The essays that are posted on this website were written during David Kute’s days as an undergraduate at UCLA. They date from the years 2003-2006.
Some have been edited slightly to reflect feedback from teaching assistants and professors. If an essay has been edited, there will be a note at the end that states it was changed along with a date. Because of a crashed hard drive, many files were lost, including bibliographies for many essays. However, since they were mostly assignments and often mention the principal sources being used, understanding the references should not be too difficult.
Click on the Essays category or the links at the bottom of the page to view the essays.
Essays:
Causes of the French Revolution
The Demise of the July Monarchy
The Problem of the Intellectual Writer
Chinese Immigration and the Exclusion Acts
Painting Superior to Sculpture
Dangers and Rewards for Renaissance Merchants
David Kute writes literary fiction pieces, novellas, short stories, song lyrics, writing samples, news articles, miscellaneous fare, and articles for the blogs Rooftop on the Hanok and Mad Sage Astrology. He has lived in South Korea, Mongolia, and Vietnam.