… outside the square we live in; a walk back in time. This skill leads us on a journey into the poet's mind changing the reader's outlook on certain issues. Poetry can draw a clear picture using poetic techniques making it art in a text genre. "The…

… can not have another in my life!" How important is a name? According to Webster's New World Dictionary, a name is a word or phrase by which a person, thing, or class of things is known; title. Is this all a name is, a group of letters that make…

… The orphan gets a home. They lived happily ever after. Americans are so used to endings that provide closure and warm, fuzzy feelings, that it is difficult to understand the appeal of a tragic ending. For the Greeks, the ending that does not provide…

… issue. Home-schooling began in the United States and Canada during the late 19th century, allowing many children to obtain a formal education at home. In the 1960's and '70's some families began home-schooling their children to provide an education…

… spring was on its way. I remember walking to the shop, only a few minutes away from my house. I noticed a police van drive past me several times, but thought nothing of it. I walked into the shop and bought what I needed. As I walked outside, I once…

… friendships. In the first passage the author, Frank Conroy, describes a boy that he once knew during his years of growing up. In the second passage the author William Maxwell also describes a boy he once knew while growing up and both authors vividly…

… Alcott constantly struggled with the anger and individualistic, unladylike spirit that came naturally to her. Since Louisa, like her mother, was born dark-haired and "willful," her father viewed her as a challenge, sometimes going so far as to call…

… is a responsible parent that cares for her children. Good parent is a parent that does not think negative about his or her family. The play The Glass Menagerie by sir Tennessee Williams is about a family that does not live in real world. Each character…

… "theory is created at the expense of art", is to attempt to reduce its offerings to an oversimplification of a single thematic component. A central claim is the result of a complete and settled debate within defined parameters. This is true even if…

… writer of the 19th century, was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804. The novelist's book, The Scarlet Letter, is supposedly his best work, and universally considered a literary classic. Concerned with sin and consequences of dealing with it, Hawthorne's…