English Essays

Descriptive grammar, the first of these types, is often looked down upon by people who believe that only through prescriptive grammar, or grammar based on textbooks and decided-upon rules, can students be taught to use the English language properly.  However, these two types of grammar, although they are usually set up opposite to one another.

However, many people today ascribed it as a casualty of modern technology. But why do many blamed it to the evolution of technology? Technology advancement has caused upheaval between the two different generations of our society because of their varying views and approaches on technology utilization.

A man is convicted of sexual abuse in say 1982, he does his time, gets out of prison, and leads a law-abiding life. Then years later the government enacts a law requiring him to be registered as a sex offender. He is then kept t from visiting his grandchildren and made to him move since his house is within 2400 feet of a school. 

Censorship is a long-lived issue, and in many jurisdictions, it has been used by so many governments as a way to control the media. Censorship has been used even way before the mass media was invented. However, with the mass media increasing the rate at which the public could be fed with information from independent sources.

Despite the apparent benefits of GM foods, GM foods face market challenges if consumers distrust and feel insecure toward GM food products. It develops a qualitative analysis that identifies major determinants of consumer behaviors and choices toward GM foods; the survey establishes consumer attitudes and beliefs regarding the risks of GM foods.

The cell phone has become an integral part of our daily life and is one of the basic needs of life. In every step of our daily life starting from eating, talking, working, and sleeping, a cell phone is involved in numerous functions that we undertake. It has become next to impossible to imagine our lives without the use of cell phones.

In 1969, a basic course of scientific English written by Ewer and Latorre came to the surface as a unique example of the ESP syllabus, which was based on register analysis (Anthony 1997, 1). It was then felt that only using register analysis would not alone meet the requirement. Therefore, new courses were prepared to meet the requirement.

The education system has also participated wholesomely in promoting girl child education. The dismal enrolment should not be directed to the education system, but ethnocultural beliefs. However, the government participates actively in creating awareness regarding the importance of educating the girl child. 

What makes Vsauce stand out is the content development and presentation. The selection of topics and the manner in which they are explained is novel. Topics that offer peculiar insights are selected to explain important scientific ideas. The delivery of content is as important as the content itself (Weimer, n.p.).

Women's Education in Utah. The lifestyle of a person and their decision taking abilities depend substantially on the cultural attributes of that region. In Utah, the cultural beliefs of the people, their traditions as well as values impose immense impacts on the lifestyle choices of women.

In today’s world, oral presentations have become part of the lives of students and even professionals. Most people, especially businessmen and women attribute their success to the oral presentation. Most employers are emphasizing the issue of oral presentation, and especially when it comes to potential employees.

As defined by Friedrich (404), anti-nature describes the act of allowing someone to force their beliefs or morals onto you. According to Nietzsche, all human beings have desires that dictate what they do and do not do. These desires are given by nature and they define who an individual is and why he/she behaves in a certain way.

In the recent past, organ transplants have become a routine practice in major hospitals to the sharp incline in organ demand. To meet this high demand, some sections of the medical practitioners have called for the commercialization of this sensitive process.

The movement of robotic arms is different from that of humans since they tend to bend at greater angles. Human arms possess only 5 degrees of freedom to mark the incisions and other surgical functions while the surgical robots have as high as 7 degrees of freedom, thereby facilitating greater accuracy and smaller incisions 

Unlike in the past where the focus was on treatment, health nowadays focuses on prevention approaches. This is because of the lesser cost involved in prevention than in treatment. One of the effective preventive approaches to diseases has been through appropriate dietary selection. According to Roth, “diet choice forms a logical starting point for preventive health care measures and education to improve quality of life” (2011, 3).

The lives of poets have always been under scrutiny. Their lives have in most cases, influenced the kind of poetry they have written, both as far as form and content are concerned. The kinds of themes that have been taken up by women poets have in many cases, reflected the concerns of women in a largely patriarchal society. The cases of Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, and Adrienne Rich are no different.

Global warming and climate change are two environmental phenomena that threaten the Earth’s existence. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and pollutants in the atmosphere cause destruction of the earth’s ecosystem. Gas emissions and pollutants cause sea temperature to rise, producing more floods and natural calamities.

