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A Beacon of Hope: the World Food Program
Essay Grade: 86% (295 words, approx. 1 pages)
Researches the World Food Program sponsored by the United Nations. Describes how the WFP has handled poverty over the years. Evaluates the success of the organization.
A Biography of King Henry VII
Essay Grade: 78% (365 words, approx. 1 pages)
Describes the life of British King Henry VII. Discusses his family, childhood and ascent to power.
A Brother's Guidance
Essay Grade: 86% (1,476 words, approx. 5 pages)
The essay describes the relationship I had with a person who has influenced my life: my brother.
A Career Choice
Essay Grade: 81% (212 words, approx. 1 pages)
Discusses the career choice of substance abuse counselor. Describes potential earnings and the desire to help people.
A Career in Nursing
Essay Grade: 86% (1,091 words, approx. 4 pages)
Discusses an interest in pursuing a career in nursing. Describes the educational requirements for the career. Explores future job prospects.
A Character Study of Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night
Essay Grade: 88% (1,082 words, approx. 4 pages)
In his play Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare portrayed the character Malvolio as being excessively arrogant and full of self-pride. These negative qualities, emphasized throughout the play, would inevitably prove harmful to Malvolio as he is tricked through a forged note that he believes his beloved Olivia wrote to him. Through Malvolio, Shakespeare intended to show that individuals need to have a balanced sense of self-awareness, to recognize their flaws, and to try to correct such flaws -- something Malvolio fails to do.
A Child's View
Essay Grade: 92% (714 words, approx. 2 pages)
In Thomas Wolfe's The Child by Tiger (reprinted in Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson, Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, 9th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth, 2006] Page 625). The story as told through the eyes of a child will show many different ways to view Dick Prosser, the main character, as a man.
A Christmas to Remember
Essay Grade: 86% (447 words, approx. 2 pages)
Writing essays about Christmas vacations pales to the importance of the Tsunami disaster that affected millions of people in Asia, costing over 100,000 lives. While I had a great time on a cruise, I was both bereft and shocked by the disaster.
A Clockwork Orange
Essay Grade: 88% (1,167 words, approx. 4 pages)
A plot summary of the novel "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess. The story is about amoral and criminal British youth and society's attempts to bring them under control. As its core, the book is a tale about the morality of free will.
A Close Personal Examination
Essay Grade: 88% (901 words, approx. 3 pages)
Provides a comprehensive self-examination. Describes how, using a few tools, one can learn about oneself.
A Consumer Culture
Essay Grade: 81% (717 words, approx. 2 pages)
Questions if clothes, style, and material things really matter. Discusses the modern consumer culture.
A Day at the Voting Booth
Essay Grade: 87% (608 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay discusses my experience during a day when i was working an election booth.
A Day Not to Remember
Essay Grade: 86% (884 words, approx. 3 pages)
Provides a personal account of what happened during a car accident. Describes the resulting injuries and discusses lessons learned.
A Definition of Courage
Essay Grade: 78% (0 words, approx. 0 pages)
Possessing courage involves more than simply being brave. The motivations and thoughts that exist within a particular action define courage; without good intentions and motivations, the value of courage in an action is lost.
A Definition of Existentialism in Literature"
Essay Grade: 75% (531 words, approx. 2 pages)
Existentialism proposes that man is full of anxiety and despare with no meaning in his life, just simply existing, until he made decisive
choice about his own future. That is the way to achieve dignity as a human being. Existentialists felt that adopting a social or political cause was one way of giving purpose to a life.
A Different Kind of Love
Essay Grade: 86% (1,051 words, approx. 4 pages)
Discusses a personal experience with a family member's same sex relationship.
A Different Take on A Tale of Two Cities
Essay Grade: 83% (692 words, approx. 2 pages)
The story runs like a damaged anthill pouring ants. I find Dickens swaying from Shakespeare to Poe a mystic and somewhat poetic slide. At Times very hard to follow. The story is amuck with
characters being introduced at odd times. The characters although fictional gives a good account of the human suffering and the terror of the times. It is interesting to note Dickens continued interest with spiritual metaphors in this work following the same interest of spirituality shown in A Christmas Carole.
A Discussion of Freedom by Shaw
Essay Grade: 88% (2,024 words, approx. 7 pages)
A radio talk on BBC by George Bernard Shaw and it has been taken from Modern Prose, edited by Michael Thorpe.Here,with his characteristic sneer, Shaw discusses the true meaning of freedom and its present-day implications. Shaw was indoctrinated into socialism quite early in his life due to his contact with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and William Morris, and his reading of Marx, who, he said, "made a man of me." He was also influenced by the writings of Henry George and he brought a courageous, clear mind to the study of social problems. Like his predecessor Samuel Butler, Shaw tore off veils and laid bare the illusions of complacently blind people.
A Dreamer Ponders
Essay Grade: 81% (632 words, approx. 2 pages)
A personal essay describing what it is like to be a nonconformist in high school. Urges other teenagers to seize the day and enjoy the high school experience.
