Rebecca Wright

Jill Bolte Taylor's TED talk entitled My Stroke of Insight looks at the ways in which our different brain hemispheres function and how they interact. She does this by discussing a stroke that she...

Throughout the novel, Jim's relationship with Silver changes and evolves. When the novel starts off, Jim looks up to Silver. He is fascinated with him and idolizes him. Silver feels the same way...

Throughout the text, Yunior tries to teach Oscar everything from how to eat properly to how to get women. Most of what he teaches does not stick, but the lesson that takes root in Oscar's mind is...

In Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkeness, Marlow faces many obstacles as he tries to find Kurtz and bring him back. The boat he is supposed to take has been sunk, the agent is jealous of Kurtz's...

In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Grover wants a searcher's license so that he can take up a quest of his own: the search for Pan. This is a task that some of the most...

The resolution of Avi's Nothing But the Truth comes as the readers find out which path each of the main characters will take. For Miss Narwin, her path is one of suspension, of not being able to...

During World War I, women were drafted into various new roles that previously had only been open to men. Many women served as nurses during the war, helping to take care of the soldiers who had...

I would start an essay like this by looking for moments where I could do a close reading. The three caskets are each made of a different material (gold, silver, and lead) and each has an...

A. D. Hope was a prominent figure in Australian history. He is famous not only for his poetry but also for his critical satire of the Australian government. He did not publish his first collection...

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell is a novel that discusses animal abuse. Black Beauty is a well-bred horse whose life takes him from owner to owner. Some of his owners are kind, and some are cruel....

When referencing literature, the climax is "the point of highest dramatic tension or a major turning point in the action." The climax of Avi's Nothing but the Truth occurs when both Phillip and...

Parts I and II are not told chronologically, and they therefore force the reader to engage more with the text in order to understand who the characters are and how they are related. Part I actually...

In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards builds to his central theme by breaking his sermon into three main sections. The first section lays the groundwork by quoting from Deuteronomy, an...

In the novel, A Wrinkle in Time, the three women, Mrs. Which, Mrs. Whatsit, and Mrs. Who, are all stars who, after fighting the darkness in space, have come to Earth to help Meg, Calvin, and...

Crow Tyrannosaurus is a poem about life, death, and the need to kill in order to survive. The crow sits in a tree and watches as other creatures around it eat each other. First, a swift—a kind of...

As Napoleon and Snowball vie for control of Animal Farm, they each use different tactics to gain more influence. Ultimately, Napoleon succeeds in driving off Snowball and gaining control. In order...

The Tyger by William Blake is a poem exploring the nature of the Creator. Throughout the poem, the speaker lists attributes of the tyger and then poses a question about how such a thing could be...

Annabeth is mad at Percy when he gets out of Cabin Eleven because in her eyes he is making a poor impression. He killed the Minotaur right before entering Camp Half-Blood, and Annabeth is so...

Rising action is a term used to describe the leadup to the climax of the novel. In Rick Riordan's first Percy Jackson novel, The Lightning Thief, the rising action begins with Percy being told to...