Confessional poetry

Throughout Haruki Murakami’s, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running he goes though the connection running has with his writing. Not only did he use running to clear his head, he used running to hold himself accountable to the goals he set for himself. He is a man who allowed himself to pursue his dream and not hold back. Running at first was just a hobby he had ran some marathons but he was never a big competitor the goal was all in his own mind. He just wanted to feel proud of his own…

Alecia Beth Moore, well known as Pink is an American singer and songwriter. Pink is constantly being displayed as ‘tough and wild’ but her soft rock song “Dear Mr. President” shows her politically and socially conscious side. The song was written in 2005 and sooner released in 2006. Just as there are different genres in books and movies there are also different genres in music videos. There are three main genres, these are narrative, conceptual and performance. However, music videos can be a…

Despite the fact that both narratives follow the attempts of climbers to scale an imposing mountain, “The Devils Thumb” and Touch the Top of the World handle the subject matter in different ways. While both stories focus on the climb itself, they also address the underlying themes and lessons these climbs bring with them. As such, the two narratives take on extremely different viewpoints; one focuses on innocence and the limits of dreams, while the other focuses its attention on the author’s…

In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. The author depicts the characters as emotionally desensitized and a lack of sensitivity. The novel takes place in the great depression and illustrates what life was like during the great depression. The novel's two main characters are George and Lennie. George and Lennie are best friends searching to find a job in California. During the Great Depression, it was uncommon for people to travel together. George is the leader of the two of them.…

Harka Gurung Analytical essay by three songs (Bob Dylan) English 101-067 October 21, 2017 These three songs by Bob Dylan emphasize mostly on people and the nation entirely; he is trying to bring his message to people, warning them of their ignorance and sufferings. He also uses his song to bring the rights and freedoms of people like it are in the song “blowing in the wind.” He also discourages people from quitting, when he writes, “knocking on the heaven’s door.” He, therefore, gives hope to…

In On the Mundane Significance of Bike Lanes, author Luis Vivanco delves deep into the “mundane significance” of bicycle lanes. What Vivanco means by the “mundane significance” of bike lanes is how on the surface level, bike lanes can seem very dull and insignificant, especially in comparison with many other anthropological topics. Vivanco however utilizes a different definition of the word mundane to help explain the truly “earthy” and “world-making” possibilities of everyday human life that…

Love is not always based on physical appearences. Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, is a book that proves that you love someone for their heart. The two main characters are Louisa Clark and Will Traynor. Will Traynor was in a terrible motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed. Will and Louisa are an unlikely pair, yet they become romantically involved. Me Before You shows, that love is not just about what you see, but about what you feel on the inside. The book appealed to me because of the two…

Judith Ortiz Cofer was an amazing American writer, though she was originally from Puerto Rica. Cofer was an award winning author with a wide range of writings styles. She was best known for writing short stories, poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and essays. In one of Cofer’s essays More Room, she writes of memories of her childhood where she spent them at her grandmas house in Puerto Rico, known in the essay as Mamá. In this essay you read how her Mamá and that house were so connected, and how…

On the Ground with a “Gap Year” Analysis Gregory Kristof wrote the article On the Ground with a “Gap Year” in 2011. The New York Times published many of the literary works of Kristof’s father, which gave Kristof the opportunity for publication by them as well. In his short article, Kristof described his experiences from his time in his gap year. A “gap year” is a yearlong break taken between high school graduation and the beginning of college. After Kristof’s gap year, he attended Harvard…

Aldo Leopold was a professor at the University of Wisconsin who published A Sand County Almanac in 1949. He wrote about nature in different ways throughout his book. The writing varies from the landscape to the animals. He describes different areas he has been to; these range from near his home in Wisconsin down to the New Mexico and Arizona area. Leopold uses a unique style of writing for this time period. Very little is known about nature at the time he published his book compared to today.…