My Final College Essay
explanatory Essay
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Over the course of Intro to College Writing I have written a total of three essays and turned in. These three essays consist of: Narrative, Profile, and Argumentative. My first essay was the Narrative in which I wrote about the night of my mothers arrest. With this essay. I as a writer was trying to convey the emotions I felt during the experience and describe the many atmospheres that occurred throughout the incident. The only memorable thing from this essay was figuring out how to end the essay in a way that wrapped the entire essay back up in a short meaningful, stylistic way. That I felt I did well with my last line being “That was the first time I had said “I love you” in well, I couldn't tell you.” Through writing that last statement I felt I summed up a struggling relationship I held with my mother sparring details that spanned over years into a simple sentence that echoed around the core concept. This was the only breakthrough I met as I wrote this essay recalling the night and describing my feelings flowed easily and I found myself done quickly. I only stopped to find a fancier word or write a sentence in a different way. Either making it longer, shorter or include more details. I had strong feelings that I communicated the entire situation in a comprehensible and touching way. Looking back on the essay there was much too be corrected as I did in my re-write such as: Organization, fragments, Contractions, comma splices.
Profiles were the next essay on the list for writing in which I chose my smoke spot right off campus. This essay I was only supposed to vividly describe a spot we often visit. Though I took the subject to a personal level criticizing the way society views smokers through description of the drainage ditch ...
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...ach day in class I participated to my fullest extent answering questions, maintaining eye contact, and staying attentive and alert during class each day. I stayed after class to arrange meetings with all three of my essays and showed up early each time. In which I read over comments made before hand and digested them myself and walked in with an idea on how to make my paper better, answer questions you may have had towards my paper, and had questions on what I could do to make my paper better. While my work in the class my not have reflected an A I feel my time and participation are well on the track to excellence in the world of academic writing. “Once a person is determined to help themselves, there is nothing that can stop them.” (Nelson Mandela) I am determined to hone my skills of writing and make an impact where ever I grace the strokes of a pen or keyboard.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that they have written three essays over the course of intro to college writing: narrative, profile, and argumentative. the only memorable thing was figuring out how to end the essay in a short meaningful, stylistic way.
- Explains that they chose their smoke spot off campus and criticized the way society views smokers. the most memorable moment was when a raccoon scurried up the wall.
- Explains how their participation in class has changed their outlook on being a student.
- Explains that their third essay was an argumentative essay on legalizing the use of anabolic steroids in professional sports.
- Opines that they would give themselves an a for based work, time, and attention to the course.
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- Literacy Reflectionexplanatory essayThroughout this semester I have learned many ways of writing through two main essays literacy narrative and comparison and contrast. These two essays have taught me how to correctly fix my comma splices, thesis statements, and capitalization. I have engaged in numerous learning material during this summer class. Many times when I thought it would be hard to work on those three developments I never gave up. I gain more positive feedback from my teacher because he pointed out most of my mistakes I made on both literacy narrative and comparison and contrast essays to help me understand what is it that I need to work on. My development as a writer became stronger.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that they have learned many ways of writing through two main essays literacy narrative and comparison and contrast. they gain positive feedback from their teacher because he pointed out most of their mistakes
- Explains that comma splices were one of the hardest things they could not catch on to, even though it didn't seem hard. putting hard work in and re-reading over my paper and my mistakes, they've improved a little.
- Explains that their literacy narrative essay was easier than the comparison and contrast essay. their thesis statement was ridiculous when it came down to typing and writing essays.
- Opines that capitalization was a weak part of them because they capitalized words without knowing that they didn't need to be.
- Explains that english 101 has prepared them for the rest of their english classes they will be taking in future.
807 wordsRead More - Final Essayanalytical essay1. Men and women are both categorized as humans. The biological difference between these two sexes is of how they react. To understand further the concept of gender socialization and social construction helps shed some light on how the differences between men and women are learned. Gender socialization is the learning of how to act as a male or female (Lecture notes: Unit 6).
In this essay, the author
- Explains the concept of gender socialization and social construction to understand how the differences between men and women are learned in the ways of being direct or indirect.
- Analyzes how gender socialization affects our interactions with others by how we react to whom we interact with directly or indirectly.
- Explains that the united states is both a class and caste system by the process of stratification.
- Analyzes how pablo and gus used their work of drugs to achieve the american dream. the us criminal justice system is a "racial caste system".
- Explains the labeling theory, which points out the right and wrong of the individual. deviance is the breaking of a social rule or refusing to follow one.
- Explains that the saints were a group of kids that used legitimate means to plot their intentions. they would skip class and occasionally pull pranks, while the roughnecks would constantly get into trouble and commit serious offenses.
