English literature

in my own language, as a Cambodian who uses English as her second language. Based on my experiences, I can say that I have multiple writing identities that include being an imaginative writer, influential writer and multi-lingual writer. Long before the time that I considered novel writing as my hobby,…

story about growing up as a middle-class Jew in Chicago (22). He grew up disliking and fearing literature, history, and other advanced books. His explanation for his disdain towards reading was his fear of being bullied by the other boys in the working-class. Reading at the time was only acceptable for girls. When entering college, he entered the noncommittal territory of liberal arts and majored in English (23). The fear of flunking out of college replaced the fear of being beaten up. However,…

individual tastes in literature, analyze writing style used by the author, discuss allusions used throughout the novel, find understanding that all uses of reading are not needed to be for the purpose of facts, and learn how artwork can…

In literature there are many different genres of writing. Each genre represents a different writing style. When researching topics and writing essays it is important to follow the required format. There are three most common genres in English. The first one is Arts and Humanities and it follows the Modern Language Association (MLA) format. The next one is the Social Sciences and it uses American Psychological Association (APA) format. The last one is the Council of Science Editors (CSE) writing…

explains how Sylvia, one of the main characters and the use of African-American Vernacular English in the story symbolized the resistance of the Civil Rights Movement by the white people, and the rising tensions between ethnic groups. This language emphasizes the children's distance from the typical white middle-class culture and economic power. However, Bambara also celebrates African-American Vernacular English as a means for conveying black experience: Sylvia uses the language to express her…

mother concerned for her children's education, a passionate reader that enjoys good literature, and a critic of books that are undeserving of their praise. She starts her essay with such strong language in order to show how passionate and straightforward she is on her views. It does not risk putting off readers it just shows how passionate she is. Prose sumps that high school students are impacted by how literature develops literary taste for life, an affinity for narrative, close reading…

Learning and Literature Throughout history, literature has always been a gateway for people to expand their knowledge and their imaginations. However, some pieces of literature are hard to understand, no matter how high your reading comprehension, there are important pieces that may be missing from their understanding. Meaning, one could only just be scratching the surface of a piece of literature. Therefore, one cannot simply read something, one has to immerse themselves in the literature…

theories that went along with it. I felt confident because I already had experience in these fields, and this class would just throw me into the deep end of a pool I had already waded into. The class essentially showed me why I had wanted to be an English major in the first place and strengthened my desire to work harder and succeed in my chosen career. I didn’t initially feel overwhelmed by the assignments;…

particularly through sensuality and sexuality. Although the topic was still treated rather modestly, at least in English literature, two novelists, D.H. Lawrence and Radclyffe Hall, challenged constructs to write novels with ideas, themes, and morals revolved around sex and sexuality. In this respect, they changed the game in English literature and English culture. In bold contrast to other English novels of the time, D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of…

grade honors English class at Mark Twain High School. From the first day of class, Sara impressed me with her ability to be articulate about difficult concepts and texts, her sensitivity to the nuances within literature, and her passion for reading, writing, and creative expression- both in and out of the classroom. Sara is a talented literary critic and poet, and she has my highest recommendation as a student and writer. Sara is talented at considering the subleties within literature and the…