The Art of the Essay

As The Raven Writer, I am proud to share with you my collection of essays which I have written during my time at college. To essay is to think freely, to move at your own pace, and connect with readers via added personal experiences. Essays are to show understanding not the mastery of a subject. I am by no means a master, just a free thinker. 

This essay is about music in three time periods and how it connects to music today as well as how the time periods connect to my own personal  experiences.

This essay is a work I completed in my first year of college showing the differences in news coverage from a left leaning news site (CNN) and a right leaning news site (FOX) during the 2024 presidential election. This essay shows their bias while also siting multiple sources so you can form your own opinion. 

This essay argues that AI digital clones of dead celebrities can be ethical for tributes or unfinished films when consented to, but unethical when used for pornography or doing the work living actors can do. 

This is an Op-ed I wrote for my criminology class. This piece of writing explains why many women hesitate or refuse to report rape or sexual assault. This essay argues that police departments should provide more empathy and support so women can feel safer and more comfortable reporting assaults.

 This essay examines why the arts are more important than many people realize and should be held to the same standards as the STEM subjects. It explores how music, dance, theater, and visual art influence education, mental health, creativity, and society, while challenging the stigma that the arts are less valuable than other fields because they do not have any real world value.