- Explains that deviance goes further into explaining the crime. theories such as strain theory and opportunity theory are examples of crimes.
- Analyzes how gus and pablo envisioned the american dream as a way to escape the heavy burdens of the bronx, where crime, poverty, and impoverishment took hold of society.
1154 wordsRead More - Final Essayanalytical essayIn both Washington Square, by Henry James, and Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton, the theme of duty is present. They both deal with the correlation between one’s sense of duty and the freedom that characters secretly crave. In them, this duty is intertwined with family and marriage. They also both have endings in which the main characters follow their duty and ultimately reject the freedom they once sought. Catherine rejects Morris at the end of Washington Square, even after Dr. Sloper is no longer alive to oppose their marriage. Newland Archer rejects Madame Olenska in the ending of The Age of Innocence; he is still committed to the memory of his deceased wife. Where these two novels differ are the motivations that characters have for following their duties. Catherine is motivated by the acceptance of her father, where Newland is motivated by his social class duties.
In this essay, the author
- Compares the themes of duty in both henry james' washington square and edith wharton's age of innocence.
- Analyzes how catherine sloper is obedient to her father and follows his will in washington square.
- Analyzes how newland archer struggles with committing to his duties in the age of innocence. he is a member of an upper class new york society that is hypocritical in the way that men cheat on their wives with mistresses.
- Analyzes how henry james and edith wharton have characters who want freedom, but their freedom is stifled because of their sense of duty and conformity to expectations. catherine sloper seeks her father’s approval, while newland archer wants to live according to old social class standards.
- Analyzes how holden caulfield is hard to believe and trust, although sometimes he tells the truth. he labels people as phonies when they are not genuine or do what others want them to do.
- Analyzes how holden withholds his feelings in order to make mr. spencer feel better. he tells spencer exactly what he wants to hear to leave.
- Analyzes how holden lies constantly, but is not untrustworthy as a narrator. he opens up throughout the novel and gives out his personal thoughts.
- Analyzes how holden may tell the truth at some points in the novel, but sometimes he will lie or embellish immediately after.
- Analyzes how holden, who utters swear words, wants to preserve the innocence of life. he is afraid of a little kid seeing the words "fuck you" written in several areas of phoebe's school.
1135 wordsRead More - Final Essayanalytical essayPreemptive war can be defined as an attempted attack to defeat, or repel, an attack and to gain a strategic advantage on an incoming war before the war even begins. Few people see it as effective, but countless others see this type of war as contradicting. In 2002, the George W. Bush administration passed a new national security strategy in which preemptive war tactics would be used against other nations that intended to bring threat to the United States. Although the doctrine was initially considered to be of precautionary measure, past experiences and the underlining intentions of the plan seem to argue otherwise.
In this essay, the author
- Defines preemptive war as an attempted attack to defeat, or repel, an attack and gain a strategic advantage on an incoming war before the war even begins.
- Explains that the allies and the triple alliance increased their arms and technology to gain a better advantage in the war. the arms race amplified the tension and caused both sides to become aggressive and less strategic.
- Explains that the united states allied with great britain, france, soviet union, china, and italy during the second half of the war to form the allied powers.
- Explains that the united states followed their belief in preemptive war by attacking and invading iraq before any more harm was done on american soil.
- Analyzes how the bush doctrine was successful in afghanistan, iraq, and iran. the 9/11 attacks gave george w. bush a motive to occupy iraq.
- Argues that george w. bush and his administration developed a new national security strategy by using preemptive war tactics to prevent danger to the american soil.
791 wordsRead More - Final Essayanalytical essayVictor Frankl poses many questions in his book The Meaning of Man, mostly regarding man's ability to make choices regardless of their situation. Throughout the semester, the class has explored many different texts focusing on individuals who are placed within a set of circumstances, which forces these individuals to face difficult situations. In the autobiographical narrative Twelve Years A Slave, the protagonist and author Solomon Northup is kidnapped and sold into slavery. He faces multiple pressures within his situation. Psychologically, he is traumatized by multiple beatings. He is both successful and unsuccessful in overcoming his hardships. He suffers through bouts of depression, but ultimately, he never gives up hope. He also practices his ability and inability to make choices regarding his situation. The same applies the social pressure of compliance and the ultimate historical pressure regarding the institution of slavery. Another set of literature covered in class is Art Speigleman's Maus I and Maus II, which is a biography about his father Vladek Spiegleman. Vladek suffers trauma on a psychological level. Similar to Solomon, he is socially pressured to comply and suffers through the historical pressures caused by the Holocaust. Although both men lived in two very different times and endured two historical events. They faced different pressures, different choices and different situations. They experienced varying levels of success. Often times their ability to exercise the freedom of choice was small, but ultimately they were able to make their own experience better or worse.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how victor frankl poses many questions regarding man's ability to make choices regardless of their situation in his book the meaning of man.
