Nonfiction

Yelling, screaming, fighting, hitting, kicking, and getting in peoples face, is not be the best motivational force. Some people may not be affected by fear the same ways others may be. Also the fear that is being created may not appeal to a person’s ethics and values. Trying to scare people with imprisonment or hell won’t affect everyone because they may look at these kinds of places as a safe place to find someone to relate to. Fear is not the best motivational force because everyone is not…

lies in the ocean. Author’s Purpose: My great great uncle Louis Wolfe’s main profession was teaching, so he teaches the reader facts through the book’s storyline about the ocean to possibly use as a fun way to educate children. He also wrote many nonfiction books and Journey of the Oceanauts was his first and only fiction book. Moral/ The moral of the story is that teamwork can help accomplish many things in life and that even in the hardest situations, as long as you have a team, you can…

“On dumpster diving” by lars Eighner and “Working at Wendy’s by Joe Franklin relates with the pride that Eighner found while living a life as a dumpster; the shame and humiliation that Franklin felt while working at Wendy’s. Eighner, who along with his dog Lizbeth went out for dumpster diving found himself in a emotionally stable state while Franklin wasn't in that state because according to his study he did, working at a food court wasn't his area of work but he has no choice as he wanted some…

Textual Response Racially driven stereotypes have been around forever, especially where African-American males are concerned. Most likely you know a few yourself. However, in "Who Shot Johnny?" Debra Dickerson provides her insight, as to why she thinks Black men are stereotyped as criminals. Similarly, Brent Staples tackles the same issue in his piece titled, "Black Men and Public Space." While Staples and Dickerson touch on the same topic; each takes on the subject from a different perspective…

What effect do these images have on the writers' purpose? A vivid feature in this nonfiction book, is how descriptive the sentenced are in the book. The book consists many detailed sentences about the fever and how to deal with it. A lucid quote in the book, “The skin and eyeballs turned yellow, as red blood cells were destroyed, causing…

blunt, and to the point. In a way, he is following his own advice by “[speaking] the rude truth in all ways” (3). Emerson is not trying to show -- rather, he is straightforwardly telling the reader he is correct. The fact that “Self-Reliance” is a nonfiction essay further emphasizes his direct tone -- in stark contrast to the flowing and vivid imagery in “Paul’s Case”. Furthermore, Emerson sparingly uses literary devices to communicate his points. His most significant imagery is his joint-stock…

William Benemann had clear intent when writing his most recent novel, Men in Eden: William Drummond Stewart and Same-sex Desire in the Rocky Mountain Fur Trade. Answering the call of Jim Wilke's Frontiers magazine article suggesting the topic, Benemann set to "restore William Drummond Stewart to his place at the table," (2). Though Benemann doubts any intentional misrepresentation of Stewart's sexual history, he believes that most historians simply did not consider the possibility that he was…

without being noticed or caught. That is definitely one of the uncountable strengths of the book. This book had few weaknesses that are hard to name. This book fits for any type of reader who enjoys any type of book; fiction, mystery, autobiography, nonfiction, historical fiction, because this book has all of those trait in it. That is another one of the boundless reasons that this book is so special and fits for any kind of reader no matter what age. It is exciting. It keeps you on your feet. …

Hi, Stephanie! I want to commend you for an admirable but courageous decision made in opting towards discussing faithfulness and religion, and pertinent beliefs, within the nonfiction thesis on which you’ll be working. Has anyone, at any point, said you should opt against incorporating religion and faithfulness, and pertinent beliefs—and associated issues—into what you write? If so, did you ever find yourself thinking about the reasons motivating them to do so? Again, if so, did you decide to…

My obnoxious yellow posterboard read “We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.” The time was Donald Trump’s inauguration and everyone there was chosen to fight for everyone’s rights as American citizens. I held it high above a plethora of pink yarn woven into cat ears. The hat, a sticker on my head, and a logo on my shirt announced my ideals. More than 500,000 chanted in Washington and 5 million worldwide, and all together we sounded like one voice. One voice fighting for so…