A Family from Friends in "The Outsiders"
Essay Grade: 96% (1,335 words, approx. 5 pages)
In the novel "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton, teens band together in gangs to give them the family structure they lacked in their own families. Through their experiences, the gang members realize how important they are to each other.
A Fattening Lifestyle
Essay Grade: 75% (702 words, approx. 2 pages)
Sixty percent of the nation faces obesity. A heated debate is now taking place as to what process is the best to curb this affliction. The questions are really who is responsible for this nation's obesity problem, and how can it be fixed.
A Freshman's Journey to Ithaca
Essay Grade: 86% (703 words, approx. 2 pages)
Provides autobiographical detail of the author's life, based on Homer's The Odyssey.
A Game to Remember
Essay Grade: 83% (894 words, approx. 3 pages)
This essay's author attended a playoff game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and shares his experiences and the exciting moments of the game. A St. Louis fan, the author sat next to a Dodgers fan.
A garden of Tranquillity
Essay Grade: 81% (565 words, approx. 2 pages)
A creative piece about a garden and a persons feelings while walking in it.
A Good Citizen
Essay Grade: 86% (218 words, approx. 1 pages)
What it takes to be a good citizen, and its rights and responsibilities.
A Good Neighbor
Essay Grade: 81% (297 words, approx. 1 pages)
A good neighbor should have high moral principles and respect the other people that live in his/her community. Such a neighbor would be reliable, respect one's privacy, and never gossip.
A Goodbye Speech
Essay Grade: 86% (534 words, approx. 2 pages)
A speech saying goodbye to fellow classmates and giving them tips for the future.
A Hero Means Different Things to Other People
Essay Grade: 78% (284 words, approx. 1 pages)
There are a lot of ways to be a hero to someone. To me a hero is someone who goes through a lot of hardship but at the ends tries to help other people with the same problem he went through.
A Horrible Experience
Essay Grade: 86% (671 words, approx. 2 pages)
It is a personal essay about a bad experience in my life.
A Letter to Tim O' Brien
Essay Grade: 82% (313 words, approx. 1 pages)
A letter written to Tim O'Brien after reading his stories "Ambush" and "On the Rainy River."
A Man of Impact
Essay Grade: 75% (549 words, approx. 2 pages)
While I was beginning adolescence and learning to think for myself, Rus Willette was there to offer support and help me develop into a man of strong character. He continues to be one of my primary mentors and supports me to this day.He entered my life during a transitional period became a close friend and mentor.
A Match Made in Heaven
Essay Grade: 75% (1,020 words, approx. 3 pages)
In Suzanne Pharr's A Match Made in Heaven, the author illustrates the concept of irony. Pharr uses irony and tone to shock the readers. She does this by showing them that two people who share contrasting beliefs can converse and in the end benefit from it.
A Memorable Game
Essay Grade: 86% (1,543 words, approx. 5 pages)
Describes a trip to see the Boston Red Sox vs. the New York Yankees.
A Modest Proposal
Essay Grade: 88% (1,258 words, approx. 4 pages)
Johnathan Swift style satire designed to evoke a response in the audience.
A Modest Proposal for Student I.D.'s
Essay Grade: 87% (642 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay consists of a modest proposal to keep students from receiving referrals for not having an I.D. card visibly displayed.
A Nurse's Journal During WW II
Essay Grade: 88% (1,408 words, approx. 5 pages)
The following is a journal entry written through the perspective of a nurse during the WW II. It describes the trench life and conditions during the war.
A Personal Essay for a College Application
Essay Grade: 86% (1,052 words, approx. 4 pages)
Provides personal details in support of a college application. Gives biographical information. Details reasons for seeking a career in fine arts.
A Personal Oddesy
Essay Grade: 92% (1,897 words, approx. 6 pages)
Describes a series of personal events taking place over a 10 year time span, beginning at age 6. Details first loves, friendships and other adventures.
A Personal View of Gothic Literature
Essay Grade: 93% (1,328 words, approx. 4 pages)
Although it does place an emphasis on mystery and horror, Gothic literature is more than just a collection of horror stories. It also allowed for the expression of desires, fears, and beliefs, particularly given a time when technology and science had more of an impact. Frankenstein, Turn of the Screw, Wuthering Heights, and The Monk of Horror are examples of Gothic literature that convey strong and significant messages.
A Physician's Ethical Dilemma
Essay Grade: 88% (693 words, approx. 2 pages)
A doctor's HIV-infected patient threatens him with legal action and the loss of his practice if the doctor tells the patient's wife about her husband's condition. Does the doctor tell the wife and possibly save her life, violating doctor-patient confidentiality in the process? Or does he remain silent, allowing him to continue to practice medicine while another human life falls in danger of contracting AIDS?
A Place I Know
Essay Grade: 82% (192 words, approx. 1 pages)
Essay provides a description of the beaches along the coast of Sinaloa, Mexico.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Essay Grade: 92% (685 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay provides an analysis of "A Prayer for Owen Meany" by John Irving.
A Quiet Day in a Writer's Life
Essay Grade: 92% (584 words, approx. 2 pages)
Essay discusses how a writer may occasionally need to have a day of peace and quiet in order to concentrate.
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