- Analyzes how solomon northup's experiences led to him being drugged, kidnapped, and sold into the institution of slavery.
- Analyzes how solomon, forced into slavery, is socially pressured into becoming compliant, but he chooses to fight back and stand up for his rights and his life. victor frankl's point is evident and contradicted.
- Analyzes how solomon's life in slavery gives way to a psychological trauma caused by the beatings he receives.
- Analyzes how vladek spiegleman endures the holocaust, which parallels solomon's story in a myriad of ways.
- Analyzes how vladek rebelled against the social pressures on him to be obedient. he was expected to do anything and everything the guards demanded of him.
- Analyzes how vladek's story shares some similarities with solomon. he was placed into a horrible set of circumstances, forced to comply with any demand, and beaten when he disobeyed.
- Analyzes how victor frankl emphasizes the concept of "human liberty" and "spiritual freedom in regard to behavior and reaction."
1892 wordsRead More - Final Essayanalytical essaySociology, the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society, is highly applicable to our everyday lives, considering we are all members of a grand society and, furthermore, smaller microcosms that represent this large idea of human connection. Since completing this class, I have begun to view certain topics and social groups in a new light. In particular, this course has developed my understanding of different categories of culture, sanctions of norms, and countercultures.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that sociology, the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society, is applicable to our everyday lives, considering we are all members of a grand society.
- Explains that culture can be divided into two different categories: material culture and nonmaterial culture. famous buildings such as the white house and the empire state building are observable material cultures.
- Describes how they have become familiar with the subject of social norms and the intensity of negative sanctions that results when they are violated.
- Analyzes why specific factions can be accurately dubbed countercultures. neo-nazi values may appear more militant to humankind today than the original nazis’ beliefs did during world war ii.
- Explains that sociology has opened their eyes to the macrocosm surrounding them and allowed them to analyze why the values and habits of their collective culture exist as they are.
753 wordsRead More - Final Exam Essayanalytical essayAfrican Americans were faced with discrimination and hatred from opposing races for numerous decades prior to the 1950’s and 1960’s. Their ethnicity played the biggest role in their lack of rights. They were treated as if they were plagued with a disease that a significant number of individuals, predominately Caucasians, felt they could catch just by eating in the same restaurant or sharing water fountains. Segregation hindered the routines of African Americans and infringed on their civil rights. Organizations such as the NAACP that took the plight of African Americans through outspoken objection to discrimination, in addition to other brave individuals as well as the SCLC and SNCC, that used boycotts and sit-ins, along with protests to charismatically grab the attention of the nation in order to shed light on the increasing issue of mistreatment of African Americans. There was a dramatic increase in the protest against shrewdness and segregation during this time period; often known as the “protest era.”
In this essay, the author
- Explains that african americans were faced with discrimination and hatred from opposing races for numerous decades prior to the 1950s and 1960s. their ethnicity played the biggest role in their lack of rights.
- Explains that the naacp led the legal combat against ethnic seclusion. they challenged the "separate but equal" ruling in the case of brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas.
- Explains that the naacp's 1955 boycott of buses in montgomery, alabama, was the first of many events in the south to gain national attention, and that non-violent protests were more effective than any other form of advocacy.
- Analyzes how african americans remained orderly with their protests because they discovered that this was much more effective. they gained national attention through marches, sit-ins and boycotts.
556 wordsRead More - Final Exam Essayanalytical essayFinal Exam Essay Does everyone have the same chance to recover from the hardships in their life? Everyone has the same chance to do everything, it just depends on your amount of self-determination. Some people may be born in a better home, but could end up living a life of using drugs, whereas, another person could be born with drug addicted parents and end up living in New York City in a penthouse. The first one ended up living a life of using drugs because they had no self- determination and did nothing with their life. Whereas, the other person saw the life that is possible for them to live and chose to get an education and live a better life.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that everyone has the same chance to recover from the hardships in their life, it just depends on their amount of self-determination.
- Analyzes how lily owens overcame the hardships of her life and made a better one by using her self-determination to find out what had happened to her mother.
- Analyzes how jeannette walls, of the glass castle, overcame difficult hardships in her life. her mother was a sugar addict who cared more about her paintings and her appearance than her children.
