English Essays

The Bean Trees
The Bean Trees Taylor\'s fears In the Story, The Bean Trees, by Barbara Kingslover we see a character named Taylor overcome several fears that she has. Taylor Greer, a woman who once saw a man being thrown several feet up into the air shortly after his tractor tire blew up, never did really like tires. She always seemed to think that the same thing might happen to her if she ever did something like, overfilling it too much with air. Her mom, who was fairly normal, decided to te...

The Beckhams
The Beckhams The way I see it a very open title for discussion and so in this essay I get to write whatever I want about well anything well nearly! I�ve decided to write about the Beckhams. Whenever I see the Beckhams in photographs or on the TV etc, which is rather often, I smile. That is smile not smirk or snigger or sneer. I smile because it�s good to see two young healthy people so in love. A lot of people are highly critical of the Beckhams but they say far more about themselves w...

The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar Examine the various reasons for Esther`s suicide attempts in The bell Jar. One of the main reasons why Esther tried to commit suicide was the way she perceived her mother\'s actions, and the fact that she hates her mother: `\"I hate her\", I said, and waited for the blow to fall.` she obviously believes that hating her mother is wrong, as she expected the doctor to react negatively to her comment. Throughout the novel, her mother has contributed to Esther`s pro...

The Bicycle Thief
The Bicycle Thief Another fine example of neorealism is The Bicycle Thief (1948), written by Cesare Zavattini and directed by Vittorio De Sica. The narrative of this film unfolds in post-W.W.II times. The film is a portrait of the post-war Italian disadvantaged class (the majority) in their search for self-respect. It is a time of struggle for the Italian people, amplified by a shortage of employment and lack of social services. In the first scenes of the film, these conditions ar...

The Birdcage
The Birdcage Psychology Of Human Sexuality The Bird Cage, Starring Nathan Lane and Robbin Williams is a film that explores societies views of homosexuals through the medium of humor. By creating outrageously stereotyped homosexual men, the director, Mike Nichols creates an awareness in his viewers of the biases and stereotypes that they hold . The two gay male leads, Albert and Armand are owners of a nightclub in South Beach Florida. Armand (played by Robin Williams) is in a long-...

The Author of Her book
The Author of Her book In "The Author to Her Book," Bradstreet is awash in indecision and internal conflicts over the merits and shortfalls of her creative abilities and the book that she produced. This elaborate internal struggle between pride and shame is manifested through a painstaking conceit in which she likens her book to her own child. An essential step in analyzing a poem is to provide a structural outline of the poem. Anne Bradstreet�s poem, "The Author to Her ...

The Author to Her Book
The Author to Her Book It is hard to sympathize with someone when you have no idea where they are coming from or what they are going through. It is similar experiences that allow us to extend our sincere appreciation and understanding for another human being�s situations and trials of life. Anne Bradstreet�s "The Author to Her Book" expresses the emotions that Bradstreet felt when her most intimate thoughts were published to the world without her consent. The average person wou...

The Awakening Personality Developments
The Awakening - Personality Developments PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT The idea that one can understand and comprehend the development of an individual is profound and abstruse, but very few people have actually had success dealing with such a topic. From obstacles such as proper test subjects to the whole stigma of taboo attached in trying to understand the human mind, researchers and psychologists have had success. One of the most notable successes is that of Sigmund Freud, the father ...

The Awakening Concepts of Morality
The Awakening Concepts of Morality The Awakening: Concepts of Morality The novel The Awakening, of which the author is Kate Chopin, drags its readers down into a poor mentality. The reader is shown how morals are scarcely used in common ordinance by Mrs. Pontellier. The reader is thrown from one incident of insubordination in a quarrel with Mr. Pontellier into her neglect for her children and then is heaved into Mrs. Pontellier�s obsessive nature as an adulteress. Any ...

The Awakening by Kate Chopin
The Awakening by Kate Chopin Responsibility and Duty as they Relate to The Awakening Most cultures put heavy emphasis upon responsibility and duty. The culture portrayed in Kate Chopin's book The Awakening visibly reflects a similar emphasis. The main character finds herself wanting to stray from her responsibilities and embrace her intense desire for personal fulfillment. Edna's choice to escape shows two elements: rebellion to the suppression of her adventurous spirit and the lack of "fulf...

The Awakening
The Awakening Suicide in The Awakening What is suicide? \"(Suicide is) the act of self-destruction by a person sound in mind and capable of measuring his (or her) moral responsibility\" (Webster 1705). \"No one really knows why human beings commit suicide. Indeed, the very person who takes his (or her) own life may be least aware at the moment of decision of the essence of his (or her) reasons and emotions for doing so. At the outset, it can be said that a dozen individuals can...

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers is a story of love illustrated through the romantic longings and attractions of the three eccentric characters; Miss Amelia, Cousin Lymon, and Marvin Macy. McCullers depicts love as a force, often strong enough to change people's attitudes and behaviors. Yet, the author seems to say, if the love is unrequited, individuals, having lost their motivation to change, will revert back to their true selves. The allure of t...

