ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on English
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Holden tries to exonerate himself from the troubles he is facing and argue that the world is victimizing him just as when he tells Mr. Spencer “he feels trapped on the other side of life,” thus he does not belong to this world. He alienates himself from the others something that causes him lots of pain. (Salinger 8) He wears his hunting hat to differentiate himself from the others so that he might not interact with them. He does not address his concerns and seems not to care about the cause of his problems. Although Holden pretends to be mature, he behaves as if he is afraid of maturity. He hates complex issues and prefers very easy to understand situations. He thinks that he is not a coward but when it comes to sexual matters he clearly show his fears.
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ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on English
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Brave Orchid stories give Kingston a horrible time as she tries to mix the Chinese and American cultures. “They stuff our heads like the suitcases, which they jam-pack with homemade underwear” depicts how their heads are filled with stories that do not make sense in the culture they are living in. in her dreams she thinking about the ghosts she told about by her hand but on the streets she behaves like a true American. (Kingston 98). She pretends that she has forgotten her Chinese culture although it still torments her. Kingston’s mother does not ant to let go and live like an American by always reminding her of her roots. She hates the story of ghosts while in America for they do not exist in their culture so these folk stories should not be told.
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ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Film / Book / Article Reviews
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Among the greatest strengths of the movie is the ability to bring the happenings in the Iraqi war close to the picture. Considering that majority of the global residents were not aware of the problems the US soldiers were facing and the problems they were causing to the innocent civilians, the movie brought the reality to the world these realities. More so, it was able to show that the war affected the normal lives of the soldiers who served in Iraqi. They could not live a normal live even after leaving Iraqi as revealed by James, who leaves Iraqi to have a son but even after having son, he is not alienated from the war. This is an evidence of the movie’s opening quote that “…for war is a drug” (The Hurt Locker) meaning that war is addictive. Many American families with solders serving in Iraqi and the American citizens opposed this war due to its effect in their loved ones and the effect on the innocent Iraqi residents.
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ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on English
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Further, Bishop elaborates to the readers what she means by wall paper through the use of a simile that further describes the fish, Bishop notes “Shapes like full-brown roses Stained and lost through age” (ibid 14-15). Everyone clearly knows the beauty of the roses when they blossom but when they mature up and dry, they turn brown, however, despite turning brown and one cannot assume their original beauty, which lapses with age. In efforts to create a clear image of the fish that beg for compassion, the poet employs very descriptive words, such as “speckled” and “infested” revealing the vulnerability of the fish too. Although the fish is of great help to man, it is described through images, which prove that it has to be debased by man. Though it is known that all animals universally breathe in oxygen, through imagery, in the poem, The Fish, oxygen is described as terrible; this is an irony, though it tarnished the well-known function of oxygen to animals. However, what the reader is made to understand is that oxygen is made to appear terrible since the fish is craving for it yet it is so limited due to its gills’ inability to absorb oxygen in the air. One has to pity the situation of the fish in the hands of Bishop hence requiring compassion. The gills, which the fish uses to breath, are referred to as frightening, which may sound a bit cold and something worrying since the gills of a live fish should be normal.
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ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on English
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In this novel, we learn how hard it was to do business in the early twentieth century. Though Kino has a commodity that is very valuable, it is like there is no ready market. When he goes to the local market, all the buyers decide to offer him the lowest bid possible, which he denies.
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