Essays

This is a character comparison essay comparing the Old Man and the Sea's Santiago and the Lord of the Ring's Gandalf. Its more than saying they're just both old men...

This was the big essay I had to do for our Odessey unit—we had to choose an abstact word that we could apply to Odysseus, a person we know, and a person (or group) which we known little or next to nothing about. I decided not to use one of the given terms (hero, courage, leader), and had my own aproved. Resiliency.

This essay is a comparison between The House on Mango Street's main character Esmerelda and her sister, Nenny. While they don't physically look similar, they are in deeper ways.

We made Matisse-style pictures for this assignment—mine is below.

This is my 100-word rant, which is exactly 100 words. TItled: Why Not The Classics?

This is my commentary essay, The Effect of a Simple Phrase. I have had countless drafts of this and am quite proud of it. I hope to stress the importance of not telling people they'll fail. (Seriously, please, just don't.)