Essay Database

… Tale of Two Cities, the author, Charles Dickens, lays out a brilliant plot. Charles Dickens was born in England on February 7, 1812 near the south coast. His family moved to London when he was ten years old and quickly went into debt. To help supp…

… World Brian R-----i David Grayson once said that Commandment Number One of any truly civilized society is this: Let people be different. Difference, or individuality, however, may not be possible under a dictatorial governmen…

… Scout, narrates the story. She begins by recounting her family history. The first of her ancestors to come to America was a fur-trader and part-time doctor named Simon Finch, who fled England to escape religious persecution and established a large farm…

… good or perfectly evil. Scout, Jem, and Dill are learning about a lot different things from very different people. People that have nothing in common or very little. These people vary from black, white, and outcasts. These people are Tom Robinson,…

… presents us with a man who seems evil, powerful, and often tyrannical, but in the end, leaves us with a man who learns how to forgive and who can become a leader once again. He was betrayed by numerous people including his brother Antonio and…

… King Jr. once stated, “Freedom has always been an expensive thing.” This statement has been a fact of the world before money was invented. In “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller, it is shown that one thing in the world that is definitely worth fighting…

… Washington is the father of our country, and James Madison the father of the Constitution, then few will deny that John Marshall is the father of our modern federal court system. It is surprising, then, that there are so few serious studies of the…

… by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses objects, events and people to show meaning within the novel. The symbolism is used to serve as a representation of the mistakes that Hester Prynne made in her life and to mark her development through life. Hawthorne’s…

… way home, he wishes he looked like Paul Newman. A corvair begins to follow him , he realizes he cant get away. A bunch of Socs jump out of the car and surround him, they harass him, they're beating him up as other greasers come to the rescue, they chase…

… Albom I Know Why Caged Birds Sing by Maya Angelou I've heard of students who say they like their professors' sharp skills in different fields of study, but I've never heard of any that after twenty years of teaching, the student and teacher…