Example of Descriptive Essay About a Place

not, we (Mainstream America) have helped contribute to the evolution of stereotypes and assumptions that there are about Native Americans. The terms people think are funny and harmless are, in actuality, very offensive to some Native Americans. For example, many Native Americans refer to the derogatory sayings and terms as “Indian Fakelore”. I’m sure you’re familiar with them. Have you ever called someone an ‘Indian giver’? Take a minute to think about your purpose of using that expression. You…

Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and the movie. For example in the story Katrina is described as a flirt, who is uninterested in Ichabod, but in the movie she is a kind hearted person who falls for Ichabod(). The reason why Ichabod and Katrina were altered for the movie is because the movie is more focused on the horseman and the supernatural, as opposed to the stories focus on the relationship between Ichabod and Katrina. Another example of a movie where the producers changed the…

Gatsby, as a Homeric Siren. Siren imagery is a “central part of her characterization,” though Settle divides Daisy’s characterizations into three, historically based groups (115). Each section is extensively argued, almost in brutal excess, utilizing example-filled comparisons to classical and modernist authorial depictions from Homer and Hesiod to Keats and T. S. Eliot. Probably the most illuminating evidence is presented in the central…

extraterrestrials realized their mistake, they tried to contact people, but it was too late: Earthlings interpreted buggers’ actions as a war, danger, threat (Card). This novel exemplifies value judgements of metalevel, messed and confused with the descriptive…

secrecy and exclusivity—was necessary to survival. So, why should our art be different? Miller and Román argue it should not be in, “arguing for preaching to the converted… (however much it historically has been deployed as derogatory) [works as] a descriptive essay for community-based, and often community-specific, lesbian and gay theatre…” The phrase “preaching to the converted” works for the queer community specifically because of the subversive potential affinity that Miller/Román note…

1. You want to determine whether graffiti is really a problem, whether the citizens who have complained are representative of the community as a whole (as opposed to random “troublemakers”). Describe at least four types of data you could collect to determine whether graffiti is really a problem. Be creative and be specific. Perhaps the best type of data that could be collected would come from exploratory research. This type of data could be extrapolated by selecting random households (from the…

Depression is a serious chronic mental condition which the elderly report and it places a great burden on their families, health care system, and those specific individuals respectively. (Heeyoung, L., Jung-Ah, L., Brar, J. S., Rush, E. B., & Jolley, C. J. 2014, pg.1) On the other hand, physical activity may be beneficial in providing any sort of relief against depression. This article focuses on the relationship between depressive symptoms and physical activity with the exception of demographic…

such as “Grammar & Punctuation.” Each section of each topic is filled with many bulleted points containing more information about that section. The information given by these sections is clear and very informative for student writers. It provides examples, help, definitions, tips, and steps on things such as finding topics to write about, and even how to write effective thesis statements. Each section of the OWL clearly explains how to deal with any writing issue students might be having in a…

an unusual and beautiful existential encyclopedia of the everyday life. The look of Král is placed on everything: objects, moments, feelings, places, and his texts are like a walk in the city, small trips, intense poetic proses that illuminate the details, open our eyes on reality and sustains us all . In his stories the apparently futile, the fragile places of the everyday life come to mean. What is it really for us a coffee? And the overcoming of a curve or a ramp of staircases? “A FLIGHT…

adopted, but the couple who asked for an adoption wanted a boy, not a girl. In this extract Lucy Maud Montgomery describes how Anne is treated like a thing not a person, but then as the segment progresses, she is treated better. Anne is the perfect example of an outsider who has been marginalised, and she is desperately wanting to be part of the couples’ family. Throughout the extract, Marilla refers to Anne as an object, rather than a girl. Marilla, the potential adoptive mother, asks “Can…