Title: What is the meaning of the title? Does it capture the essence of the book? What would you title the book if you could change it? The meaning of the title of this book is simply what it is, The Devil’s Highway. It refers to the place that these immigrants had to cross in order to get to the US. However, the meaning behind it refers to the aspect of how many people die here. It really is like a devil’s highway because when you're in this place it seems like you are going to die fast, due…
sentences in sequence is challenging. Forming thoughts and putting them into paragraph form takes time, and not only time, but also countless attempts. Anne Lamott explains this problem in her essay, “Shitty First Drafts,” in which she argues that every writer, even…
Kate Chopin employs great literacy and writing ability as she delves deep into an emotional and beautiful story in “Desiree’s Baby.” The story causes you to think and wonder. She is able to connect content from the beginning of the story to the end to help the reader understand the story line. Due to Kate Chopin’s skill at writing, I am able to actively discuss my personal take on the story, my reactions to the events described, what I anticipated would happen, as well as how I felt about the…
The Printing Press As the torque of the press slowly moved the paper into the ink everyone was tensely waiting to see if anything would print, and surely enough as they moved the paper the ink had permeated. The men who helped Guttenberg achieve his dream were all very fortuitous to finally be done with the creation of the press, but Johannes was far from done. Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the movable type revolutionized the renaissance and coming ages. Movable type was easily rearranged…
I read in a book that the writer asked his friend a question you may think that the answer of his question is very easy but believe me it is not. He asked his friend, what is your goal in your life? He said to be successful. Then he asked what does success mean to you? He said to achieve my ambition, so what is your ambition? He stopped for a moment and said to succeed. Well his answer definitely shows that he does not know nothing about his goals, because when it comes to goals you have to be…
be a bonus. Something completely different. A completely new author. Of course, this was just a cheap trick from my side to keep it going. But it worked. I avoided to write another T. Singer, something which would have been a total waste, and could writer other novels, that I otherwise wouldn’t have written, experiment on an uncommitted way, actually, what resembles freedom and is highly fascinating. 2. No. A new book stands full isolated from any other book I have written. It sounds…
Is banning a book ever the right choice? According to James Bryce, a British historian, he says, “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it”. Many literary classics are being challenged because of their content and word choices despite the valuable lessons that can be learned and discussed while and after reading them. An example of one of these controversial books is A Streetcar Named Desire. Written by Tennessee Williams, this American playwright follows the…
work. What’s most interesting is the line: “Through living roots awaken in my head. / But I’ve no spade to follow men like them.” (27-28), which shows that even though he respects them he is taking a separate path from them and has chosen to become a writer instead. He has instead decided use the pen and “dig with it” (31), that even though he might not be in the field digging up the potatoes he has still decided to carry on the family tradition in one way or another. In his own way he will pay…
INTRODUCTION Background of research Literary work is a media created to improve the someone’s creativity through a piece of writing or anything expressed in letters or alphabet (e.g. novel, poem, short story) in order to be enjoyed by the readers. When talking about literary work, it has closely relation with literary genre. However, literary genre is a convenient way to study, teach, identify, contrast, discuss, or even analyze of similar or dissimilar literary works. In addition, literary…
The topic of my essay is Creative Writing and I am planning in putting my experience and others as examples to grab my readers’ attention. Have you ever though writing your feelings into a piece of paper could help you calm your emotions? Or how it can help others understand what you are going though? Well, I believe that it does helps you feel relax and calm after writing your feelings down in a piece of paper because writing has help me when I suffered depression. It helps me control myself…