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Butting Out Scorched and burned with nothing left but cold ash, Raymond Carver`s short story, “A Serious Talk” is that of an empty, broken relationship. The relationship between Burt and Vera could be compared to the way in which Burt smokes his cigarette and deals with a dirty ashtray, found at Vera`s house containing cigarette…

The “Rip Van Winkle” was written by Washington Irving. This story is set in the past in a very exciting time, and also in this story there are many strange and remarkable characters, “Rip Van Winkle” features incredible, magical, and mysterious events, and convey a positive message about a nation and its people. “Rip Van…

Bell Hooks explores the intricate connections between classism, racism, white supremacist ideology, and sexism in modern American society in her book “Where We Stand: Class Matters”. She emphasizes the significance of acknowledging this complex interplay by sharing her personal journey from a working-class background to the upper class achieved through academia and prolific writing. Despite…

We all take the lives of others and ours for granted. We never think about how our lives would be different without someone. This is only because we only think of happy endings. We always think it will be alright after a period of time, but it’s not. Imagine waking up in morning and getting…

The connection between habit and moral character was viewed similarly within my group. While certain habits such as nail biting or smoking were acknowledged as habits, they were not regarded as indicative of having bad moral character. Conversely, individuals who engage in constant lying, stealing, or intentional harm to others were seen as possessing bad…

Re-read the poem “Lament” by Gillian Clarke and explore the way in which the author resorts to words and phrases to make this poem effective and memorable. “Lament” by Gillian Clarke is a memorable and effective poem due to the poet’s resorting to specific words and phrases. The poet uses lots of metaphors to achieve…

Paint my image genuinely like me. and non blandish me at all. but remark all these raggednesss. hickeies. warts. and everything as you see me. — Oliver Cromwell Two positions of Rizal that scan the adult male behind the memorial are clearly headed for contention. A startling anatomy of the hero is offered in “The…

The Gilded Age was a time in history where, as the name gilded suggest where something is plated with gold, on the outside the time looked amazing but in reality it was rotten. In short, the Gilded Age was a period of great industrialization and technological advances, but also of inequality and maltreat of people….

Lord of the Flies by William Golding This novel is about a transition from an exciting adventure of some children, to what eventually becomes full-scale war, ending with the naval officer who rescued them. Though I still wonder if they were really saved, because there was a war that was going on outside of the…

A strong essay requires the next three points, a strong effect, influence on its audiences, and is accurate in its historical and cultural contexts. Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence sets these three points better than any other. Proof is the acknowledgement this piece of writing has had over the last two hundred years on an…