Prompt: The ways in which individuals pursue or compromise happiness. Text: The Painted Door Form: Critical essay
Author: liamcg
Dante’s Inferno Canto V: AP Analysis
Prompt: Read the following poem carefully. Then, in a well-organized essay, analyze how the speaker uses the varied imagery of the poem to reveal his attitude toward the nature of love. (1995)
Learning to Keep Secrets (Polished Personal)
Prompt: The impact of separation in an individual’s life. Chosen text: Perpetual Motion, Tony Hoagland
Strangers (The Wars)
Mrs. Ross (page 23) “You think Rowena belonged to you. Well, I’m here to tell you, Robert, no one belongs to anyone. We’re all cut off at birth with a knife[…]
Lost at the Start: Polished Personal
The role that societal conventions play in an individual’s quest to overcome circumstance When thinking about my goals in life and all the things I’ve ever wanted to accomplish, I think of how a lot[…]
Wealth, Prosperity, Love, and Responsibility… and Several Other Terrible Things from The Great Gatsby: Polished Critical
Discuss the ideas developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the ways in which individuals take responsibility for themselves or others. The Great Gatsby; F Scott Fitzgerald One[…]
Hamlet: The Paradox of Regret
Shakespeare’s Hamlet tells a lot of stories. It tells the story of a man who seeks to avenge his father. It tells the story of a man who destroys those he loves to restore honor[…]
The Rifle’s Spiral: Terrorism in a Three Minute Rock Song
WARNING: THIS BLOG POST DEALS HEAVILY WITH THEMES OF RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM. IF YOU FEEL YOU CANNOT STAND SUCH SUBJECTS, PLEASE STOP READING. Personal Choice: The Dichotomy of the[…]
My Poem
The poem I wrote is about a friend whom I had a falling out with. We’re better now, and our differences have been settled, but at the peak of the conflict I had felt a lot[…]