If you have the opportunity to be in the dual enrollment program in high school, take it. Completing two years of college while in high school is not only a great way to prepare yourself for college, but it is also a free Associates Degree. However, if you are not the best standardized test taker, do not sign up for graduation before you graduate high school; otherwise, you will be considered a high school student, instead of a transfer school ...

Hester Prynne: The [Red] Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, a single-mother, Hester Prynne, is transformed from a subjective, rugged individual into the objectification of sin, because she dared to oppose the system for her own interest. Unlike her fellow Puritan plebeians, Hester strives for the “American Dream” she has made for herself instead of the dream that the Puritan superstructure would impose on her. When her disobedience to God and the government is made known to the public,...

He Giveth and Taketh Away Hester is known as a biblical heroine, yet it is interesting that there is no mention of God in the canon. Curiously enough, God was incorporated years after the canon was published. The introduction of God in the discourse affects the characters of both versions of the text. In Josephus' Esther, God's presence deprives the other characters of their authority, exhibiting a critique of the government; whereas, the lack of God's mention in the canonical...

The two essays provided have been from my Literary Criticism class and my Advanced Academic Writing class from Fall 2014 semester at Flagler College.

If you have the opportunity to be in the dual enrollment program in high school, take it. Completing two years of college while in high...