sense of purpose. I understood that words could be used for more than the aesthetic appeal that got me through my English essays. They could be used to educate‚ to inform‚ and to spread awareness. By junior year‚ I had transitioned to journalistic writing‚ and then to more specialized exposition for my advanced science and history classes. I found myself writing more than ten essays and articles a week on topics from 19th century transcendentalism to the inner workings of the digestive system. I realized
Premium Writing Essay English language
Descriptive paper Mercedez 1 How It Feels To Be in a Live Poker Tournament About five years ago I used to date this guy‚ whose mother loved to go to the casino. When I first heard about her going‚ I just couldn’t understand why she would get so excited about going there. She would come home and say how she had the best time and how she got so lucky. She claimed that her son would give her luck and other small things that she would do‚ to claim she received luck that night. I would just look
Premium Poker Card game
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Slavery‚ in my eyes‚ is an institution that has always been ridiculed on behalf of the physical demands of the practice‚ but few know the extreme mental hardships that all slaves faced. In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Harriet Jacobs writes autobiographically about her families’ and her personal struggles as a maturing "mullatto" child in the South. Throughout this engulfing memoir of Harriet Jacobs life‚ this brave woman tells of many trying times
Premium Slavery
Randall 1 Nicole Randall Professor Rowley English 101 11 September 2013 Description Essay When all the pressure and worries about life are on my shoulders‚ I always like to escape to Hawaii. Just by going here relieves me from all my troubles and stress. For me‚ going here once a year takes away my problems. When I stepped out of the hot‚ stuffy plane into the bright sunlight beaming down across the burning pavement‚ I felt excited. I heard the screech of the sea gulls and the chatter
Premium Sun Ocean Oxygen
Lydia Brisciano 08/28/2013 ENG-090 Description Essay Amanda Rae‚ my daughter my daughter Amanda has grown up to be a beautiful‚ intelligent‚ clear headed young woman‚ a wife‚ mother and a caretaker in her community as well as a good employee. In spite of her early years being raised by a single parent and being an only child. As well as being violated as a young child by a man whom she called dad. Amanda was born in the winter month
Premium Marriage Family Woman
Describe an incident in your life that changed your perspective of life: “Rise and Shine‚ Jimmy!” A faint voice was ringing in a distance. And then… somebody started shaking me! Was it real? What was it? Actually‚ it was indeed real! O‚ yes! It was my father trying to wake me‚ “Wake up‚ Jimmy‚ wake up!” “Not yet‚ Dad. Just a few more minutes‚ please!” I murmured! And he went‚ “It’s Sunday‚ Jimmy‚ don’t you want to go hunting? Your cousins are already here! Wake up!” The mention of hunting
Premium English-language films Hunting Father
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs provides a firsthand narrative on the issue of slavery and the injustices associated with the actions made by the men and women who owned slaves. Within the first few pages of her retelling appropriately named “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” the reader is made aware of the long and troublesome plight that Jacobs is made to endure because of the color of her skin. The troubles brought to light by her writing address how being a female slave
Premium Slavery
English Description Essay In this essay I will describe something in my home; I have chosen to describe a Cheez-It box. Many people own Cheez-It snacks in their homes. The color of the Cheez-It box is red‚ white‚ orange‚ yellow‚ and black. The front of the box has a big label reading Cheez-It. Above the label it shows the company’s name which is Sunshine. It has a picture of a little fat chef on the left of the company sunshine’s name. Directly underneath the Cheez-It label it declares
Premium Nutrition Cheese Unsaturated fat
Incidents in the Life Of A Slave Girl Linda Brent CHAPTER I The conditions of this master-slave relationship are that the slave (Linda) is there to do work for her mistress‚ or master‚ which is now her sister’ s daughter. Linda is supposed to take care her new owner’s five year old daughter‚ help plant things‚ take care of any animals and anything else she is told. As a slave‚ she should also do everything else she is told by her master. "After a brief period of suspense‚ the will of my mistress
Premium Slavery Slavery in the United States Black people
desperation‚ perseverance; these themes and more seem to be the central thesis of Harriet Jacobs’ novel Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Based around the personal struggles of a slave’s individual quest for freedom‚ this novel also details the incidents and lives of those whom she comes into contact with. The series of events that transpire over the course of the main character‚ Linda’s‚ life as a slave define for herself and her audience not only what slavery means‚ but also what freedom means
Premium Slavery Slavery in the United States Black people