Essays on Authors

In late 1775 and mid 1776 Thomas Paine had been in America just a couple of months when he composed Common Sense. At the point when Thomas Paine’s leaflet Common Sense was distributed in January of 1776, the possibility of freedom was not well known with most of homesteaders. They accepted they were battling a...

In poems studied in class, WH Auden offers insight on what it is to be human in the modern age through his poetry and beliefs. By studying the critical reading “Auden and God”, the reader is better able to understand the way Auden conveys these human feelings in a sophisticated and religious way. Two poems...

Throughout history there have been numerous people who could have been one of the biggest influences for future generations, Amelia Earhart has by far left the biggest impact. Amelia Earhart has defied all expectations for women and shown females what they are capable of. She proved her strength by exceeding all competition and being the...

Amy Tan is a highly accomplished and talented novelist that has composed several best selling stories. Although the majority of her novels were fiction, she composed them of a mixture of anecdotes from her life to relate to everyday challenges faced by individuals. Therefore, allowing her readers to draw connections from their own lives to...

“The Loved One” and “Lolita” are novels wherein Evelyn Waugh and Vladimir Nabokov expose the quintessential conflict of humanity. That is whether or not to give into commercialism and the pressures of society, which is promoted by a misleading, fleeting happiness. Evelyn Waugh and Vladimir Nabokov reveal how the glamorization of a harsh commercialized reality...

Leda and the Swan is a book by William Butler Yeats is a poem that is created with 3 stanza with a total of 14 lines. The poem is about a Greek myth where the god Zues takes the disguise as a swan to seduce or rape a woman named Leda. Leda being the mother...

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”- Maya Angelou. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are,...

Arthur Miller managed to show changes in Hale’s character during the Crucible. Throughout the play, the writer decided it would be essential to include a flawed character that would receive forgiveness at the end of the final act. Why? During the first act, the audience is introduced to Reverend Hale as a somewhat proud and...

Prewriting is the first writing process. It is about brainstorming before writing an essay. The prewriting technique helps writers develop clear reasoning. It helps writers find weak points in arguments. It is used before writing your first draft. Prewriting has different techniques, which I have tried and found all to be really helpful and useful....

Freedom: to walk free and own no superior – (Walt Whitman). The United States of America is considered the world’s first democracy that evolved to having a dynamic nature that allowed every segment of society to express its problems and demand the solution. Civil Liberty is the jewel in the crown of American democracy. Walt...