Show him the essays. Just leave them on the kitchen table. When he asks what they are, tell him that's what you were working on last night. If he wants to argue, just shrug. When I've had difficult bosses, I've worked with them by showing them every piece of work I've done. Sometimes it makes them back off a little; or if it doesn't, they never actually do anything dire despite their carrying on, because they know I'm doing the job.
But frankly, he may be impossible to please. So outside of giving him some kind of physical proof of what you're doing -- and good grades, too -- you don't really owe him any groveling. Sounds like he just wants an excuse to blow off. Just spend as little time around him as possible, and move out when you can.
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