it or not. Alice Walker’s essay, “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self,” is a story that depicts the harassment and embarrassment in a young girl’s life. The theme behind the story is based on the struggle and battle that Walker goes through due to her need to recognize her inner beauty and outer beauty for years on end. Walker uses many literary elements to portray the theme of her essay, which can be seen in her use of conflict, tone, and symbolism. In her essay, Walker is challenged by the
it or not. Alice Walker’s essay, “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self,” is a story that depicts the harassment and embarrassment in a young girl’s life. The theme behind the story is based on the struggle and battle that Walker goes through due to her need to recognize her inner beauty and outer beauty for years on end. Walker uses many literary elements to portray the theme of her essay, which can be seen in her use of conflict, tone, and symbolism. In her essay, Walker is challenged by the
When we got this assignment, I was originally planning on doing an essay format, and if I’m being completely honest its because the header takes up more page space. But I went to the writing center, and with my tutor’s suggestion and some more thought on the matter, I feel like the looser formatting of a letter would give me the freedom I would like to accurately communicate to you exactly what I got out of this making portfolio. I’m striving to be straightforward and introspective, and I figure
me different types of essays and has helped the maturity of my writing to increase while I have still shown a great knowledge and strong suit for both classes. Throughout my English classes, I have grown in maturity of my writing. 10th grade English was easy for me and never pushed me and challenged me to dig deeper. English 111 has taught me to use all that I have to write an essay to the best of my abilities. I have also learned that I can write eloquently and still get my point across. English
determined to write essays of excellence that I made mental errors that brought my grade down. As I have progressed through school writing has been my Achilles heel. I was never fond of writing and always dreaded the idea of writing essays. I was never a strong writer because I did not fully understand the process of writing well-rounded papers. I always considered myself a subpar writer. I believed that I was capable of meeting expectations rather than exceeding. College and high school English are drastically
writing, in fact, for most of my life I've hated it. Through the years English has always been my least favorite subject because of my distaste for writing essays. I would always put off starting my essays until the day before, and because of that my grades would suffer. It wasn't until senior year of high school that I started actually trying to better myself as a writer. One of the essays that had a meaningful effect on me as a writer is my I believe in ghost essay I wrote in English 100. When
on college. I went to my cousin, Patrick Craig, for help on this subject. He is on his second year of college at WVU so I figured he would be the best person to ask about his experiences. I decided to ask him a couple questions about his time so far at college and his overall experience with it. I asked him what the steps were to becoming a successful first year college student. The first question I asked him was about how different the college social life is from high school. He said that it was
standards then you're seen as ugly in today's world. In high school, I used to be bullied because I was "too fat" and the size of a "whale." I was born with an underactive thyroid gland. It's commonly known as Hypothyroidism. In other words, no matter what I eat or drink I retain the fat and water of the foods. However, I never saw it as an issue, I went through the day just like any other kid, till later on in my life. When I started high school everything changed. All the "fat" kids were now in shape
sit here writing my college essay, my mind reflects on my difficult journey to become an adult. I portrayed a happy, positive appearance to others that was really just a facade to cover the inner struggle going on in my mind. Freshman year of high school, I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD. This disorder made easy tasks like opening a door difficult for me. Important skills needed for school, like reading and writing, were especially tough. But even before my diagnosis, I knew
unique experiences is the sole reason for my determination to apply myself at school, college, part-time jobs, and self-study. My intention of this is to achieve a goal which I am incredibly passionate about; to become a community midwife. I would describe myself as an academic person, as I have always loved learning and composing written documents whilst at school and college. I believe that writing is one of my key skills, as I have the ability to put information across clearly and make essays interesting