Example of Descriptive Essay

Philosophical Journal #2 Chapter four is about Egoism, Altruism, and the Social Contract. Egoism is defined as someone who is primarily concerned with their own well-being. There are two kinds of Egoism, Descriptive Egoism and Psychological Egoism. Descriptive Egoism holds that people are basically self-centered or selfish; that is, people primarily pursue their own self-interest. This is true at birth, we are all born as a self-centered baby. We cry when we need something and we don’t…

wealthy man. Little did they know, Johnny liked to be kidnapped- and in charge. For example, when Bill writes a letter to Ebenezer demanding $2000 in order to have his son back, Ebenezer responds to the letter, writing, “You bring Johnny home and pay me two hundred and fifty dollars in cash, and agree to take him off your hands” (O. Henry 78). This example represents the Superiority Theory because…

Beowulf is an Old English poem that was written in 700-1000 ca. by an unknown author (Berard). The poem is split into two parts; the first part is tells the story of the main hero named Beowulf – who is the eponymous hero of the story– that helps Hrothgar, King of the Danes, kill the monsters that was terrorizing the court. The first monster Beowulf defeated was called Grendel, and after he was defeated his mother – who was known as Grendel’s mother because she is never given a name in the poem…

analysis. The reader may not find it is necessary to study the actual texts in order to understand this book. For example Murphy’s examination on Thomas Hardy’s “Tow on a Tower”, after a brief summary of the novel, she gives physical description and how each gender fit a specific environment. For example, Murphy examines the masculine descriptive of the tower and feminine descriptive of the house, vegetation and sounded field. Then she connects the tower with intellectuality, and landscape with…

potential with further work, if the requirements are clear to them. The write up is largely a descriptive approach of Nexium with limited evidence of analysis, reflection and critical evaluation of repurposing. For instance, while the group adopted the approach of using Nexium to respond to the assignment, the lack of critical thinking is shown by a generalization of the concept of repurposing with only one example (about 12 of the 15 references are with respect to peptic ulcers). In other…

“Birthplace” by Taherah Saffazadech is about how a woman from Iran reflects on being a girl and how girls are affected in her culture. This poem is told in 1st person as the tone of this literary work shifts from sad and shameful to accepting and Prideful but also a bit skeptical, since in her culture being a girl is frowned upon. “It’s a girl” the midwife trembled…unsure of birthing fee… and goodbye to circumcision feast.” This phrase depicts how much shame it is to have a girl, as the midwife…

surface long enough to cry out to the yacht, but "the wash from the speeding yacht [slaps] him in the face and the salt water in his open mouth [makes] him gag and strangle"(Connell 15). Through his eloquent language and vivid details, including an example of personification, Connell adeptly depicts Rainford's clash against the forces of nature, leaving the reader on the edge of his seat as he waits…

1. Making up a new word. 2. Explaining the meaning of the SL expression in lieu of translating it. 3. Preserving the SL term intact. 4. Opting for a word in the TL which seems similar to or has the same "relevance" as the SL term. Defining culture-bound terms (CBTs) as the terms which "refer to concepts, institutions and personnel which are specific to the SL culture" (p.2), Harvey (2000:2-6) puts forward the following four major techniques for translating CBTs: Functional Equivalence: It means…

An example of a conceit would be,” The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strings the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood” With this and many other descriptions combined with conceits and similes, Edward brought more followers into Christianity. His descriptive…

picture of how the writing process of works. I began to actually enjoy writing. My friends were amazed. They all told me my writing techniques were dramatically improving. I began to develop very powerful techniques. Techniques such as: being very descriptive, creating meaningful writing,…