The poem argues that society has wrecked gender by defining and controlling it. “Diving into the Wreck” explores the journey of inner exploration that reveals the truth about the speaker’s gender and how the world creates and controls gender. “Diving into the Wreck” was originally published in Rich’s collection of poems, Diving into the Wreck in 1973.

In the movie, Tyler insists that Jack should never talk about Marla, and at some point, Jack pointed out that Tyler sometimes spoke for him, almost in a manner that resembles an abused housewife; hence, although, Tyler seemed to be a revolutionary in politics and a liberator, he remained a controlling and domineering force in the movie.

Despite continual assertions to the contrary from all sides, a fair number of Americans continued to see a connection between Saddam and the events of 911 in September 2006, two-and-a-half years into the Iraq war, 38 percent still remained convinced that Saddam Hussein was personally involved in the attacks (McNeese, 64).

udent has to foot all the costs of his or her education without parental support. These students, therefore, are only able to attend college because they have received financial aid. Arguing from this perspective, it is true that many deserving students are denied financial aid on rational basis and not on need to need basis an aspect that is meant to limit the number of needy students on campuses.

Most of the literature in the 18th and 19th centuries used common literary genres, which were like an autobiography, but also combined narratives with traditional oral stories, thus creating a much more literary form. Through the literary forms, they were able to tell the struggle they went through so as for their voice to be heard.

Both production cost and food cost are increasing day by day. Surprisingly, food wastage is also increasing as time goes on. The most recent calculations from a 2009 study revealed that Americans squander 40% of available calories. A 1997 study revealed that 27% of the available food in American is wasted (Bloom, p.10).

Currently, there is a lot of crisis regarding the amount of time a college degree should take. Most of the policymakers in the field of education and University presidents believe that 4 years in college is wasteful and traditional and are therefore campaigning for change. American Universities are amongst the best in the world but despite this, America has not been able to provide a sufficient skilled labor force to meet its economic demands.

As I was the eldest of two children, much of the responsibility for holding the family together fell on me. I have one younger brother who is 8 years old, while I was also fortunate enough to have two loving parents to take care of us. Because I am considerably older than my younger brother, it was difficult to cement a solid relationship with him.

As noted, “the U.S. border region is defined by rapid economic and population growth, rapid urbanization, spillover effects from Mexico, asymmetries with Mexican communities across the border, international commerce and trade flows, high rates of poverty, and a distinct ethnic identity” (Good Neighbor Environmental Board, 2010).

The history unveils the piece of information that the nuclear war has brought massive destruction and damage to the entire world and its population and people and since that time, people are living in dread and panic from the drastic impacts of the destruction and terrorism caused by the nuclear weapons.

The desire to be in a relationship, and the struggles one must overcome to be with a partner, are indeed major themes which can be traced back hundreds, if not thousands, of years in various texts from all over the world. However, the theme of love is not as simple as all that: The Epic of Gilgamesh, for example, is one of the earliest known pieces of literature, and the main relationship in it is the presumably non-sexual one of Gilgamesh and his male companion Enkidu; in other examples, religion and faith play a much stronger role than love between humans.

He says the three very basic things that surround our times; firstly, we live in a completely non-egalitarian society, secondly, we are running out of all resources and lastly, we are not even happy. These are the problems that surmount most of this brilliant book written by Bill McKibben (After Growth pp.5-44).

On September 11, 2001, fifteen-year-old Ricardo Braveheart was busy picking apples at Heaven’s Apples Orchard. When he saw his best friend Elderbert Einstein running toward him and shouting, “Some crazies blew up the World Trade Center with an airplane!” Ricky thought that this was just another one of those Einstein literati-wannabee moments.

In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, the subject of assorted English or else the matter of talking alternate English beside the social background like Chinese social morals, traditions, and lineage are dealt with.

When W. E. B. Du Bois used the term "double consciousness," he was talking about a coping method that African Americans use in white society that has little or no respect for them. The term “double consciousness” goes beyond being just a coping method; it is also justifies one’s actions as well as explains those of the Other.

Thus even before any kind of formal education children learn to share, co-operate and make friends by playing games. The importance of games cannot be denied as there is a famous saying, “All work and no play make jack a dull boy”. There are many games which children play.

The poem “Out Out” discusses how wastefully and quickly a life can be lost. Both poems show sentiment, but both poems show the value of individual life is fleeting. The poems discuss time, both sad that it passes so quickly but for different reasons. The poems talk about loss, although one laments the loss of beauty and the other the loss of the life of a young man.