The Analysis Of The Main Chara
The Analysis Of The Main Chara Tennessee Williams gives insight into three ordinary lives in his play, �A Streetcar Named Desire� which is set in the mid-1930�s in New Orleans. The main characters in the play are Blanche, Stanley, and Stella. All three of these characters suffer from personalities that differentiate each of them to great extremes. Because of these dramatic contrarieties in attitudes, there are mounting conflicts between the characters throughout the play. The princ...

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kr
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kr Question #3: Duddy hides his insecurities from himself and others. He is afraid to ask his father if his mother had liked him. What does this reveal about Duddy? Why do we often hide our fears? Two thousand years ago, Jesus had said,"Man does not live by bread alone." This is true, for other than physiological needs, man also has other basic necessities. As outlined in an article written by Professor A. H. Maslow called "A Theory of Human Motivation", these ...

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Duddy\'s obsession with land lies within his grandfather, Simcha. When Duddy was small, he spoke those unforgettable words to him, \"A man without land is nobody.\" When it seemed as if nobody cared or respected him, Simcha did. Duddy did not receive the same kind of love from his father or uncle as Lennie did. When Duddy comes back from work at, he asks, \"Why [Max] didn\'t answer any of [his] letters?\" He replies he wasn\'t \"one for letters.\" \...

The Araby
The Araby The story, \"Araby\" by James Joyce, is a short story about a young boy\'s life and his quest to impress the young girl for whom he has feelings. The protagonists to the young boy, including the young girl, are the boy\'s uncle, and the people at the Bazaar booth. The initial point of conflict occurs when the girl informs the boy that she cannot attend the bazaar, as she has every other year. \"She could not go, she said, because there would be a retreat that week in her convent\" ...

The Aristocrat
The Aristocrat Word choice and diction are key elements in expression of one\'s emotions and character. In the short exerpt from Maya Angelou\'s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, entitled, \"The Aristocrat,\" the association of language and character is made clear. Language is used to express feelings, instill emotions in others, and separate classes of people. Language is a key element in the expression of oneself. The use of language and tones is what expresses feelings from on...

The Art of War
The Art of War The pounding of shells, the mines, the death traps, the massive, blind destruction, the acrid stench of rotting flesh, the communal graves, the charred bodies, and the fear. These are the images of war. War has changed over the centuries from battles of legions of ironclad soldiers enveloped in glimmering armor fighting for what they believe to senseless acts of guerrilla warfare against those too coward to be draft-dodgers. Those who were there, who experienced the ter...

The Artificial Nigger Truths Behind Racism
The Artificial Nigger: Truths Behind Racism In O\'Connor\'s \"The Artificial Nigger\" the essences of prejudice and degradation are captured to a great extent. Reality shows us with needless consistency people in a need to feel better about themselves only achieve it by being better than someone else. Therefore every opportunity at hand, including racism, is taken advantage as a form of gratification. Mr. Head, the grandfather, is an example of one of these people. He is in competition with ...

The Albanian Virgin
The Albanian Virgin ALICE MUNRO�S THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN IN OPEN SECRETS EXEMPLIES HER CHARACTERISTIC APPROACH To try to trace Alice Munro�s narrative techniques to any particular development in the short story The Albanian Virgin would be difficult. This could be because it is simply written from careful observations as are many of her other short stories. In her short stories, it is as though she tries to transform a common, ordinary world into something that is unsettling and m...

The Allegory of the Cave
The Allegory of the Cave Plato was born 427 B.C. and died 347 B.C. He was a pupil under Socrates. During his studies, Plato wrote the Dialogues, which are a collection of Socrates\' teachings. One of the parables included in the Dialogues is \"The Allegory of the Cave\". \"The Allegory...\" symbolizes man\'s struggle to reach understanding and enlightenment. First of all, Plato believed that one can only learn through dialectic reasoning and open-mindedness. Humans had to travel from the vis...

The Amateur Scientist
The Amateur Scientist I was on my way to work, when I started to read this interesting story and I don\'t deny that I was a little sceptical in the beginning. But the more I read, the more I wanted to know about this man and his unique ways to define Science. I finished reading it in about 15 minutes, it literally sucked me in. This is an attempt to analyze and explain to the \"audience,\" what my personal point of view is regarding this great genius, great mind, great scientist Richard F...

The American Dream in Self Rel
The American Dream in Self Rel The American Dream remains viewed as the success which one obtains. The American Dream has had a great impact on literature as well as an impact on the changing of time periods. The 19th century Transcendentalists� idea of the American Dream focuses on reaching one�s goals by honest, hard work. On the other hand, Gatsby�s idea of the American Dream in the 20th century centers on becoming successful by way of illegal money that was not acquired through wor...

The American
The American A literary technique that authors often times employ is giving to the characters a name to enhance the reader�s understanding of that character. In The American, Henry James uses this style with most of his characters� names. Often times, the names may translate into an English word, or it could even just sound like an English word. The novel is better understood because of this and the reader can get more meaning out of each character and his or her personality traits. ...

Tess of the durbervilles
Tess of the durbervilles Loving is a much more positive experience than being loved. In order to love, one must come to accept one to the extent that one is able to express his own emotions toward another person. A particular divinity can be experienced through loving others. While being loved does not necessarily provide one with the ability to love others, it certainly adds to the appreciation of one which, in turn, allows love to be expressed and divinity to be experienced. However, t...