Example of Descriptive Essay About a Place

Throughout 'Blue Sky Mine' Midnight Oil employ a range of rhythmic and descriptive techniques to portray blue-collar workers as victims of the inhuman mining industry. Through symbolism, the band highlights the industry's callousness in regard to workers, whose lives are risked for the benefit of these multinational corporations. The song's sombre tone allows the audience to relate to the plight of miners whose health and livelihood is completely at the mercy of these dispassionate conglomerates…

these to have a descriptive strategy (Sarfin, 2016). We need these decisions to come from the ground up. They need to be fluid and effective and we can’t wait for these to escalate up to upper leadership. Decision Making Tools and Process The main part of leading a diverse and expansive team, such as this IT team, is ensuring we have proper decision making tools and processes. Above, we discussed long-term and short-term decision making in the forms of prescriptive and descriptive…

subdivisions and highways. The atlas illustrates the animals, food, people, places, and everything else that New Orleans has to offer in vivid detail through first-person essays written by everyday people. Two essays that delve into these subjects are, “On a Strange Island” by Billy Sothern and “The Presence of the Past” by sisters Dana and Dawn Logsdon. Sothern takes his readers on an excursion to all of his favorite places in New Orleans, despite how abnormal (i.e. Holt Cemetery) they seem,…

Studies have shown a “powerful relationship” between education and voter turnout, with some studies showing that a higher education level increases voter turnout. (Milstein and Green). This could be a result of several things, for example, women with a higher education level would be more likely to be able to take time off of work to go out to vote. While general education may be important for voter turnout, in order to get more women in political office, they must be educated on politics…

narrator’s obsession with Annabel Lee. Poe references motifs, secondary subjects, and an exposition which create an overarching consistency throughout the poem, all symbolizing how the narrator is unable to overcome his love’s death. The repetition places focus on the motifs in his work, which all commonly associate with elements…

In Frank Baum’s book, “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”, he presents the themes of colors to represent different roles within the novel. Within the last few chapters, colors have been prevalent in reading. The role of color is an important aspect in literature as it improves the reader’s understanding of the setting and theme. Authors often also use colors to symbolize a deeper meaning that can pull the reader into the story. Without the use of colors as symbolism, the readers can sometimes miss…

Hair” as a result of his characteristic hair. Although he had multiple names within his clan, he was acknowledged by a specific name owing to his age, situation or the relative intimacy that he shared with the user of his name. As seen in the above example, personal names within Native Americans…

evening,’ connotes a relaxing image because an ‘evening’ surrounded by ‘sand’ and wildlife is a scene typically affiliated with relaxation. This theme of tranquillity again creates a contrast because we know that the significant event which takes place at this particular location at the end of the novella is of a violent and brutal nature (the murder of Lennie). 
The symbolic image of the rabbits is also first introduced here and is repeated throughout the story to represent Lennie’s dream of…

Fitzgerald uses very descriptive language in this passage to effectively illustrate the extensive substance and detail of Gatsby’s past dream and his idolization of who he believes Daisy is. Another example of Fitzgerald’s use of imagery is on page…

Later on in the story it takes place in New York and mainly in 1932 with Joe, dad, and Babe Ruth. During the rising action Joey comes back from a tough lost on his baseball team and blames it all on himself. The father of Joey comes back the next day and says that he needs a way to get…