Essay

My chosen genre for my piece of essay writing was a diary of my two week holiday in Corfu – Greece; I detailed my perceptions and experiences for each day throughout my vacation. The decision to create this form of written work was not reached easily.  Read More »

In a country that takes pride in its multiculturalism, open mindedness, and tolerance; as Canadians we remain stereotypical. People with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and schizophrenia could participate in society. However, when someone says mental illness, most people think something negative; like violence, danger, or weakness.  Read More »

Stupid Love  Read More »

Back in December, my English teacher assigned the class a practice free-response essay. However, it wasn’t a timed-essay and she assigned it to us as a take-home essay for us to work on during the weekends. I remember I was having a hard time trying to understand the passage. Maybe it’s because I was too focused on the terms I didn’t know (i.e., scrivener, liver-complaint, and wiseacres) or too frazzled at the time. Now, I feel pretty stupid because I realized I was reading WAY too into it. After reading it for a few minutes today (and not remembering the definitions of certain terms as listed above), I could extract the main ideas of his essay. It was basically a list of all the things the want of money can do to a person. :P It seemed as though Hazlitt had such a negative view on the want of money due to his word choice, of course. I wanted to post his essay (along with my response essay) because his usage of language to illustrate his points had made quite an impression on me. In this modern-day, it seems as though the ‘flowery’, descriptive language is being downsized, and we’re more concentrated on keeping our writing compositions concise and straight to the point.

Hazlitt’s essay can be found here in this PDF file: http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/ap/students/english/ap06_frq_...  Read More »

This was an essay I was asked to write for Honors College English, I was asked to write about my greatest fear. A prompt derived from the book 1984 by George Orwell, and this is what I submitted. I hope you enjoy.

The Mirror Image of a Shattered Love  Read More »

On September 11, 2001, the world watched in horror as four American planes were hijacked by Muslim extremists. Two planes flew into the World Trade Center, another flew into the Pentagon, and yet another plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.  Read More »

In this time of finals, I thought I'd write about the dreaded Essay Test. Personally, I think this style of testing is a bit unfair.  Read More »

Welcome To My World-- Perfectly Unperfect.  Read More »