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Nothing is more frustrating than looking up an item a teacher has told you look up and you are not allowed to view it. Trying to find the information is like expecting rain in a drought. Students should be allowed access more internet sites on school computer for class work. Teachers use multiple websites for…

In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”, the narrator uses alcohol as an excuse for his misbehavior. He emphasizes that he is not crazy and sincerely loves animals, but as the story gets deeper into the plot, you can clearly see that he is mad and the effect his craziness has on his disposition is…

Haruki Murakami’s “Birthday Girl” is a piece that can take the reader into the past and help us analyze if any of our wishes ever came true. Hopefully we all reach those birthday milestones and we get whatever it is we wished for. The main character in this story has reached an important milestone birthday…

This essay is about my favourite character in “To Kill a Mocking Bird.” She is one of the biggest, most important characters; she is considered the main character. She is very important for she helps narrate this story. She helps with the story by describing her thoughts and feelings that is one of the main…

William Shakespeare frequently utilizes imagery in his plays during the 16th century. This is a common practice that authors adopt to evoke emotions from their readers or audience. Being a proficient writer, Shakespeare heavily incorporates imagery in the majority of his works. Macbeth, one of his renowned plays, is no different. In fact, Macbeth consists…

The poem Nighttime Fires by Regina Barecca explains the speaker’s complex view of her father. The speaker uses imagery to describe her father’s strange behaviours after losing his job. Figurative language is used strategically to explain the memories of this young girl’s strange adventures. The diction in this poem is also used very well helping…

Sonnet 130 and My Ugly Love Contrast and Comparison Shakespeare’s sonnet 130, “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun” and Pablo Neruda’s “My ugly love” are popularly known to describe beauty in a way hardly anyone would write: through the truth. It’s a common fact that modern lovers and poets speak or write of…

“The Yellow Wallpaper,” by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins short story illustrated the attitudes towards women’s mental and physical health in the 19th century. The story presented in first person is a collection of a woman’s journal entries whose physician husband, John had confined her in a bedroom upstairs. The husband believes that confinement is the best…

Our lives are consumed by the past. The past of what we have done and what we once accomplished. As we look back on these past memories we can realize the impact these events have on our present lives. The loss of a past love marks our future relationships, the loss of our family influences…

Throughout the novel Things Fall Apart, the Umuofia villagers have experienced a transformation due to colonialism. This transformation is evident in their increased fear of losing their traditions, their growing inclination for change, and their sense of sorrow as their cultural practices are dismantled. Umuofia was a village characterized by its adherence to norms of…