Most methods of measuring IQ consist of subtests that are used to measure various qualities of a person which include short-term memory, visual-spacial abilities, commom sense and factual knowledge (Zentile 2008). In this literature review, I will discuss about how to measure IQ, how IQ changes over time, how Psychologists are broadening the concept of intelligence and how to test it using different methods and other information’s about IQ.

Although they're dissimilar in a lot of ways, these parallel between the two bonds them. The monster and his creator Victor, both own a longing to form family ties. Victor wishes to get married to his dear Elizabeth and his creation, the monster desires to find company in the household of De Lacey.

This fact is nevertheless true, and is testament to the reality of how many of us are curious enough to experiment with the drug variously known as cannabis, weed, pot, marijuana, marihuana and hashish. The drug has been used since the 3rd millennium B.C for medicinal purposes.

Adeela woke up. Her husband touched her shoulder. He said he was going to watch TV. Then Adeela went out. She saw the TV gobble up Aamir. She screamed, but no voice came out from her. She woke up in a sweat. Aamir just opened the door. It was 8 PM. Aamir ate heartily this time. He did not think of tomorrow anymore.

The author highlights as to how tobacco manufacturers use deceptive measures to highlight the desired information whereas the negative impacts or such information that might prove to be non-beneficial for the company itself, is mostly blurred out. On the other hand, since the government policies restrict these manufacturers to properly disclose every bit of associated risks, the author calls the entire circle a ‘battle of info’.

Everyman is an English morality play of the late 15th century, without any record of an author writing it. It focuses on the efforts of the central character simply named Everyman to achieve salvation, bringing into focus how there is a clear relationship between the life one lives and the life after death. The play’s focal point is on the event of death.

No leader will nurture ill-will against his fellow-climbers in a life-or-death situation. His tone is conciliatory and he has deep regrets about the tragedy that stuck the expedition. But when a coil willy is raised, when credentials are questioned, such post-scripts will see the light of the day, though they are not directly relevant to the book. 

Since the 8th of April, when the body of Kurt Cobain was discovered, the media attention has progressed from the drug-addicted rock star with a gun on his head to the mourners: the huge number of supporters who purchased Nirvana’s album. The music industry has proclaimed suicide an ‘unexpected scandal,’ as though the reality that suicide is one of the most common killers of young adults is an unusual phenomenon.

The relationships among human beings and their environments have always been depicted by the religious beliefs within the region. In the play, “Riders to the Sea” by John M. Synge demonstrates the interrelationship between God, nature and human beings.

The Supreme Court of the US banned capital punishment which is directed at underage offenders and this has motivated studies which aim at establishing the societal perception on the juvenile death penalty. This paper presents summaries of various information sources which include credible articles and research papers on the various legal aspects of the juvenile death penalty.

The paper emphasizes on Korsmeyer’s argument of food. The art piece consists of food photos thus, a description of the piece in relation to Korsmeyer’s argument is fundamental. Korsmeyer argued that foods contain symbolic functions showing some expressions.

Stress manifests itself in various ways in the victims. It is described as “the physical, mental, and emotional strain that we feel when hurried, under pressure, or as a result of some worry or anxiety” (Gilles, 2009). Several conditions contribute to stress and barely every individual experiences some form of stress, whether good or bad. 

This paper tries to identify the specific rhetorical aspects of Kennedy’s speech and in doing so the paper seeks to draw evidences from the address as well.U.S. President John F. Kennedy's “Civil Rights Address” delivered to the nation is regarded as a landmark in the nation’s pursuit towards abandoning racial discrimination and segregation.

They talk of situations where people belonging to either gender fail to understand and more importantly communicate with the other. Their essays speak of assumptions that are made by men that reveal deep-seated prejudices that are based on their belief that women are less intelligent and likely to have less knowledge regarding matters in general.

1.We must eat every meal together. 2. Never talk about what happens at meals. 3. Never eat a meal with someone else in a one-on-one setting. 4. Never start a meal before the other. These rules were written in a very traditional cursive in a black font on fancy, rough, cream paper. It was written with such precision and intricacy that it looked like a calligraphy, which was written multiple times until it was perfect.