TERE is a bondage worse, far worse, to bear Than his who breathes, by roof, and floor, and wall, Pent in, a Tyrant’s solitary Thrall: ‘Tis his who walks about in the open air, One[…]
Author: nilava
Polished Critical: Responsibility for one’s Ambition
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the impact of an individual’s ambition on self and others. chosen text: Frankenstein Initially -Victor Frankenstein choosing to become a scientist[…]
Cold Personal Response: Pale Blue Light
Personal response to texts Prompt: what do these texts suggest to you about an individual’s response to the constraints of convention or circumstance? Responding to picture note: The image was black and white when I[…]
Polished Personal: Secrets
What do these texts suggest to you about an individual’s capacity for self-sacrifice in the face of compelling circumstances? Support your ideals with references to one or more of the texts presented and to your[…]
Wuthering Heights? More like Bothering Heights
Note: Turns out once again, my blog did not post last week, the one who preaches tech support ironically has the most difficulty getting a blog posted. anyways, happy Christmas. I always thought that I[…]
Why has God Abandoned us?
The tale of small Qayyum… The twenty first century was meant to be time of remarkable progress, breaking of new boundaries, formation of many alliances, and a time of unlimited curiosity. As the mark of[…]
Negotiations and Gratitude
Note: In the process of submitting this, I ran into quite a bit of problems actually, long story short; edublogs lied to me when they saved my draft and lied to me telling me that[…]
Thrive
***I want to note that I’m not a very good story writer, but nonetheless I’ve gotta start somewhere, so here it is!*** There he sits, next to the window second from back on the right[…]
The Misunderstood Wretch
Prompt: the interplay between how individuals perceive themselves and are perceived by others Text: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley I -the monster is percieved by others as the monster he is on the outside -he sees himself[…]
Water, Alcohol, and a Pretty White Dress
Note: My apologies for the lateness of this blog post, when I submitted it I thought I had it had been lost. I spent the past day looking for it, so here it is. Very literally[…]