Have you ever censored yourself? Have you ever stopped, and not said something, just because for some reason you didn’t want to say it any more? If you’ve made it to age of 12, then you most likely have. According to the Commentary: Behavioral Scientists look at the Science of Adolescent Brain Development, by Laurence […]

The civil rights movement was an era of much needed change in America. For centuries, an African American was of lesser value than a caucasian person. African Americans were oppressed, entrapped beneath a blanket of injustice, their “god-given rights” failing to protect them from the caustic judgements they faced everyday. They were humiliated by Jim […]

“College is like a mountain, the view is better once you have been through the valley.” This quote is showing me that if I do all the work and get through the tough days, it will show in the end. College makes me work hard in high school and work for my belongings and everything […]

The ancient Egyptians were a well developed society and wrote this myth to explain their culture, many modern Egyptologists believe this to be true. Osiris is the king of gods, and the afterlife in Egyptian mythos. It was also probably writtento talk about their knowledge of medicine. This myth has changed greatly since its origin […]

Our teacher was giving us reasons why we should choose AP English as one of our classes next year. I didn’t give it much thought; I’d just take regular English. No need to give myself extra work or stress. Then my teacher said something that that would get stuck in my mind, a phrase that […]

“Read it to me again.” Adults are always busy these days. There’s always some place to be, something to do, and something to put off. “When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, […]

My parents always told me to set goals for myself. They said don’t set them to low or you get there right away and wouldn’t have anything to work for. And don’t set them too high that you’ll never make them. For the longest time ever my goal was to graduate from college and become […]

Climate Change Imagine life in 100 years if we keep on destroying the environment by cutting down trees. First, there would be no ozone layer, so everyone would be wearing suits to protect themselves from the sun. Global temperatures would be at an all time high. You would have to wear a mask to breath […]

The foremost foreign threat facing America today is the militant terrorist forces, such as Al-Qaeda, that conspire to harm and create fear in the country. However, one potential danger posed by terrorist, in which they acquire and deploy nuclear weapons against the country, continues to be greatly exaggerated in the minds of Americans. Even though […]

Assume that you are being watched. Don’t you believe its a little overwhelming knowing that you can’t go into public without me monitored and observed at all times? Yeah I thought so, so do I. Our privacy is going to get worse and worse as time goes on. Random people are getting into our accounts […]

Gender Dynamics Examined in Shakespeare’s The Tempest William Shakespeare’s world-renowned play, The Tempest, addresses the complex dynamics of patriarchal society as well as the influence and oppression of female presence. Though Shakespeare’s cast of male conspirers and avengers certainly provoke the audience’s disgust for domineering males in their objectifying treatment of the only present female, […]

** **Thesis: The arrival of Puritanism in New England had diluted the current society of New England colonies, influencing new colonies to differentiate from average Chesapeake colonies in societal relationships, religion, and commerce. *Paragraph 1 Topic Sentence: Puritanism helped change the typical social and religious atmosphere of New England, focusing on strong family oriented communities […]

Dear Literary Canon Board of Directors, I am writing this letter because i think Don’t Close You Eyes should be included to the canon The first reason I believe it should be added is because in the story Janie is so brave and it teaches you to love your self even if you a little […]

Having neat handwriting is never the most major problem in our minds. Finishing the next project or writing the next paper is the only thing that swims through our heads. Even so, finishing the projects is as, or even less, important than how we form it. With the ever growing development of technology and digital […]

Back in the 1700’s, life was a lot different. There were no cars, no electricity, and women couldn’t vote. So much progress has gone on since then. Similarly, marching bands didn’t have the fancy harnesses for their snare drum players that we have today. Instead of using a harness, the snare drum players would use […]

The earth’s average temperature is rising. In the last century, it has gotten 1.5? warmer. While this may not seem like a lot, it has some rather devastating effects. Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and heat waves are more common today than they’ve been for as long as humans have kept record. The oceans are becoming more […]

In March, the maximum term of office for a Chinese president was abolished in the constitution, meaning a Chinese president would be able to stay indefinitely in power. An overwhelming majority of The National People’s Congress in China voted to repeal the presidential term limit with 2,958 in favor, two against, and three abstaining.Western media […]

The evil of man is portrayed through the heinous hate crimes towards certain groups or races of people. One in particular, African American slaves, were abused mentally, emotionally, and physically. The views on hatred and it’s causes and effects are truly horrifying to think about. Would the world be different if slavery had not happened? […]

In the book The Great Gatsby everybody has an American dream. Based around the 1920s everyone had their own stereotypes and everyone had their own goals to complete. To me it seems that Tom didn’t have one. He was more of a dream killer. Tom in the book felt like a villain that made sure […]

The tech policy here is very progressive compared to other schools. We should consider ourselves lucky. However, certain teachers here have strict no-technology rules in their classrooms that go beyond school policy. It’s the end of class, the room fills with senseless chatter, students congregate at the door. But, apparently, the no-tech rule still applies. […]

The purpose I was given in writing this essay was to define what an honors student is. At the beginning of the year I thought this was just a reflective paper so that we would recognize how to be good little English students: read the book not SparkNotes, don’t steal other people’s work, and behave […]

“The color is hideous enough, and unreliable enough, and infuriating enough, but the pattern is torturing…It slaps you in the face, knocks you down, and tramples upon you. It is like a bad dream” (Gilman). Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a writer, lecturer, social activist and feminist (Beekman). The Yellow Wallpaper was a story about feminist […]

In books on debatable questions such as this one, characters often come off as dry or boring, and are made solely for the purpose of regurgitating information. Inherit the Wind, a play written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, did not however follow this pattern of dry-cut characters. The play is set in the […]

Born in Missouri, Marshall Mathers grew up in a troubled family. He never got to see his father in his childhood since he left while he was still an infant. His mother, Deborah Mathers, had trouble staying at one job and was always moving. They mainly moved between Missouri and Detroit and were never really […]

On May 4th, 1929, Audrey Kathleen van Heemstra Ruston was born in Brussels to her father, Joseph Hepburn-Ruston, and her mother, Ella van Heemstra. She had two step brothers who were older named Alexander and Ian. Her father was often not home because of his work. At age five, Audrey ‘s mother sent her to […]

“Every 109 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted, and every 8 minutes the victim is a child.Meanwhile, only 6 out of every 1,000 perpetrators will end up in prison” (“Statistics | RAINN”).Rape is a form of a sexual activity that is unlawful and carried out by force. After such tragedy, the victim can fear for […]

Imagine spending 15 years of your life locked up in a room with no human interaction and hardly anything to do. This is how the lawyer in “The Bet”by Anton Chekhov spent his young adult life all because of an argument one autumn night. Anton Chekhov used a short, quick moving story to bring to […]

Dear Literary Canon Board of Directors, I am writing this letter because I would like to see The Giver by Lois Lowry entered into the Writing Hall of Fame. The first reason I believe The Giver should be included in the literary canon is because the giver has an amazing storyline.In The Giver the book […]

Every person has come across the word- complain. In their lives, they had either heard someone complain or had complained themselves. So, everyone is familiar with complain. In schools, this had become a matter of tense. Even, in my school, being a student of class 07, there is a girl called Priya. She has this […]

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable.” -John F. Kennedy. Gun violence is a national problem. Some ignore it, others radicalize liberal views of complete reform. On October 21st, a man kills 59 people with an arsenal of legally purchased weaponry. This massacre was followed by comments along the lines of, […]