What is an Essay?

Contrary to popular belief of high school students that are plagued by essays, essays are really essential to the ability of hearing ones thoughts, ideas, and their feelings about certain subjects. Essays are capable of opening the doors to the self discovery of what you really feel is important in life or what you just have a lot to say about. Because “The theme of an essay can be anything under the sun,” (Ozick) anyone can benefit in the freedom given to a writer when writing an essay, and really express themselves in a meaningful way. Whether you choose to write about something controversial yet insightful, or something out...