Grammatical tenses

Allegiant, by Veronica Roth, was a decent book. It had an interesting plot. The switching of viewpoints was confusing, but I realized it was necessary when, at the end, the main character died. This will be a interview with Tobias, and includes seven questions. How did you feel when you found out that Amar, your former instructor, was alive? I felt speechless, and amazed that he was alive. I almost could not believe the fact that he was driving a car, because I still remember…

Two Against The World (A Discussion on the Similarities and Differences of the Main Characters in “Checkouts” and “The Girl Who Can”) It’s amusing how the point of view of a story can change its entire meaning. If in first person, one character might seem like the antagonist, when in third they almost seem to be the hero. The difference between first and third person point of view is simple; in first person, the narrator is a part of the main action of the plot, while in third, they are…

A Dangerous Experiment When people think of dangerous experiments, they usually think of experiments that take place in science classes. People don’t think of the various political experiments that are going on around the world on a daily basis. However, some of the political doings are just that: dangerous experiments. In the TIME article “Boys Won’t be Boys”, Lisa Abend discusses one such experiment that is taking place in Sweden. The Swedish government is making a tremendous push toward a…

Anita Onyimah Lives of Women and Girls G 09/26/2015 The Paradox of Androgynous Genius In ‘A Room of One’s Own’, Virginia Woolf argues that women have been barred from fiction by a set of societal obstacles that would thwart creativity in anyone, no matter their gender: poverty, domesticity, illiteracy, and social criticism. She claims that, because women have been financially dependent on men for centuries, their creativity has been modified to fit masculine standards. Thus, they have had…

The Watcher In most third-person novels, the audience doesn’t know exactly who the narrator is – the author is the assumed narrator. In the case of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, the narration is told through first person, although the reader initially is not sure who this narrator is within the context of the novel itself. Through this narration, the reader gains a certain closeness to the subject matter, while feeling somehow distanced. It’s clear from the narration that this person is…

One that challenges the axiom of regret- one that is built around an enigma-this is how Hannah Pittard is able to grab her reader’s in her novel The Fates Will Find Their Way. Hannah Pittard is compelling as she gives out different scenarios on how a girl goes missing through the eyes of obsessive high school boys. Along the way, you are introduced to the personalities and lives of each of these boys. Pittard as a knack for using first person plural to distinguish the perception all of the…

To correctly teach and convey the meaning behind English words a series of techniques and methods must be used, these have been applied to the words below. Yesterday, the best way to convey the meaning of this word in my opinion would be to uses a combination of visual aids and making sentences. To begin with I would ask the class “What date it is today?” they would then present me with the answer, I would then bring out an enlarged printout of a calendar and whilst the class are watching I…

Gender Preference While both men and women can be transformational leaders, there are some preconceived notions about which gender is more likely to be a transformational leader. The stereotypical characteristics of the female gender, sugar and spice and everything nice, seems to point to women as having a more transformational leadership style. J. E. Wells’ et al. (2014) research found that ‘transformational leaders have been noted to be more congruent with stereotypical feminine gender…

All it took was three days. Three days for my view on life, the way I live, and how I view others to change. Towards the middle of my sophomore year I received an email from my guidance counselor asking me if I wanted to attend the HOBY seminar during the summer. Only one student from the high school was chosen to go, and I was honored to have been that one. HOBY stands for the Hugh O’ Brian Youth Leadership Seminar. 200-300 teens entering their junior year of high school from the Mid Florida…

The three works that will be analyzed in this essay are “ Stage to Lordsburg” by Ernest Haycox, “ The Big Sleep” directed by Howard Hawks, and “ Too Many have Lived/They Can Only Hang You Once” by Dashiell Hammett. Each of these works has a unique approach to storytelling, but they all share similar characteristics as well. “Stage of Lordsburg” , “ The Big Sleep” , and “Too Many have Lived” all demonstrate different as well as similar tools in literature, such as characterization and imagery.…