Harrison Scott Key, “My Dad Tried to Kill Me with an Alligator.” This personal essay is a tongue-in-cheek story about the author's encounter with an alligator on the Pearl River in Mississippi. Looking back, ~ by Dale Craig. Essay, non-fiction. Reads: 21. An analysis of the film Moolad directed by Ousmane Sembné, dealing with the prevalence of female circumcision in traditional African culture and how women survived and reclaimed their femininity and power through protest. Writing about a book that had a significant impact on your childhood can help you make an instant connection with your reader, as many people hold favorite childhood literature close to their hearts. 5. Catcher In The Rye: That Time a Banned Book Changed My Life by Pat Kelly. However, reading online can be very distracting. Although it's easy to get information from online sources, the brain processes reading digitally differently than reading offline from a paper. Shallower treatment. Online means constant exposure to rapidly changing and rapidly changing information. Digital media trains the brain to process.