English essay samples

The American Dream is the idea that every citizen has the freedom to accomplish their missions through hard work (Cullen, 4). American citizens believe that their prosperity is based on aptitude and hard work. They also believe that social class or race should not be an obstacle to anyone’s happiness. People have their own degree of happiness, so the actions or circumstances that lead to in... read more

In the third millennium the basic item for all the discussions and talks is the way to become successful and wealthy. Among more than 6 billion people all over the world there are only few of them, which are very famous as their possessions are considered to be worth enormous plenty of money. Young generation is greatly interested in everyone of such class as they try to find the answer to ... read more

What Makes a Teacher Genuine?

Teachers are those people who affect our life every day, even subconsciously. They are a source of encouragement and support for the students. That is why their task is to be a good example. A great teacher is some kind of a mix of a parent and a friend. Surely, teachers should show discipline, but a... read more

Romanticism is an arts movement that began in the late eighteenth century (Ferber 1). This art period gives individuals room for creativity; consequently, inspiration depends on the artist. The two categories of Romanticism are Traditional Romanticism and evolutionary Romanticism. Romanticism earns itself unique characteristics because it does not follow neoclassic rules (Gunderson 11). Roma... read more

Power and Oppression in “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell.

The essay of George Orwell describes an incident from the life of a police officer working in Burma. Being British, a representative of a ruling power, he finds himself in a situation where he realizes how oppressive the power is for both, the conqueror and the conque... read more

Modern mass media is full of biased and flawed information. Speeches and articles of public figures in general and politicians in particular are especially prone to be based on controversial assumptions and weak arguments. Even without checking the initial facts and figures one can use common sense and search for typical logical fallacies in order to ... read more

While writing, especially, while making notes or under the time pressure, it often occurs that different types of mistakes take place. The mistakes can be grammatical, mechanical or stylistic. The first two are especially widespread and cause a lot of difficulties when not knowing how to avoid them.

To my three most common mistakes... read more

Paul Rusesabagina, the author of the autobiography “An Ordinary Man”, turned from a hotel manager into a national hero during the violent conflict between two ethnic groups, Hutu and Tutsi that started on April 6, 1994 in Rwanda. An “ordinary man” as he called himself managed to save not only his family in the overall massacre, but provide the help of 1,268 people who hid in his hotel. Howev... read more

The legendary king Beowulf and the knight of the Round Table Sir Gawain are one of the most famous epic heroes in the world literature. Both of them are memorable for their great physical qualities, and the authors of eponymous poems praise their unsurpassed battle skills. However, while Beowulf seems a perfect embodiment of all qualities necessary fo... read more

A seemingly victimless crime of XXI century, in other words known as piracy has plagued every place with the Internet access. Resulting in over 300,000 redundancies annually and thus sufficiently harming the economy, piracy is still thought to be an innocent way of saving one’s pocket money. But no matter how many strict steps are taken to eradicate i... read more