Reflection Essays

Date: August 28, 1963; Subject: A Dream I Have. Occasion: Washington Civil Rights March; Purpose: General: Informative; Specific: The aim behind King’s speech in March 1963 was to seek dignity for every American regardless of their skin color. King addressed thousands of persons in front of the Lincoln Memorial in…

David Sedaris’s Me Talk Pretty One Day offers a description of his impressions as a 41-year-old man returning to college to learn French. The author’s classroom experiences have had a profound impact on his life outside of the classroom. He transforms from an outgoing person to a withdrawn person who…

I Am Legend by Francis Lawrence is a novel about the last man in Manhattan. Perhaps on the whole world. It is based on Richard Matheson’s novel of the same name. Robert Neville is the name of the lead character. In both the novel and the two recent film versions,…

The adoption of prohibitive legislation allowing for those aged 21 and up to consume alcohol has sparked heated debate among Americans. Though the goal of the above legislation was to minimize the number of deaths and other health-related problems caused by irresponsible drinking, several researchers have suggested that such a…

Transcendentalism is the idea that understanding should be gained by insight and imagination rather than reasoning or the senses. As a result, the behaviors that a person engages in greatly reflect the inherent intelligence that a person has, but not the things that individuals acquire from their environments. A transcendentalist…