Essays on Authors

Every child wants to be the one person who leaves a legacy or an impact on the world, and Annelies Marie Frank, Anne Frank, was one young woman who left on impact on the world for many. Anne Frank was a Jewish girl who was born on June 12, 1929 in Frankfurt am Main Germany...

Amongst the many characters in this book that stand up for something that they believe in, there is one character in particular that stood out to me. That character is Otto Frank [Anne’s father]. Without him, the world would never have known that there was an Anne Frank diary. The novel Anne Frank: The Diary...

In Amy Tan’s essay, “Mother Tongue” the Asian American novelist does a detailed job connecting with the reader in her writing. The way she uses rhetorical devices such as the pathos and logos appeal, but also the way she uses her tone and words of choice in her essay, help us better understand where she...

 Charles Dickens, the most influential individual of his time, has an amazing story. He was raised in a very poor home and did not receive a good education. Contrary to what was expected of a child raised in such circumstances he became a success. Charles Dickens was a very popular writer and had a great...

Anne Frank was a young Holocaust survivor who provided a vivid glimpse into what life was like living in Nazi occupied Holland through her diary. Frank’s diary is a story of faith, hope and love in the face of hate. Throughout her short lived life a journey like millions of others was shared through a...

Authors are not very well known until after their death. Many books or plays are based off on an author’s life. Many stories reflect the authors without them knowing about it. Most of the time we know more about the author than we think. Arthur Asher Miller was born in Harlem, New York, on October...

W.E.B DuBois in the book, The Talented Tenth (1903), argues that the focal point should mainly be on providing a classical education for African Americans of the top ten percent and that having that education would be crucial to African American empowerment. DuBois supports his argument by explaining how the African American community would have...

Wilfred Owen blames his society for the deaths of all these young men, he believed none of the young men who fought was truly provided with the knowledge and understanding of the war and what they have gone into. Wilfred’s poems highlight how many young men are encouraged to enlist into the army all comeback...

There are some striking similitudes between the sorts of writing accomplished by Anne Bradstreet and Phillis Wheatley. Regardless of the two ladies originating from various social orders and foundation, they developed as two of the most persuasive ladies who had any kind of effect in the world and society (Levine 25). Such effects were accomplished...

Love is a universal experience that many artists grapple with in their work. Carol Ann Duffy is one of these artists who explores the vehement emotions that arise from the experience of falling in love in her poem titled “You.” Duffy challenges the idealised representation of love by exploring the conflicting emotions of sexulaised lust...