Writing essays

Any essayists out there? Surely some of you love writing essays

I'm attempting to write an essay on a book I did not read and do not have any notes on

Quote :

In Apuleius’ novel The Golden Ass the author offers a trick of narrative by turning the main character, Lucius, into an ass.

Now I just need the rest of the essay and I'm done

:haha: Good luck!

:haha:

Go to bookrags.com

I did it and it gives you like a whole summary.

gdennis59 wrote:

Go to bookrags.com

I did it and it gives you like a whole summary.

www.sparknotes.com is better.

Neither of those sites offer much information regarding The Golden Ass.

There is good news though!

My professor insists that on a 3-4 page paper you should NOT attempt to analyze the entire book and instead answer one of the essay prompts with relation to a small section of the book. He claims it doesn't matter if your essay is completely wrong if it is write in the context of the section you choose. Basically, if you write an essay explaining the 2008 Tigers are the best team in baseball history and discuss in length about how they scored 6 runs in the first inning of the Twins game on Sunday you'd get an A despite the fact they lost the game.

I'm going to write about his transformation into an ass and my thesis is about how the world is cruel and good things happen to bad people and bad things happen to good people. He turns into an ass in chapter 3 which is 10 pages long

Good luck!

LOL. This essay writes itself! I'll bet I could've written a good essay if I didn't wait until the last minute. I'm already more than halfway done and I've barely put any effort in. Think how good it'd have been if I'd either:

1. given myself more time
   
2. read the book
   
3. both a and b
   

Done! Now I just have to proofread.

Let's all celebrate and write an essay just for the hell of it. If you need a topic just send me a PM and I'll help you figure out what to write an essay on.

Congrats to Catbox!!! WooT WooT!!

gdennis59 wrote:

Congrats to Catbox!!! WooT WooT!!

LOL!

Want to write an essay for practice?

Here's a topic that I just made up off the top of my head:

Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory was unconstitutional but necessary to ensure the survival of the United States as a whole. Assess the validity of this statement.

Ill write an essay! I seam 2 do good at my school on writing.

maggsbgone wrote:

Ill write an essay! I seam 2 do good at my school on writing.

Sweet! Let's make this a contest. I'll work on the prize and stuff later.

And how might we get this prize???

gdennis59 wrote:

And how might we get this prize???

The mail I guess. It would be some sort of Tigers DVD-related prize I guess.

That works, I'm in, what are we doing?

Don't fall for it gdennis, it's a trick to get you to do his assignment

No I think he may have gotten it done. Idk though, if Im still getting Tigers stuff out of it, I might just do it.

I seriously will do stuff for Tigers gear.

I'll write an essay... it's an excuse to not study for my finals!!! Give me a topic.... I can give a good topic but I already wrote an essay about it once, so I don't know if you would want to use it.

Im geting x-cited for this!

ESSAY CONTEST:

Best essay gets some Tigers games on DVD.

Also, unlike what SoulRat suggested, this is not an essay for me - I have not taken American History since 10th grade and will never have to take it again.

Here's the prompt:
Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territory was unconstitutional but necessary to ensure the survival of the United States as a whole. Assess the validity of this statement.


RULES:

1. You are to write an essay, do not give an outline or anything like that - it will not be accepted.
   
2. DO NOT post your essay here - e-mail it to me as a word document so others can't see it and so that it can be formatted properly.
   
3. Your essay must be original and you must acknowledge your sources.
   
4. There is no minimum or maximum length requirement. Answer the prompt.
   
5. By submitting your essay, you lose all copyrights to it and parts of it may be posted here. The winning essay will be posted here in its entirety.
   

I don't like the topic... i don't think i'll write one.

I might write one if I feel like it and have nothing better to do. However, like any other essay I've written, it will be last minute.

bobrob2004 wrote:

I might write one if I feel like it and have nothing better to do. However, like any other essay I've written, it will be last minute.

It's hard to write a last minute essay when no deadline has been given.

TigersGirl wrote:

I don't like the topic... i don't think i'll write one.

So you're anti-Jefferson

haha. Nope, I'm anti-history. That is my least favorite class....


But I thought I would ask, when is teh cut-off date?

Well, I think we should postpone this for the summer. I have finals to study for and 3 different massive projects (English, History, Science) to do and I wouldnt be able to fit it in.

Essay Contest Info:

All entries must be received BEFORE the conclusion of the Tigers' last game of the season.

NOTE: The Tigers may or may not make the playoffs which could delay the last day of the season. You may wait until the last minute, but BE CAREFUL!