odysseus Cunning
The Odyssey Odysseus Cunning Odysseus’ Cunning In Homer’s epic novel The Odyssey, Homer depicts Odysseus as a character of great intelligence and cunning. Throughout the many dangers and hazards he encounters, Odysseus shows, in many ways, his ingenious slyness. Odysseus’ cunning is shown in many examples, such as when he encounters the lotus-eaters. Some of his men, hungry as they are, accept the lotus-eaters’ offering of some of their lotus to eat. Soon they fo...

The Odyssey SE
The Odyssey - SE During his journeys Odysseus often makes the mistake of staying to boast to his enemies but learns that doing so gives his opposition a chance to seek retribution against him. After leaving Troy Odysseus attacks the land of the Cicones. Instead of leaving after his victory, he stays to celebrate until a force is rallied against him and he must flee with many casualties. Afterwards Odysseus and his crew land on the island of the Cyclops. They are attacked ...

The Odyssey
The Odyssey Completing a Journey Its been twenty years since Odysseus has been able to go home to his kingdom and family, because Poseidon has a grudge toward him and would not let him leave. Currently his kingdom is slowly falling apart, and Athena, who always liked Odysseus, recognizes this and says that it is time for him to come back to his kingdom. At many points in his journey Odysseus could give up and not try to go home, however, Athena, is there by his si...

The Old Man and the Sea Tragedy
The Old Man and the Sea - Tragedy Tragedy is defined as “a dramatic or heroic or literary work depicting a protagonist engaged in a orally significant struggle ending in ruin of profound disappointment.” Hemingway’s, the Old Man and the Sea is no doubt a very tragic novel. The story starts off with the narrator explaining how Santiago, the old man, had gone 84 days without catching a fish, making the reader feel sorry for Santiago right off the start. The boy is a co...

The Old man and the Sea bookreport
The Old man and the Sea bookreport The Old Man and the Sea For my summer reading book I read “The old man and the sea” by Ernest Hemmingway. This story is about an old man named Santiago who is the main character in the book. Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who used to be a sailor when he was young. He Traveled to Africa and still has dreams about the lions he saw when he went there. He still has memories from the past when he caught other fish and of arm wrestling matches....

The Open Boat
The Open Boat The Open Boat First published in 1897, “The Open Boat” is based on an actual incident from Stephen Crane’s life in January of that year. The story tells of the struggles of four men shipwrecked at sea that must make their way to shore in a ten-foot dinghy. The author’s grippingly realistic depiction of their life-threatening ordeal captures the sensations and emotions of struggle for survival against the forces of nature. Together, the men protest aga...

The Outcasts of Poker Flat John oakhurst Analysis
The Outcasts of Poker Flat - John oakhurst Analysis John Oakhurst is the main character in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”. John is an outstanding person and has some phenomenal traits. Such as that he is unusually calm, courageous, and modest. John has shown numerous times in “The Outcasts of Poker Flat”, that he is an extraordinarily calm person. One time in which Mr. Oakhurst showed extreme calmness is when the men come to take him away, and he just took what is co...

The Outsider by Albert Camus vx The Trial by Franz Kafka
The Outsider by Albert Camus vx The Trial by Franz Kafka The Priest(Kafka vs Camus) The Outsider, written by Albert Camus, and The Trial, written by Franz Kafka, are two books that have been critically acclaimed since the time that they were published. There are critics that claim that The Outsider is a dull book, and is not even a read-worthy book. Other people claim that it shows us how society actually acts upon people who do not want to be like the rest of society. The Tri...

The Outsiders 2
The Outsiders 2 In this book analysis, about the book “The Outsiders” by S. E. Hinton I will discuss character and plot development, as well as the setting, the author’s style and my opinions about the book. In this part of the analysis I will give some information about the subjects of the book, and about the author. The author wrote the story when she was just 16 years old, in the 1950s. The book was successful, and it was sold, and still being sold, in many copies as a ...

The Outsiders Human Nature
The Outsiders - Human Nature The Outsiders, an enthralling tale by S.E. Hinton, is an excellent story about the hardships and triumphs experienced by the Greasers and the Socs, two rival gangs. This novel suggests the stories¹ content because the Greasers are a gang of social outcasts and misfits. This novel¹s theme is very specific; people, no matter what their social background, strive for the same goals and experience the same disappointments. This novel shows this theme th...