Winning Honors essay 2008 [click for full text] "Stephen Crane forced a post-war society to face the events that had occurred, in their actual state. His remembrance of the conflict, unmarred by the blur of sentimentality, was all to real to its readers. " Paris White Susitna Valley High School
Winning Scholastic essay 2008 [click for full text] "At the beginning of the book, we find that Henry's worst fear is the possibility of running from the battle, which he eventually does. We read of his impatience with the tattered man, his condescension toward Wilson, and his final feeling, at the end of the novel, that he has finally reached manhood." Elizabeth Smith I.D.E.A. Team A
Winning Varsity essay 2008 [click for full text] "The shrouded obscurity of the locations juxtaposed with the bold images serve to masterfully craft an image of China in the reader’s mind as a land that has whatever one wishes it to be, while also being a land of confusion and mystery." Parker Gallagher West Valley High School
Winning Alternate essay 2008 [click for full text]
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