Personal Essay Examples

The struggle between science and religion, the perpetual fight between absolute knowledge and knowledge based on faith, has been debated by countless scholars and religious zealots throughout history. The Puritanical voice which has spoken in this tumult, representing the strict values and ethics of a religious society set in the ways of its forefathers, would […]

Urinalysis with a reagent strip is a beneficial technique for indicating whether further tests are needed for bladder, kidney or urinary tract infection, pregnancy, dehydration or diabetes only if carried out in an aseptic and patient centred manner. Urinalysis can be broken down into four stages: communication, preparation, testing, and recording results (Kozier, 1998). Urinalysis […]

I Shall Paint my Nails Red, by Carole Satyamurti, is another poem that, to me, shows insecurity and unknown identity. The poem is describing how she shall paint her nails Red, and why. She writes in every line a different reason for why it should be done. Red being the key word, as it is […]

History & Context This conflict analysis will look into Angola’s violent civil war between the summers of 1998 and 2001. There is no distinct explanation for the conflict that has engulfed Angola; a county that has had little experience of peace in twenty-six years of independence from Portugal. The violent conflict has evolved immensely over […]

This is the first scene that we see Portia and Nerissa, her maid. Although one works for the other they are still close friends despite this and talk to each other in an honest and friendly way. Shakespeare introduces them to us in this way because it gives a large amount of information that the […]

Tom Buchanan, the incredibly wealthy husband to Daisy, is undoubtedly portrayed as a selfish and violent man in the novel and comes to represent the immorality and materialism of the ‘Jazz Age’. Tom had great sporting success at college, but now, having stopped, everything else feels like an “anti-climax”. Tom is prejudiced and not very […]

The Poems Hawk Roosting and The Windhover are both about birds as their titles already suggest. Even though tey are of the same subject they have many differences and contrasts. One tells us about a bird who thinks allot of himself and is almost some kind of a show off. In the other hand, The […]

Smoking tobacco had been popular since the Elizabethan times and at this point in time thousands of people are still killing themselves by doing something that simply is lighting tobacco wrapped in paper and inhaling the smoke – yet people continue to do it, why? Peoples rights – to and not to smoke? And the […]

Being a public figure, such as a film star or a musician is not easy. This is perhaps the most recent point of debate about the limits among journalism, right to the information and violation of fundamental rights such as personal honor. To my way of thinking, those people who make their living by being […]

The word justifiable is defined as ‘showing to be right or reasonable’, in short to justify oneself to another. However Charles, being King and God’s representative on earth by divine right is not answerable to anyone, therefore he need not justify his actions. Putting this aside, Charles did not enter the period of personal rule […]

“In Flander’s Fields,” written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae during World War I, is to this day, one of the most monumental war poems ever composed. Created as a legacy of the horrifying battle in the Ypres salient in 1915; this very vivid poem gives its reader the sense of death, while its beautiful images […]

Alfred lord Tennyson’s poems, ‘Mariana’ and ‘The lady of Shallot’ are based respectively around Shakespeare’s play, ‘Measure for measure’ and Arthurian legend. The poems are both based on two women isolated from the outside world, Mariana is depressed and the lady feels a deep longing. Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) was an extremely talented and successful poet. […]

All Things Bright and Beautiful is a comedy with serious implications. The meaning of this play is far too strong to be ever sunk in comedy. Waterhouse and Hall have captured the audiences’ attention well with the witty comedic side to this play, but have also introduced a very serious element, that is the destruction […]

1 . How many of you guys remember when you were little kids and there would be all sorts of things . Yet couldn’t do anything about it for instance, you tried to fit into an adult conversation where the only words said to you were : don’t but in, this is none of your […]

Park Chung Hee is worldwide known to be the most controversial president in the history of the Republic of Korea. His economic policy uplifted the country from being one of the poorest in the world to one of the fastest developing nations. Park changed the way South Korea was looked at; from a country dependent […]

Excessive stress and tension are usually factors resulting from many or major changes in an individual’s life, and as often the basis for a crisis situation. Family members do not operate in a shell, one person’s crisis can be the basis for or becomes the family’s crisis. There are many major sources of crisis that […]

What measures could be taken to reduce the world’s meat consumption? What kinds of problem might such measure cause? Determining an appropriate and healthy diet for individuals has always been a great source of controversy. During the past century, there has been a trend toward vegetarianism. According to an investigation carried out by the ministry […]

In the essay “On Becoming a Writer” Russell Baker want to become a writer. Baker realized that he wanted to become a writer since he was sixteen. But he also felt that he was in a world all by himself because According to Baker (1982) sixteen year olds did not come out of high school […]

According to the law in Malaysia, primary education is compulsory for all the children who are Malaysia citizen. Needless to say, all of us who are here today had graduated from both primary school and secondary school but graduation does not indicates that these schools are no longer related to us. For instance, may be […]

One’s self-concept refers to one’s idea of one’s identity as distinct from others. This self-concept emerges from the understanding of oneself as a being separate from others; one’s self-esteem emerges from one’s interactions with others. Occasionally, the terms “positive” or “negative self-concept” are used to describe self-esteem. (Harter, 1983). This paper examines whether the idea […]

All employees in different work situations experience dissimilar behavior of their boss, but they believe that some same qualities are visible on them. In my view and especially, considering the nature of field I belong to (which is providing health care to sick patients), a lead tech (supervisor) who is in charge over his employees […]

Being involved in various sports has its many advantages for athletes. Not only is this a rewarding activity, but it also helps athletes mentally, emotionally and physically. However, it cannot be avoided that times will come when athletes will feel stressed and pressured. Various reasons such as the need to excel and to meet the […]