Essay Undergraduate 2,193 words

Innocence on Trial: Moral Vision in To Kill a Mockingbird

Analyze key themes in To Kill a Mockingbird — racial injustice, moral growth, and the mockingbird ideal — through an undergraduate-level close reading of

Literature

~11 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 2,260 words

Roots of Ruin: Causes, Consequences, and Cures for Deforestation

Analyze deforestation's causes, environmental consequences, and solutions through a structural governance lens, anchored to Amazon data, REDD+

Science

~12 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,479 words

American Consumerism, Globalism, and Anti-American Sentiment

Explores how America's culture of consumption undermines democracy abroad, fuels anti-American sentiment, and shapes global perceptions of the United States.

Social Issues

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,552 words

McCloskey's Atheism Essay: Objections and Counter-Arguments

An analysis of H.J. McCloskey's "On Being an Atheist," examining his critiques of cosmological, teleological, and ontological arguments alongside key counter-arguments.

Philosophy

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,297 words

Identifying Logical Fallacies in a Welfare Policy Argument

A two-part essay presenting a fallacy-laden welfare argument, then systematically identifying each logical fallacy used — from ad hominem to ignoratio elenchi.

Philosophy

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 763 words

Why Abortion Is Wrong: A Pro-Life Moral Argument

A pro-life essay arguing that abortion is morally wrong because life begins at fertilization and the unborn child has independent rights to life.

Ethics

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 736 words

Same-Sex Marriage, DOMA, and the Equality Argument

An essay examining same-sex marriage through the lens of DOMA, the Equal Protection Clause, and historical parallels to the miscegenation debate in America.

Social Issues

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 647 words

Tristan Harris and the Attention Economy: Technology's Hidden Cost

An essay examining Tristan Harris's argument that technology companies hijack human attention, harm democracy, and must be redesigned around public well-being.

Technology

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 525 words

Story and History in Amistad: Law, Slavery, and U.S. Identity

An essay analyzing the 1997 film Amistad, exploring how its complex characters and legal themes illuminate slavery's role in shaping the United States.

Literature

~3 min read

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Essay High School 432 words

Why Joe Biden Was My Preferred 2020 Presidential Candidate

A student essay arguing why Joe Biden made a better 2020 presidential candidate than Donald Trump, focusing on temperament, honesty, and leadership character.

Politics

~3 min read

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