… sets the tone within the title. The thought of early spring brings new life and harmony to the mind of the reader. A vision of Wordsworth sitting in a open field, observing the flowers budding and bunnies hopping around comes to the reader's mind.…

… of the book, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger. This story took place at Holden's former school, Pencey Prep in Agerstown Pennsylvania and in his hometown New York City. It covers the forty-eight hour period in the late nineteen forties in…

… is heroism. This involves far more than physical courage. It also means that the warrior must fulfil his obligations to the group of which he is a key member. There is a clear-cut network of social duties depicted in the poem. The king has an obligation…

… I have become conscious of a variety of easily avoidable factors that contribute to excessive stress. The principal flaw in the college admissions process is that the admissions committee does not categorize students enough. In encouraging applicants…

… that obstacles that one faces in life can either be used to mold one's success or bring about one's failure. If one can overcome the challenges that they are faced with, they grow in a unique type of way, for every individual perceives each situation…

… in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, Sylvia Plath published her first poem when she was eight. Sensitive, intelligent, compelled toward perfection in everything she attempted, she was, on the surface, a model daughter, popular in school, earning straight…

… Caroline Bird questions the necessity of college and the education it provides. She states that college is accepted--without question. She holds that conventional wisdom and evidence show all high school graduates will be more responsible, and…

… Fanthorpe's poem, 'Old Man, Old Man', expresses a daughter's feelings for her father as he becomes old and is diminished by old age. In contrast, Jenny Joseph's poem 'Warning' looks forward to the freedom of pleasing herself in later years. Both…

… world or to confess it openly unto the world and take the consequences good or bad? Does the guilt eat away at you and you eventually tell anyway or not? If so why tell to begin with? In the opinion of the author, I think that it is worse to take interna…

… clothing manufacturer and shopkeeper, Arthur Miller's childhood life influenced his writing of Death of a Salesman, which opened in 1949. His father, Isidore Miller was ruined by the coming of the Depression. Consequently, the family moved to a small…