花樣年華 The most beautiful moment in one’s life, like when a flower blooms… When I was eleven years old I discovered my love for metaphors – namely that of ones in languages I never[…]
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I Won’t Leave You – A Polished Personal
What do these texts suggest to you about idealism and truth in an individual’s life? (2009) Based on Gwyneth Lewis’ poem Prayer for Horizon and a visual of two lovers in a car, parked at[…]
Damaged Self-Perception: A Polished Essay
Damaged Self-Perceptions Lead to Distorted Realities Discuss the role of self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality. (June 2014) – I hate to say that I’m not quite sure[…]
Personal Response to Ginsberg’s ‘Kaddish’
It Leaps About Me An Emulation It leaps about me, as my feet travel across the pavement of the street, turning back to peer over my shoulder, Oude Vest, the water of the canals brushing[…]
Allen Ginsberg’s “Kaddish” AP Rhetorical Analysis
AP Poetry Analysis of Allen Ginsberg’s Poem “Kaddish” Read the following poem carefully. Then, write a well-organized essay in which you analyze the techniques the poet uses to convey his attitude toward the places he[…]
Desires of Love – A Helena Character Perspective
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the conflict between pursuing a personal desire and choosing to conform. (Jan 2011) “Your wrongs do set a scandal on my[…]
Nowhere
A creative piece based on the idea of the unknown in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. “What the—” The man’s eyebrows furrow as he opens one eye to pear at the sunlight piercing his eyelids, before[…]
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Response
— Our AP class had a short discussion the day before we went to the play about the possibility of a tree being involved in the set design – one of which resembles the tree[…]
Symbol of the Stone Angel
In literary works a symbol can express an idea, clarify meaning, or enlarge literal meaning. Select a novel or play, focusing on one symbol, and analyze how that symbol functions in the work and what[…]
A Tribute to the Sun
“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.” From A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Babi, speaking in the words[…]