Essays Tagged: "personal experiences"

Art through the ages. Reflecting art in association with geography

or global issues and the demands of the public. To avoid the pitfalls of judging all art by our own personal experiences and subjective views, we have to learn the background surrounding the artist wh ... niques to try and replicate. Through this age of revolution, a growing movement towards freedom for personal expression in subject matter, techniques and style of art were signaled.These periods of ex ...

(17 pages) 836 5 4.5 Jun/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

Literay Critisim

t real people forced into real situations. Charles Dickens has the ability to tell his stories from personal experiences. He fine-tuned his ability to tell his own story through the life of another ch ... wers fall into one of three categories.Some readers will say that this novel is about the different personalities of the many different and well-described characters throughout his novel. The story po ...

(9 pages) 88 0 4.3 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

The most meaninful experience of my life.

eaning of life for a person.One late night I sat down in a quiet room in my house to think about my personal experiences, the only sound in the house came from an old mantel clock, which I like to kee ...

(4 pages) 435 1 4.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

high school life

re students get trained to take on bigger challenges in life.Obstacles such as college. From my own personal experiences, high school didn't seemthat way. Students were more concerned about getting a ...

(3 pages) 163 1 3.7 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

effects alcohoism has on children. the final outcomes and possible social and personal effects it has on the child's life.

e topic of 'Alcoholism and the Effects It Has On Children,' had a great appeal to me because of the personal experiences that I have been through. Not only being a child of an alcoholic, but also allo ...

(5 pages) 266 2 3.9 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Transcendentalism, the Philosophy of the Mind

, 'What is knowledge, and how is it possible?' Transcendentalistsbelieve that one really only knows personal experiences, and that onecan not know the universe which exists. Kant came to the conclusio ...

(4 pages) 183 0 2.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Times' a changin'

ny ways. I have learned an unfathomable amount through friendships as well as accumulating a lot of personal growth. The significance of friendships in my own American experience has taught me unique ... ave never learned. Thinking back, through all the memories and times, I got a taste of each persons personality in my personal experiences with them.I found many of those people who I enjoy to be with ...

(5 pages) 63 0 3.0 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Art through the ages.

or global issues and the demands of the public. To avoid the pitfalls of judging all art by our own personal experiences and subjective views, we have to learn the background surrounding the artist wh ... niques to try and replicate. Through this age of revolution, a growing movement towards freedom for personal expression in subject matter, techniques and style of art were signaled.These periods of ex ...

(17 pages) 488 2 3.9 Jun/1996

Subjects: Art Essays

Sylvia Plath

gly perfect exterior hid a turbulent and deeply troubled spirit. A closer look at her childhood and personal experiences removes some element of mystery from her writings.One central character to Sylv ...

(4 pages) 177 0 4.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Thornton Wilder

key to his significance is his extraordinary ability to combine his philosophy and ethics with his personal experiences in perhaps one of the greatest paradoxical plays ever written.Thornton Niven Wi ... Wilder's other works, though not as obvious-] is the ability of the human race, despite Nature's impersonally destructive powers and man's own catastrophic folly, ignorance, cruelty, indifference, an ...

(5 pages) 57 0 5.0 Apr/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Influence of Personal Experience in Emily Dickinson's poetry- literary criticism. Includes excerpts of some of her poems

about this remarkable woman. The poetry of Emily Dickinson delves deep into her mind, exposing her personal experiences and their influence on her thoughts about religion, love, and death. By examini ... ize' of death - distancing it, coming to terms with it, and finding no fear in it" (Sewall 665).The personal experiences of Emily Dickinson had a great influence on her poetry. Through her verses we c ...

(9 pages) 246 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"The Grapes of Wrath", by Steinbeck - Critical Analysis

hilosophy of their choosing into their reader. This is often a philosophy derived at from their own personal experiences. John Steinbeck is no exception to this. When traveling through his native Cali ...

(9 pages) 172 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > John Steinbeck

Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell. Emphasizes on "Animal farm" and "1984"

Throughout history, writers have written about many different subjects based on their personal experiences. George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair. He is one of the most famous pol ... thern Great Britain when it started in Russia). George Orwell's writing was affected greatly by his personal beliefs about Socialism, Communism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism, and by the revolts, wars, ... it to the public. Orwell "did not expect anything good from the Communist"5 and therefore Communism personally did not affect him, but "He was concerned with it (Communism) only because it was a probl ...

(10 pages) 174 0 4.6 Mar/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Dylan Thomas/Robert Frost:

Some poetry is enlightening and some poetry is dark and gloomy. Often, poets write about their own personal experiences. For many, that's the only way that they can express themselves. For Dylan Thom ... he University of Michigan and Harvard. "Frost's eventual poetic success was counter-pointed by much personal grief and loss. Several of the Frost children were stillborn or died in infancy?they were r ...

(8 pages) 274 2 4.8 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A discussion of DH Lawrence's depiction of weakness in the face of other forces

ink to how DH Lawrence had been shaped and affected by the society in which he lived.Lawrence's own personal experiences shaped some of the main features of his craft. His mother was previously a scho ... as previously a school teacher and married down a social scale to his father, who was a miner. This personal experience influenced 'Daughters of the vicar' where one of the daughters, Louisa chose to ...

(5 pages) 112 0 4.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A Critique of Phyllis Schlafly disbelief on School-to-Work Programs

knowledge and skills; not vocational training that would better serve the workforce. However, from personal experiences school-to-work program can be an effective tool for students in high school, as ... d is when you train someone they are also "[b]ecoming skilled"(Schlafly 71). Schlafly only gave her personal definition on training as something you do to a dog. Olson argues in her essay that trainin ...

(3 pages) 34 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Historical Critism of the "Power and Glory" by Graham Green - a story that depicts a catholic priest who struggles with life's problems.

diction, perhaps revealing a parallel with this fictional character, the Whisky Priest, and his own personal experiences.The Power and the Glory portrays fictional characters living under religious pe ...

(6 pages) 62 0 4.5 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte changing the way women are viewed in the nineteenth century.

behaviour, which challenges the views held in the nineteenth century. Bronte uses the motivation of personal experiences to create the life of Jane Eyre in which we see the quest for social betterment ...

(8 pages) 129 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens: how Pip is the portrayal of what 19th century society considered a gentleman, whereas Joe was whom Dickens believed to be the true gentleman.

ens' depiction of what he thinks a gentleman is. The two are contrasting views, however, through my personal experiences, I believe Joe, Dickens' portrayal of what he thinks a gentleman is, truly capt ... very refined and regal man, however, what he had in status and riches, he lacked in social skills, personality, and compassion. He treated others very poorly and looked down on people, including myse ...

(3 pages) 73 1 0.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Charles Dickens

A Brilliant Mind - A Man, His life, His Literature Aldous Huxley's writing of Brave New World, Island, Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell in relation to his life

l, exemplifies this concept to the highest degree. Huxley creates novels directly pertaining to his personal experiences, family, government, and society in general. People have interpreted his works ... , or what it is doing. Humans will become practically robots of flesh and bone, with no emotion, no personal goals, no way to argue its lifestyle, and no ability to reform its government. This is a ke ...

(9 pages) 92 3 3.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature