English Essays

The Boat
The Boat Stephen Crane’s story, The Open Boat, deals primary with pessimism. The story contains unemotional, naive and sad feelings. The theme of the story is the purposelessness of life which deals with man against nature. Yet the sense of brotherhood, caring, and friendship adds flavor to the beauty of this natural story. The setting is very important for Stephen Crane. He shows us that external forces are in the control of the setting, which is the ocean. The ocean ...

The Bonding of a Man and a Woman
The Bonding of a Man and a Woman The Bonding of a Man and a Woman In the short story, “ The Storm,” Kate Chopin briefly lets us sense the feeling there is between a woman and a man when two hearts collide. What makes a man and a woman connect? Is it the smell of one another’s cologne, or is it the look in the eyes of the other? Why do we have these feelings that go beyond our imagination? Why is it that Calixta cheated on Bobinot? Was there a sense of boredom in her lif...

The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges
The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Luis Borges is a famous Spanish author, known best for his short stories. In this paper, I will discuss several short stories written by Mr. Borges, what influenced him in his writings, and a brief history of his place of origin, Argentina. Borges’ The Book of Sand is the story of a man who is visited by a stranger trying to sell a “holy book” called the Book of Sand. The narrator looks at the book and is unable to se...

The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado In order to better illustrate his tale of revenge, Edgar Allan Poe uses three distinct types of irony in his short story “The Cask of Amontillado.” Irony is defined as a contrast between what appears to be and what really is. Poe’s subtle use of irony appears in three forms, verbal irony, a contrast between what is said and what is actually meant, irony of the situation, occurring when things turn out contrary to what is expected or int...

The Catcher In The Rye
The Catcher In The Rye The theme that the world has an outward appearance that seems fair and perfect but really they’re as Holden put it “phonies.” This is shown countless amount of times in his journey through New York and even before he left. The setting is in the 1950’s; so I’m pretty sure that he didn’t encounter any transvestites, lesbians, or anything that extreme of phoniest. Or on the other hand he could have liked them for being as E...

The Catcher in the Rye Comin Thro the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye - Comin Thro the Rye Thesis: The “poor body,” Jenny, mentioned in Robert Burns’ poem, “Comin Thro the Rye,” is Holden. Where does the title come from in the novel by J.D Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye ? The title comes from Holden’s explanation to his sister, Phoebe, on his preferred profession. Thus the profession he describes is related to a poem by Robert Burns’ “Comin Thro’ the Rye.” Holden makes an error when quoting from the s...

The Catcher in the Rye Foreshadowing
The Catcher in the Rye - Foreshadowing The use of forshadowing in a novel can help it’s reader get a sense of what is to come in the story without giving away the events themselves. It is a powerful tool which prevents events from being left unexplained, leaving the reader question the effectivness of an outcome. The eventual breakdown of the character Holden Caufield in J.D. Salinger’s controversial 1945 novel “The Catcher in the Rye” was foreshadowed in...

The Catcher in the Rye Holdens World View
The Catcher in the Rye - Holden’s World View In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden views the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no peace. This perception of the world does not change significantly through the novel. However as the novel progresses, Holden gradually comes to the realization that he is powerless to change this. During the short period of Holden’s life covered in this book, “Holden does succeed in making us perceive that the world...

The Catcher in the Rye Journey
The Catcher in the Rye - Journey Journey is defined as the act of traveling from one place to another. Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is a journey story itself. J.D. Salinger starts the journey in a mental hospital in California. This is where Holden Caulfield, the main character, has his flashbacks and begins to retell his journey. The physical journey Holden makes is to go from Pencey Prep Pennsylvania to New York. From this point, he makes his way to a hotel in Ne...

The Catcher in the Rye Narration
The Catcher in the Rye - Narration In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the first person narration is critical in helping the reader to know and understand the main character, Holden Caulfield. Holden, in his narration, relates a flashback of a significant period of his life, three days and nights on his own in New York City. Through his narration, Holden discloses to the reader his innermost thoughts and feelings. He thus provides the reader not only with informatio...

The Catcher in the Rye Overview
The Catcher in the Rye Overview The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is one of the first novels written with young adults in mind. It is written in the first person, with the main character, sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield, telling the story. His main goal is to be accepted society, while protecting and maintaining a sense of innocence in those who are special and close to him. He is turned-off by anyone who doesn’t see the world as he does. The theme of innocence is s...

The Catcher in the Rye Simple Essay
The Catcher in the Rye - Simple Essay In JD Salingers’ Catcher in the Rye, a troubled teenager named Holden Caufield struggles with the fact that everyone has to grow up. The book gets its title from Holden’s constant concern with the loss of innocence. He did not want children to grow up because he felt that adults are corrupt. This is seen when Holden tries to erase naughty words from the walls of an elementary school where his younger sister Phoebe attended. ̶...

