Victoria's+Page

Welcome to Victoria's page :) You can read the essays I've written in this page!

//**__Works in Grade12__**//

__**Choral Analysis:**__ This is an analysis of Ode of Entry of Sophocles' Oedipus the King.



__**Who do you think is responsible for the tragedy of Oedipus?**__ This is my analysis for Oedipus the King, explaining who's responsible for his tragedy.



__**Antigone Analysis**__ In this essay, I talk about the ability Creon lacks, and in what why Antigone can be explained to be lack of judgment.



__**Response to What is Enlightenment?**__

This is my response to the article "What is Enlightenmet?"

And you can read the article here:

__**Dioscorides**__




 * __Candide__**



__**Cause and Effect essay:**__ This essay is about the Meiji Restoration, one of the most influential reforms in Japan. The changes that Meiji Restoration made, including military, economic and social reforms brought a huge impact on Japan.



__**Reading Analysis:**__

This essay is about a book, //Before I Die// by Jenny Downham, which is a story of a sick girl wanting to live although she knows that her life is going to end soon. The author expresses the thought to live fully with no regrets, because one could only live once.

Final Draft:

__**Historical Narrative Writing:**__

This is about the Koxinga's Seige of Fort Zeelandia, he was the first Chinese to rule Taiwan.



__**Expository Essay:**__

This essay is about hope, which plays an important role in one's life to improve their lives, or make the situation better.



__**Gothic Work Analysis:**__

This is an essay analyzing Edgar Allan Poe's two works- The Black Cat and The Masque of the Red Death, and telling you how they're characteristic of Poe's works.

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__**Editorial Essay:**__

In this editorial essay, I focus on the demand for designing pants as uniforms for girls in our school.



This is the response to my classmate, Edward's, editorial. I'm against Edward's stance on the demolishing rules that forbids students to bring extracurricular readings to school.

Edward's paper is here (Power of Reading)

And this is my response


 * __Short Story:__**

This is my short story about Delany. Delany is in a dilemma to whether expose a truth or to hide it.



__**Common Application Essay:**__

This is an essay about my experience of moving, which it is closely related to my personality.



This one is related to my experience in TMUNJ 2014. In this essay, I write about my failure and the lesson I learnt in the conference.



The third prompt: Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?



4th prompt: Describe a place or environment where you are perfectly content. What do you do or experience there, and why is it meaningful to you?



5th prompt: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, which marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.