- Narrates how jim carrey, a successful actor, had to overcome hardships to get where he is today.
- Explains that self-determination is one of the most important things when it comes to overcoming the hardships that life has to throw at you. lily overcame an abusive father to find out the truth about her mother.
773 wordsRead More - Final Exam Essayexplanatory essayI have been sent back to the 1870s from the year 2014 to inform you about what I believe are the two most fundamental areas of change that will occur in the next 140 years. I personally believe that the changes in society and technology are the most important areas of change that will occur because things are so drastically different that I don’t think anyone could have anticipated such change. The fact that I, a Mexican American female, am able to address you shows just how much change has occurred.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the changes in society and technology are the most important areas of change that will occur in the next 140 years.
- Explains that after the civil war blacks no longer had to be but were denied typical rights that all white males were allowed. they were not allowed to interact in the same facilities with whites.
- Explains that jim crow laws made separate facilities legal, such as buses, schools, restaurants, parks, etc. plessy v. ferguson was deemed constitutional, but brown board of education overturned it.
- Describes the civil rights movement in the 1960s, when blacks fought for their rights as individuals that they believed they rightfully deserved. citizens' rights will expand to people of all races and genders.
- Opines that people like martin luther king jr., malcolm x, rosa parks and thurgood marshall will become statues in the civil rights movement.
- Explains that the women's movement is directly influenced by the civil rights movement.
- Explains that the civil rights movement created a snowball effect for the rest of history.
- Explains the invention of the telephone, which allows people to communicate when they are far away. the cellular phone is a portable phone that works without wires or cords.
- Describes the inventions of the automobile and the airplane.
- Explains that the internet allows people to access all types of information at the push of a button and connects people across the world easily by essentially writing letters to another person and having them receive it immediately.
- Opines that all of this change may seem scary and overwhelming but in all honesty it is for the good of society. societal changes and changes in technology greatly contrast what is going on during your time.
967 wordsRead More - Final Exam Essayanalytical essayThe 1960s was a period well remembered for all the civil rights movements that occurred during that time frame and the impact these movements had on the social and political dynamics of the United States. The three largest movements that were striving in the 1960s were the African American civil rights movement, the New Left movement and the feminist movement. These three movements were in a lot of ways influenced by each other and were very similar in terms of their goals and strategies. However, within each of these movements there were divisions in the way they tried to approach the issues they were fighting against. Looking at each of these movements individually will reveal the relationship they all share as well as the changes that were brought forth as a result of each groups actions.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the 1960s was a period well remembered for all the civil rights movements and the impact these movements had on the social and political dynamics of the united states.
- Explains that the african-american civil rights movement is the first movement to be examined. the 1950s were a good time for african americans despite ongoing racism.
- Explains that the brown v. board of education supreme court case in 1954 was a success for the black community allowing black and white students to attend the same public schools together.
- Analyzes how the supreme court ruling sparked resistance with white southern citizens coming together to let their displeasure be known. the southern manifesto document was made by southern politicians to oppose the supreme court ruling.
- Explains that the montgomery bus boycott of 1956 was a form of grassroots lobbying put together by an naacp campaign to enforce integration.
- Explains that martin luther king jr. was a black pastor and activist from georgia who led the civil rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
- Explains that more civil rights movements started to develop after the emergence of sclc, such as the studen nonviolent coordinating committee (sncc).
- Analyzes how malcolm x encouraged the black community to fight for their rights as a human being, even if it meant harming those who opposed that right.
- Explains that the two african-american civil right movements, sclc and sncc, influenced the emergence of a new movement in the 1960, known as the new left movement.
- Explains that the main core of the new left movement was an organization called students for a democratic society (sds). tom hayden, the president of sds, argues that students should be more participatory in political issues.
- Analyzes how mario savio, a student of the university of california berkeley, protested against the university's ban on political organizations.
- Explains how the new left shifted its focus towards the vietnam war in the 1960s due to president lyndon johnson's involvement with the war.
- Analyzes how the new left movement branched out into smaller organizations, such as native americans and mexican-americans protests. it was partly responsible for the re-emergence of the feminist movement.
- Explains that the rebirth of the feminist movement was due to the increasing number of women working outside of their homes.
- Explains that the women's rights branch was mostly composed of older and more professional women who went to college in the 1950s. they were considered liberals who worked within the system to gain respect from men.
- Explains that the women's liberation branch was a younger and more radical group of women, some of whom were involved with the new left movement before branching off from it in the 1960s.
- Analyzes how the african-american civil rights movement, new left, and feminism influenced each other through their tactics and approach to the issues of war and injustice.
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