This can cause the relationship to only be based on texting and social networking rather than face to face companionship. ... Simpson described how easy it was for him to text a meaningful message to Sarah and how much more time it took him to express his real feelings through pen and paper to Patti. ... Though Haadi has enlisted in the navy and has been there for almost a year now, he and I communicate through phone calls, emails, text messages, and Skype. ... Haadi and I fell more and more in love with each other every week reading those letters, rather than every day reading meaningless lit...

• Word Count: 1468
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The generation gap has undoubtedly led to some different thoughts concerning sex that are noticeable in the text. Firstly, there is something to be said about the insatiable female desire depicted in the text. ... Throughout the text women are continually being unsatisfied by men and are being overtaken by lustful desires. ... There have been three different worlds in the text; the authors, the storytellers, and the characters within the stories. ... The ideals of the plague, cultural norms, and the beliefs of Boccacio have all worked hand in hand in producing a very sexually laden text. ...

• Word Count: 1609
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Desdemona Shakespeare's sweetest star A Outline of the role of Desdemona in the text : Desdemona is the sickly sweet innocent in Shakespeare's play Othello. ... C ) My impressions of Desdemona : When Desdemona first appears in the text she is defending her love for Othello to the senators. ... I changed my mind again by the end of the text to her being just plain stupid. ... E ) Text Analysis : 1) " l know't ; l thank you. ... It does not really let us see any other side of Desdemona's personality we have seen it all before. 2 ) " Alas the hea...

• Word Count: 1595
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

We see examples of this in the text when we read from Link's perspective, "And he thought he had never seen one quite so beautifully put together - like a swimmer or a racehorse or an airplane, all the essential parts in the exact right place. ... The text states, "He looked back at Number Six and saw a pink light upstairs where the Powthers lived, dimly, through the branches of The Hangman. ... The text states "She had a long thin senseless scarf pale green in color, shot through with metal threads that glinted in the dim light."" (70) and " the pale yellow hair that had a silky shimmer...

• Word Count: 1612
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Several places in the text demonstrate the qualities of each of these two women. Because of this evidence in the text, it is obvious that this author wants me not to like Joyce, and feel compassion towards Anna. ... Power says in the text that "Ordinarily a mother would do this, but Dina's was the next thing to useless. ...

• Word Count: 1383
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Ironically, the text suggests these males attain manhood by following their intuition and their heart instead of attempting to live up to the impossible ideals created by society. ... Careful examination of the text, however, suggests that James does not actually love Miss Moran. ... Although Jake never explicitly describes his war wound, the text reveals his impotency subtly throughout the novel. ...

• Word Count: 2224
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There were no fights about misreading the tone of a text, or ignoring your problems as easily as pressing the "decline" button on your phone. ... Once you add any sort of technology to your relationship, your feelings or the sincerity behind them is lessened as your significant other struggles to decode the tone or underlying message behind your text/email. ...

• Word Count: 1310
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Romance Tradition and the Frame Narrative in The Princess Bride William Goldman's The Princess Bride is a metafictional story that both celebrates and questions various aspects of the romance tradition. The romance tradition is celebrated in The Princess Bride through a heroic tale of fantas...

• Word Count: 1401
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The idea of the hunted having power over the hunter is far clearer in this text, as he claims that he cannot Draw from the deer', despite that fact that he knows that he has no hope and that trying is like seeking to hold the wind'. ... While the general wistful feel of the text gives a far softer representation of love, this may not truly be what the poet intended. ...

• Word Count: 1276
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Nothing much has changed, except, of course, nobody will text "take care" and "come home early" tonight. ... I texted him one ordinary birthday greeting last year, and he told me that his officemates stared at him perplexed. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

We exchanged numbers and texted here and there and then I realized, I have absolutely nothing to say to this boy, we were a couple of years apart and each experienced different things and with this in mind it began to dictate what I had to say in conversations. ... After a couple of weeks of texting and calling we decided to hang out and from that day on we were together everyday even if it was for just 10 minutes or our entire day. ...

• Word Count: 1620
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In this text we will talk particularly about the love from distance which is usually called a "long distance relationship". ... Utilities like texting, skyping or talking through the phones fulfill the feelings for a while. ...

• Word Count: 1534
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Companionships can often help us overcome adversities. This is true in Mark Zusak's novel The Book Thief. In the novel, Liesel Memminger is separated from her family due to financial reasons and is moved to the city of Molching, where she settles in with her foster parents. Early on she is very unwi...

• Word Count: 2179
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Lippard shows within the text the transformation of Mr. ... It forced the big beaded drops of sweat out from the corded veins on his brow, it drove the blood from his face, leaving a black and discolored streak beneath each eye. (37) He is described as sobbing in agony in the text (39). ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the Greek text, the word for love is ἀγαπάω, agapao, meaning to love in a social or moral sense (Strong, G25). ... John 3:16 fits in with the surrounding text because they are all part of Nicodemus and Jesus' nightly encounter. ...

• Word Count: 2157
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

No where in the text of Book IV do either Adam or Eve mention any constraints placed on them by the existence of the wall. ... If it provided a source of discomfort or trepidation, some evidence of discontent over the general state of Paradise should be present in the text, especially in their dialogue. ...

• Word Count: 2408
• Approx Pages: 10

Discuss how you have developed your ideas about changing self through the studying of Sally Morgan's My Place, one item from the HSC Resource Booklet and at least two pieces of your own material. In your answer you must consider how both ideas and techniques/ features of each text type contribute t...

• Word Count: 1445
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Often times in literature, an author will focus on a seemingly insignificant aspect of a character and their journey rather than the prime aspect which weighs heavier throughout the text. They're are many difficulties that men in the Vietnam War face, but not only does it exhaust ones physical state...

• Word Count: 1337
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Continuing a tradition that has stood for centuries, William Shakespeare is in this day and age considered one of the greatest authors of all time. With works ranging from romantic comedies to tragedies, Shakespeare uses hidden meanings along with the whimsical setting of the Renaissance to enthral...

• Word Count: 1772
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Year 12 English Assessment Task. Critical Study of Texts. "A measure of great poetry is its ability to transcend time and place". Donne's poetry has been loved and hated by many people throughout history, but most of all it's been read. He still remains...

• Word Count: 1594
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (1854-1900) was an amazing author, playwright and critic who was capable of incredible insight into Victorian society. He questioned the ways of the society and attacked the narrow-mindedness and complacency. Wilde wrote many works that dealt with the suffering a...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Confucius is one of the most prominent philosophers of ancient China. He lived in 551-479BC, yet countless people still live by his teachings today. Many of his beliefs are compiled into a series of writing called the Analects. Jesus is perhaps the most well known of all religious leaders today....

• Word Count: 1478
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As a little girl growing up, I spent a lot of time with a Hispanic lady because my mother worked all the time. She was like a grandmother to me. I loved to hear her speak of her late husband and how much she loved him. Her voice would change when she spoke of him. She described how she would sit and...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As readers, we try to relate to the characters we read about. We are always more intrigued with a book when we have something in common with one or more characters. When Bronte created the main character of the book, Heathcliff, she had no interest in creating a character we could relate to. Yet we ...

• Word Count: 1378
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In a sense, "Pride and Prejudice" is the story of two courtships - those between Darcy and Elizabeth and Bingley and Jane. Within this broad structure appear other, smaller courtships: Mr. Collins's aborted wooing of Elizabeth, followed by his successful wooing of Charlotte Lucas; Miss Bingley's un...

• Word Count: 1738
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate