Essays Tagged: "straight to the point"

"Tricks With Mirrors" by Margaret Atwood

of Tricks With Mirrors, Atwood uses a seemingly vague introduction to the subject matter, but gets straight to the point. Within five lines, she distinctly identifies her role as a mirror as she says ...

(5 pages) 36 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Titanic" and "The Beach".

re the protagonists - at this time I would not have known their names. My eye is first of all drawn straight to the point of the boat, which is going in between Jack and Rose, and behind this boat is ... are poses but I think that the designer has tried to make it look as if this picture has been taken straight from the film.The purpose of this poster is to sell cinema tickets World-wide so people wil ...

(5 pages) 46 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

"The Red Room" by H.G.Wells.

r to find the answers and explanations to the mystery already built up.The first line is direct and straight to the point in telling the reader that this is a ghost story. The writer opens the short s ...

(25 pages) 55 0 3.7 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

A book report on "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck.

teresting book about an unlikely pair and how they got a farm of their own. George who is short and straight to the point. Lennie who is a man of tremendous size yet has the mind of a young child. The ...

(2 pages) 34 0 2.3 Sep/2003

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

Ben Franklin and Robert Fulghum use aphorisms in their writing.

ords yet not in his meaning makes this an interesting aphorism. Also being a little more direct and straight to the point are Franklin's words, "Eat to live and not live to eat." In spite of the fact ...

(2 pages) 16 0 0.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

How tension is built up and sustained in the red room, the speckled band and the ostler

eady involves a ghost that prevents the reader from putting the book down. A short story often gets straight to the point.H.G Wells cleverly sets the scene in a warm and comforting environment. A larg ... talking with Helen we feel the tension rise. This 'maniac' is capable of murder and Holmes is rude straight back to him. It is clear that he is a dangerous man and as the reader we are very curious a ...

(15 pages) 42 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

The Metamorphosis: Commentary

ote were all very short is that he described more in one page then many authors and he tended to go straight to the point and not waste pages this is the reason I have made Kafka one of my favorite au ...

(1 pages) 28 0 4.2 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Who Do You Love? Comparative Essay on Ch.10 and Ch.11 in The Whole Family a book by 12 authors.

apter. During an account of a certain situation involving Peggy and Dr. Denbigh, instead of getting straight to the point, the narrator goes into a detailed story about "putting a worm down Peggy's ba ...

(3 pages) 15 0 4.4 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

Roy Keane is a leader

Roy can be classified as a task-orientated leader. He always knows what the task at hand is and is straight to the point while leading his 'troops' out on the football pitch. He has a very low tolera ...

(1 pages) 24 0 1.0 May/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Celebrities in politics.

I will get straight to the point, I believe that when celebrities get involved inpolitics they draw attention a ...

(2 pages) 39 0 2.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

A complete analysis of Emily Dickinson's poem, "The soul selects her own Society"

root deeply from her sense of description.The diction inside of Dickinson's poem is very direct and straight to the point, with little wandering, even for the use of imagery. Even though some statemen ...

(3 pages) 66 0 5.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

How does Owen build tone in 'Dulce Et Decorum Est'??

at he felt trapped under this gas, scared.When Owen started describing the injured soldiers he gets straight to the point and captured the theme of death by using 'ghastly' words to describe jus how b ...

(1 pages) 11 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

George Bernard Shaw on circumstance - Comments on a GBS quote in one of his plays.

want, and, if they can't find them, make them up to have an excuse for their way of living.To come straight to the point - I disagree with this quote, because there are many people who went straight ...

(2 pages) 1528 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Hammet

Hammett has written, he has been such a precise writer in that what he writes is so fluent and gets straight to the point without one wasted word. Another unique technique is that he tends to take an ...

(5 pages) 10 0 5.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Modern Poetry Essay

d. Though "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a rather generic and short piece of poetry, it is straight to the point and concise. The speaker uses a detached and indifferent tone in describing th ...

(3 pages) 15 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

An Inspector Calls

act one closes, act two opens; this represents a unity of time. The inspector in this cat now gets straight to the point and works on each character, being used as a signalling device for the audienc ...

(1 pages) 993 0 0.0 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Describe the characteristics of Gatsby and Tom in the novel "The Great Gatsby" by Mr. Fitzgerald

is blind to the real truth behind it. He is capable of taking decisive action and is direct and get straight to the point. He is also a bully, having a huge amount of wealth and physique muscle enable ...

(1 pages) 16 1 3.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper

dian tribe. Overall, I would not recommend the book to anyone who is used to reading books that get straight to the point.Cooper starts his book with a traitor Huron chief named Magua, who is leading ...

(3 pages) 13 0 4.5 Jan/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Like most concepts dealing with the human mind, learning has been broken down into different types and styles.

ledge, comprehension, or mastery through experiences or study.” (p.3) While this definition is straight to the point and simple enough, others have felt the need to expand on the ideas of what is ...

(3 pages) 35 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Sensation & Perception

Review on Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Seagrass Restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

“More Protection, Less Process.” (DEP)Table of ContentsThe table of contents is clear and straight to the point. Each section is divided into chapters, which is visually represented by the b ...

(10 pages) 9 0 0.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science