The Catcher in the Rye Summary
The Catcher in the Rye - Summary Catcher in the Rye 1.) The novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” was narrated by its’ main character, Holden Caulfield. Caulfield is a sixteen-year-old boy recuperating in a rest home due to his nervous breakdown after suffering from a psychological meltdown in New York City. During his life he had attended many prep schools and at the time of his nervous breakdown he was currently enrolled at Pencey Prep. He did decide to leave the school ...

The Change
The Change Essay In this essay I am supposed to discuss an project or activity that best represents me. I thought about this for a while, and I decided I would talk about my piano lessons. My parents didn’t make me take them, and I didn’t take them because it was “just something to do.” There is a lot behind the story. About a year and a half ago, I suffered an injury that put me out of basketball for 6 months. To me, it was the end of the world. Basketba...

Tartuffe
Tartuffe Moliere’s neoclassic comedy, Tartuffe, is a prime example of his expertise in the comedic technique. The plot is one that keeps the reader or viewer interested and aware. It begins with Madame Pernell visiting her son’s house and reprimanding all of them but their boarder, Tartuffe. She believes Tartuffe is a man of astounding character. The members of the house, however, disagree and say that Tartuffe is deceitful and a fraud. After Madam Pernell leaves, Dorin...

Teenagers Life
Teenagers Life MY LIFE It’s a bitter cold weather. Everybody in there houses sitting by fireplace or having hot chocolate. All of a sudden in the quiet neighborhood, there were ambulance sirens and then a woman was carried away on the stretcher to the ambulance. Screams and cries can be heard all over the hospital. Finally it was quiet, then there was a baby crying. This baby was I, Mohammed Khan. I was born on April 17th, 1981. I was the first child and the first nephe...

Teenagers
Teenagers Teenagers The teenager is a creature far different from that of any other. These strange beings are classified into the species of the homo-sapiens ranging from thirteen to eighteen years of age. Through the years, it seems that a teenager has grown more to be a separate class in itself rather than a certain time period in life. Although teenagers are really almost a separate sub- species of the human race, none of them are really quite the same. From head to toe, ev...

Televisions Influence on Children
Television’s Influence on Children In the United States today, 99 percent of all homes have at least one television, and 58 percent of all children ages 6-17 have a television in their bedrooms (Miller, 1997). Considering these statistics, it is not surprising that research reveals that television is a major influence in the lives of the nation’s children. Television programs are instantly available, and with good reception, via cable and satellite dish...

Televisions distortion of reality
Televisions distortion of reality The entertainment quality found in media violence eventually leads to the degradation of human beings in society. Reality is distorted when people accept violence in media without question. Violence in media distorts reality by making people believe our world is unsafe. Although this may partially be true, media makes society believe one must have weapons to protect oneself. Actually this belief may propel the problem further. That is, the more ...

Tennesse Williams The Glass Managerie
Tennesse Williams’ The Glass Managerie The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams The “Glass Menagerie” written by Tennessee Williams is a play involving four very different characters, all of whom are troubled in their own way. Amanda is a very affectionate mother, however she may be too affectionate, and seems to actually smother her children with her love. Laura is physically crippled, and this causes her to have what the book calls an inferiority complex, causin...

Tennessee Williamss Life Story
Tennessee Williams’s Life Story Tennessee Williams’s Life Story Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie, originated in the memory of Williams. Williams’ family embodied his father, Cornelius Williams, his mother, Edwina Dakin Williams, his sister, Rose Williams, and his younger brother, Dakin Williams. Cornelius was an alcoholic, always away from home; Tennessee and Cornelius did not have a strong relationship, “By the late 1920s, mother ...

Th great gatsby
Th great gatsby The Great Gatsby is a novel that illustrates the society in the 1920’s and the associated beliefs, values and dreams of the American population at that time. These beliefs, values and dreams can be summed up be what is termed the “American Dream”; a dream of money, wealth, prosperity and the happiness that supposedly came with the booming economy and get-rich-quick schemes that formed the essential underworld of American upper-class society. Thi...

Thanatopsis
Thanatopsis Thanatopsis William Cullen Bryant’s Thanatopsis represents his view of life and death, and, in light of this, how we should live our lives and prepare ourselves for death. The beginning of his poem tells us not to fret over death and anticipate the horrors that it might possibly hold. He encourages us, that when we do begin to feel this way, to go outside and see how nature is strong, constant, and seemingly infinite, just as the reality of death is constant and...

Thanksgiving and Christmas Comparison and Contrast
Thanksgiving and Christmas Comparison and Contrast Thanksgiving and Christmas Comparison and Contrast: For most of us, in the United States, Thanksgiving and Christmas are very important holidays. Aside from both of them being in winter, They are traditional holidays for the union of family. In the United States, when children grow up, they usually leave the comfort and security of their parents home in order to build lives of their own. Thanksgiving and Christmas gives them a c...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Analysis
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Analysis In the story ” The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, the author’s technique of writing proves him to be a true master of regional writing. Twain explores the different areas of regionalism using a great amount of detail in the novel. Some of the main aspects of regionalism that he writes about include the environment, the society, and the different superstitions that were believed to be true at the tim...