An essay is an exploration of personal, cultural, and universal connection. It is a discussion of unique perspective designed to challenge and redirect the reader’s thoughts. An essay is of unlimited scope and can only be successfully narrowed by the writer’s pen and the reader’s mind. Perhaps Alduous Huxley said it best, “…the essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything, usually on a certain topic.” A good essay flows and meanders like a river, drawing the reader along to a new destination only known by the author until the time is right to reveal it. The reader keeps looking to the safety of the shore but is ever more curious about where this river is leading. Is it leading into the raging heart of social dissention, the marshy estuaries of our hidden soul, or the peaceful calm of a lazy inner-tube ride on a Saturday afternoon? For that, you’ll just have to wait and see.
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