Example of Descriptive Essay About a Place

In my opinion, “The Green Glass Sea” by Ellen Klages is an amazing book. “The Green Glass Sea” is about a little girl named Dewey who goes to a place the book calls “The Hill” to live with her father. “The Hill” is the place where during World War II, scientists came together to help make the nuclear bombs, or as they call it, “the gadget,” that would be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. All throughout the book, Dewey faces many problems such as adjusting to her new life, being bullied, and her…

symbols in each poem, the struggles that African Americans had to go through in order to achieve success (while going through hardships of being African American in that time and having others say they could not achieve success) are conveyed. One example of this in "Sympathy" is when the author compares the "caged bird" (Dunbar l. 1) to the bigger picture of how African Americans feel in this time period. He relates the first stanza to African Americans watching the outside world of success,…

Do you think a person has two sides? If a person hides the side they feel ashamed of will it come back to haunt that person?In society there are many people who have different sides to themselves in my opinion. For example,when a student goes with one group to another they have different personalities because they can change personalities that quick. Well,in the novel,Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde a mad scientist makes a potion or drug that is impure where he then drinks it and it turns…

themes for a story or book. W.W. Jacobs uses techniques like dialogue, descriptive words and phrases, and the characters feelings/actions to create the theme of “Wishes can come true but come with consequences” in the story The Monkey’s Paw. He uses dialogue between characters to create a feeling in the book and in the reader which leads to the creation of a theme. In the book a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. White show an example of this when they say “The other two wishes,” she replied…

to start off a poem. I feel that example hooks the reader immediately. Later, the narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" gives meager hints as to where "The Tell-Tale Heart" takes place. The narrator never gives the true location of "The Tell-Tale Heart," but we can assume that it's located in an asylum or a home for the elderly. Although, it is known that they live in the same residence. They both live in the same time period. The dominant time period takes place at 12 o'clock midnight. The…

A Dog Like Attitude As loyal as a dog, as strong as a bull, as graceful as a bear. . The descriptive similes help us imagine what the characters look and act. Lennie, one of the main characters, is the one animal imagery is used on most. In John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, animal imagery is commonly used to describe Lennie and the other ranch workers physically and mentally. “Strong as a bull.” George says to describe Lennie in page 22. Strong he is, as he will display throughout the…

The Bridge to Terabithia written by Katherine Patterson, won the Newbery Medal in 1987. This story was about a friendship between a boy named Jess and a girl named Leslie. In this story, they had an imaginary world they called Terabithia, and they were the queen and king.Their friendship was good, strong, and could not be broken. But one day, something tragic happens. Leslie dies and Jess has to use all his strength to recover from the tragic incident. This book deserved the Newbery award…

chapter is a significant meta ethical question concerning the nature of things that are sexual. What is an accurate definition we can use to define what sexual means so that we can decide what is sexual and what is not? The book then gives a few examples of possible definitions including “pleasurable bodily contact with another” and “pleasure that involves our so-called erogenous zones” but suggests that these may be too vague. Another question that comes up when defining this is whether or not…

vivid and disturbing examples to pierce his reader’s heart, making them feel sorry for the soldiers and their living conditions. Ramirez also uses some discomforting examples that might have some people reconsider how they feel about war. When using ethos, Ramirez executed this better than Junger. Ramirez appeals ethically by using trials with the State Attorney and the Pentagon. Using sources such as these gives Ramirez more credibility on his views. Junger simply uses examples of the soldier’s…

Those two are, however, the most profusely used words in Girl, Interrupted. For the previous example, Kaysen could have written “And after that? I whispered” and have Georgiana reply “A lot of darkness, she muttered.” and convey an emotion of fear in their conversation. Her style of writing, however, gives readers the opportunity to fill in the blanks…