Essays

I think the thing that makes these essays "essays" is the format and structure that they are in.  They are typical story essays that have similar structures. It may be by the book but i think that to be an essay it has to be set up with a good structure.  This includes a a good intro like in "Ali in Havana" "It was a warm, breezy, palm-flapping..."  Also the title is appealing to because not many Americans go to Havana, Cuba.  Also the essays had quotes and i think that is a must in essays because it draws the reader in and makes the writers case that much stronger.  All three of the essays were different than essays i have written but similar in the case that they all followed to the time tested but basic structure of paragraphs that connected to each other.  The biggest thing that made the essays "essays" was the structure of them.  Each paragraph had a purpose and everything was pretty much gramatically correct.  Also they were a little different than the essays i have written because they were written as to tell a story where as most of the essays i have written were to prove a point and were on more academic subjects.