Composition I (ENGL100)

Literary analysis of "A Wagner Matinee" by Willa Cather and its attempt to portray the often melancholy result of trading one's passions for their partner against all personal interests.

Seeks to explain the dark underbelly of "The American Dream", as told by Judith Ortiz Cofer in her memoir, "Silent Dancing". Despite the intention of Latin American immigrants to provide their families with a better life, it often results in discrimination, loss of culture, sexual assault, and other terrible outcomes as integrated Latina women fail to find solace in both their families and the greater United States. (This essay is extremely personal and meaningful to me, as it describ...

"The Ring - The Façade of Perfection and a Proposal to Reality" is a 6-page essay describing the plot and characters of Blixen's short story, and how they tie into her observations of the class divide. What does the gap between enormous fortune and inconceivable poverty do to us as people, and what happens when the barrier that divides us is broken?

An analysis of Alice Walker's short story "Everyday Use", which shows how differences of experience, education, and lifestyle within the Afro-American community often breed vastly different outlooks on how culture should be celebrated.