Abstract
The following paper provides to essays: one is a narrative essay describing a place and a seminal moment that occurred at that place; and the other is a comparison and contrast essay that outlines why Macintosh computers are better than regular personal computers with Windows operating systems. The objective of the paper is to combine a mastery of different forms of writing with creativity.

From the Paper
"Echo Park Lake has always had a special place in my heart, maybe more so now as I grow a little older than it did when I was a child. Today, gazing upon the lotus plants, the palm trees, the skyline of downtown Los Angeles in the background, I am reminded of something that happened to me when I was very young - something that changed the way in which I look at life and at people as a whole. I was six years old when I met "Sam," an elderly gentleman who often sat at one of the park benches and just seemed content to throw crumbs to the..."

Tags:comparison, contrast, essay

Abstract
This paper is an interpretive essay presenting the concepts of narrative therapy that occur in Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Rick Bragg's book, "All Over But the Shoutin". The paper explains that the book is considered as a therapeutic narrative of autobiographical memory and looks at how the concept of "re-authoring" applies.

From the Paper
"In Narrative Therapy people re-author their lives or story by defining their own existence, thereby constructing reality by choices made to give meaning to a life. This type of therapy may be viewed as a protest against the socially imposed dominant narrative and a means of making sense of a lived experience. People can be seen as problems or as stories that allow multiple possibilities. Award winning writer Rick Bragg uses the concepts of narrative therapy in his book "All Over But the Shoutin", turning it into a therapeutic narrative...

Tags:Narrative, Therapy, Bragg, Autobiographical, Memory, Therapeutic, Re-authoring

Abstract
The paper relates that in performing a side-by-side comparison and contrast of the two essays written (narrative and argumentative), the first thing to notice is that they share strong similarities. The paper explains that this is largely due to the nature of the chosen topic, trust.

From the Paper
"The topic of trust is a large and complex one, but it is one which is very important on a number of different levels. In its most simple form, trust can be the basis for most all long-term relationships. There is a difficulty in attempting to exactly define trust in a way that can be useful to the way it works on these various levels, however. Although any standard dictionary definition will provide a handful of synonyms and usages, these are not all that helpful by themselves as they do not really show the different contexts in which trust can exist."

Tags:rhetoric, argument, composition

Abstract
This paper is composed of two different essays; the first is a discussion of whether Stanley Deetz, in "Future of the Discipline: The Challenges, the Research, and the Social Contribution," is successful in showing that it makes a difference whether you approach communication from an information perspective or from a communication perspective, and the second compares social scientific approaches (schema theory and attribution theory) with humanistic approaches (dramatism and narrative theory).

Tags:philosophy, psychology, human development, language, symbolic organization, understanding, meaning

Abstract
The narrative strategies and artistic approaches of Wiene's "Des Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" and Renoir's "La R'gle du Jeu" appear significantly different from both the classical Hollywood model and from each other to warrant comparative analysis. This essay examines the alternative narrative strategies used in both films in relation to the classic narrative system and briefly compares the formal, technical, and aesthetic approaches of the two films with each other.

From the Paper
"Another interesting feature is the use of iris transitions to and from black to point out certain objects or characters in a frame. This can be used as a less jarring alternative to close-ups (of which there are few) and is especially effective when used to highlight the emotion of a dramatically important scene, such as the malevolent lingering on Caligari's black striped glove as he lures Jane into his caravan, or when used to link related subjects, such as the iris close on Francis on the right side of the frame and subsequent iris open at the same place on the screen to reveal Jane near the start of the film."

Tags:expressionism, realism

Abstract
This essay explores how consumerism and consumer culture, fueled by advertisements, shapes the consumer's identity, especially affecting people on the fringes of the hegemonic society. The writer takes a look at a few brief articles, dealing specifically with porn and Barbies. The writer concludes that the solution to this consumer culture enveloping identities is to allow for an ethics of listening in combination with personal narratives.

From the Paper
"A gum ad scattered through out the Toronto subway system depicts two men holding hands, one of which has a large blue stain on his shoulder; there are similar ads, one with a heterosexual pairing, one with a black couple and another with a mixed race pairing: each pair is young, more than vaguely flirtatious, well dressed and impeccably neat. The people are presented as shining, healthy representatives of various identities. While it is refreshing to see a variety of ethnicities and sexualities displayed, ads that would have been very unlikely in such a casual public ..."

Tags:personal, narratives, consumerism

Abstract
It's funny what attending a concert can do to you. A little more than eighteen years ago, I attended a rock concert - it was actually a Grateful Dead concert one of my friends "hoodwinked" me into attending - and that experience changed me in ways I could never have envisioned when the idea of going to a Grateful Dead concert at Rich Stadium in Buffalo was first broached by one of my dearest friends. Indeed, that concert forced me to look anew at how I viewed the past, myself, and those people who had come into my life and then, sometimes just as quickly, had left it.

From the Paper
Narrative Essay: A Concert - and Remembrance It's funny what attending a concert can do to you. A little more than eighteen years ago, I attended a rock concert - it was actually a Grateful Dead concert one of my friends "hoodwinked" me into attending - and that experience changed me in ways I could never have envisioned when the idea of going to a Grateful Dead concert at Rich Stadium in Buffalo was first broached by one of my dearest friends. Indeed, that concert forced me to look anew at how I viewed the past, myself, and those people who had come into my life and then, sometimes just as quickly, had left it. To really understand the momentousness of the occasion, I guess I really

Tags:narrative, essay, remembrance

Abstract
Marlow's journey up the Congo is, essentially, very much a metaphorical journey into himself. Indeed, even Kurtz himself, the powerful white trader, thinks he is civilizing the Natives, when in fact he is actually confronting the evil within himself.

Abstract
Using Aldous Huxley's "Time and Machine", this narrative essay explores the writer's personal experience with time and how it compares to this story. The writer includes a brief backround on Huxley and his writing influences as well as a definition of time. The writer also highlights the significance of the way the tracking of time has changed since its invention and argues that Huxley clearly validates his assertions about time.

From the Paper
"The author essentially draws a line in the sand between the preindustrial and postindustrial era. In his writing, "Time and the Machine from The Olive Tree" Huxley exposes the contrast between man's awareness of time. He makes a convincing argument that today's society has a disconnection with cosmic time. The urbanization of the world causes so many people to overlook or ignore altogether, moments that should cherish. This statement can be summed up simply by alleging that today's society does not take time out to smell the roses.
"To get an idea of how to properly manage our time, we first have to define it. Webster defines time as "the concept of continuous existence: the past, the present, and future; a distinct moment or period; a period considered of having a distinct quality." Time can be specific or ambiguous. Time can be long or short. Time can fly or it can drag. The way a person would describe the passing of time is subject to relativity. This simply means, the activity occurring when a person recalls an event, be it past, present, or future simply relies on what the person giving the description was doing at the time. This argument can be proven through a few examples of life experience."

Tags:past, present, future, tyrant

Abstract
This essay discuss the significant differences between Frederick Douglass'" Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" and Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Douglass deals more with the philosophical concept of freedom, while Stowe focuses on the importance of women fighting slavery through the avenue of keeping their families together.

Tags:narrative, uncle, tom