Description of a Place Essay

enticed me to continue reading and enjoy the substance of what I was reading. Description, imagery, and vocabulary are some of the elements that I thought Malcolm X excelled at in this essay. The relatable aspect of adapting oneself to fit the situation in which one finds, exceptional characters, content that makes me think are a hand-full of reason I liked this essay. Plus, Malcolm X’s admirable writing and description made the essay not only enjoyable…

For instance, Defoe introduces the reader to the book Robinson Crusoe as “a just History of Fact”. The novelists picked and chose some facts about places and set their adventures about distant places in a romantic form. But the body of the writing was based on concrete descriptions of travellers backed up by the maps of cartographers. Robinson Crusoe is the perfect representation of this phenomenon. The location of his island was authentic and supported by real…

that there will be dangerous weather that will eventually hit and that it will be way too dangerous enough for a boat and it’s subordinates. Through his powerful use of eloquent and literary writings and the patterns of compare and contrast and description, Mark Twain…

in-depth than other personality profiles I have completed in the past. The descriptions about the way I direct and receive energy, take in information, come to conclusions, and approach the outside world were very general and I do not think that the Thinking description describes me well, because I know that I place high value on understanding and harmony among group members. That being said, once I read my personality type description on the second page, my reaction was “wow, how did this test…

In Reshma Memon Yaqub’s “You People Did This,” the fall of the twin towers had just occurred, although worried about her family and Muslim Community she’s very worried about all the mayhem that will be caused by this. She doesn’t want Muslims to have this burden of being held accountable for the attack and wants Americans to understand that violence isn’t Islam. The real jihad (struggle to please god) isn’t the Muslims, it’s the Americans struggling though the hard times, and it’s the Americans…

by Krakauer in his book “Into the Wild.” For instance, Krakauer’s purpose in describing Christopher McCandless is to show how McCandless disconnection with modern society, trying to find purity of nature in order to fulfill his life. Krakauer description of McCandless as anti-social person reveal McCandless disconnection with modern society. For example, Krakauer writes “It was the first present she had received from her son in more than two years, since he had announced to his parents that, on…

chest at all times. Throughout the story many symbols appear, such as a rosebush, the letter ‘A’, and the Black Man, each representing happiness, sin, and the life lessons learned. In the beginning of The Scarlet Letter, the reader is given a description of the…

References to the native’s nudity throughout their life are discussed. A detailed description is given about their appearance that is nothing like anything the common European has ever seen. The description given about the natives was that they were well built, with long black hair with large piercings through their lips, nose, and ears (Vespucci, The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci). These “new”…

out of 150 professionals, 105 were engineers and 45 were lawyers. The question then gave a description of a person who sounded neither particularly like a lawyer nor an engineer. This diagnostic information did not help the participant decide the probability. Variants of this question were given and shown in the…

Imagine being sent on a scientific expedition to explore the Star Wars planet of Tatooine, and you need to provide a detailed account of what you encounter. The description given would probably say something about the harshness of the desert and liken it to a wasteland. As a matter of fact, you could find a more detailed description of the planet by reading a report of the American west made in the year 1806. In that year American explorer Lt. Zebulon Montgomery Pike, was sent on an expedition…