Essays on Understanding

”How to tame a wild tongue” is an essay written by Gloria Andalzùa, an American novelist, poet and activist born in South Texas in 1942-2004, her parents were farmworkers, and at a young age she began fieldwork as a migrant worker in her family’s land,...

Second chances are not meant to be given consistently. A person must earn and accept others’ forgiveness and utilize it as a way of redemption to move forward. In The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore, both Wes Moore’s were given...

Sarah Ban Breathnach once said, “Regret is the only wound the soul does not recover from”. In this quotation, Breathnach brings about an important interpretation of how life should be lived in the moment, spent wisely and never taken for granted. Breathnach achieves this by...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (CIDN) composed by Mark Haddon “is about difference not disability” – Mark Haddon. The hybrid genre novel challenges readers preconceived assumptions towards difference and with complex ideas surrounding the impact disability can have upon individuals. Through...

Are you prepared to face the Wrath of God? This is the question that Johnathan Edwards is proposing to his listeners in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. Edwards delivers three central ideas in his sermon: humans are sinners who belong in hell,...

 Many places are capable of influencing any American author’s piece of literature. Setting is a huge factor for many authors. The place where the writing happens is always important. Many authors write about where they grew up and how it impacted them as a person....

Self Discovery is a way how people discover how they feel about spiritual or priorities concerning them rather than following opinion of their family, friends or society. It is how we explore our inner self by understanding our potential and purposes and the core principles...

The poem “Reunion” is written by Dana Gioia, well-known for being so unconventionally poetic, is an American poet, writers, poetry and music critic, former corporate vice president of General Foods, former Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and professor at the University of...

There comes a phase in life when one feels disconnected or unaccepted by their family and others. For some it’s finding their true selves during teenage and while others its coping with themselves during mid life crisis There is a difference of how you perceive...

In the 1640’s England was torn in two, and caught between the opposing factions of the Royalists and the Parliamentarians. The people of England were in conflict mainly more of the rural parts of England. These radical rituals such as superstition, atheist ritual, and many...