Short Argumentative Essay Example

National Identity can be expressed in many ways such as a persons language, culture, religion, and traditions. In this course we have read many literature's where characters have expressed their national identity for example in the poem "I, too" by Langston Hughes and the story "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Hurston. Both of these literature's have the similar settings and backgrounds. They both revolved around days before blacks were equal to whites. In the poem "I, too" Langston…

Kate Chopin, in her short story, “The story of an hour”, shows a lamentable woman Mrs. Mallard who realizes the freedom unfortunately when her husband come home, she has a heart attack, and died in the end of the story. Mrs. Mallard because of her husband's panic and desire for freedom, so an important theme in this story is Mrs. Mallard’s Awakening. In order to develop and reveal this theme, the author uses setting, portrayed of the character and symbolism. To begin with, using the importance…

efforts to prevent its life from diminishing as Woolf recalls,”I laid the pencil down again. The legs agitated themselves once more.” Despite arriving at the climax, the short sentences create a calm tone and reveal Woolf’s acceptance to inevitable approach of death. Woolf’s use of long sentences, to describe her observations, and short sentences, to narrate her inner thoughts on those observations, ultimately guide the reader towards the overall…

The Tradition of Pain The “The Lottery” (1948) by Shirley Jackson and “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” (1973) by Ursula Le Guin share a setting that is both similar and different from one another. In both stories, the writers use social constructs and deep ritualistic traditions to pave a setting for both stories. Though both traditions pertain to one individual, the basis of each tradition is different from the other through life and death. The first element of comparative analysis…

Joni Mitchell is a Canadian singer-songwriter who according to Rolling Stones is “ one of the greatest songwriters of all time”. In the book “The Unspeakable” author Meghan Daum discusses the Joni Mitchell problem which is fans or non-fans, liking or disliking Mitchell's art for the wrong reasons. We can also call the fans and non-fans consumers. Daum makes the claim that Mitchell’s art can be interpreted in one way. Daum says the consumers see Mitchell as a romantic but to Daum that doesn’t…

In the autobiography Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez, Rodriguez uses the term “private language” to depict the difference his heritage, culture, and spanish language, have with the American lifestyle, and english language. “Private language” to Rodriguez signifies the private spanish language his family and himself shared at home. Outside their home he considered it to be public, because everybody shared the same common language that is english. His family however stood out because of…

The Peculiar Character of Judge Goodwill Banner The novel “The Natural” by Bernard Malamud is a story about a character named Roy Hobbs and his unique experience with major league baseball. Roy interacts with many unique characters through the story, however Judge Goodwill Banner stands out amongst all of the others. Through Judge Goodwill Banner Malamud tells a deep story. In the story the Judge servers to be a constant presence over the club while still remaining somewhat mysterious. The…

“This is where I Leave You” The movie “This is where I Leave You” is based on a dysfunctional family who is faced with the death of their father, family and infidelity. The movie unravels in episodic fashion over seven days of shiva, capturing the odd assortment of neighbors, distant relatives and friends of the family who come to the home to revel in the life of the late Mr. Altman. Mom agrees to uphold her husband wishes to have all of the children under the same roof for seven days. Family…

In Ghosts the Father reminisces about his daughter’s new life in America and the grandson he will never know. He does not want to live in America with her, because “I will be forced to live a life cushioned by so much convenience that it is sterile” (67) It is a life “littered with what we call opportunities”. This sense of “sterility” is reinforced by a sense of loss — of traditional customs, culture and lifestyles. That life lacks passion, vibrancy and intensity is often highlighted in…

Justin Evans’ A Good and Happy Child and Stephen King’s The Shining both use the theme of uncertainty to say that things aren’t always what they seem. They show this by using a scene with a baseball bat, generations of people, and by having characters see something that isn’t there. Evans’ and King’s works both portray the theme of uncertainty, that says things aren’t always what they seem, by using a scene with a baseball bat. For example, A Good and Happy Child goes back and forth between the…