2016 – 2017 Reading Ladder (August 29th – January 21st) Reading List: In order of 1st – last book 1. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho (171 pages) 2. Rules for 50/50 Chances – Kate McGovern[…]
Month: January 2017
Carpe Diem
There are always those good and bad days. Some days, I feeling like smiling on the bus ride back to my home, laughing with my friends and sharing a few jokes. I walk home with a[…]
O Captain! my Captain! Emulation
I decided to continue with “O Captain! my Captain!” and make an emulation piece for my free choice. O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done, With careful thought and precise actions, we’ve[…]
Patriotism in O Captain! my Captain! (Walt Whitman)
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow[…]
No Promises
A 16 years old girl lost her father in a car accident. She lives with her mother and her stepfather. After being shot by her drunk mother, she is made to choose between living and[…]
To My Dearest Timi,
Just thought I’d post this cuz I’ve had it saved as a draft for so long with no particular purpose 🙂 … To my dearest Timi, You were born April 7th, 1999 in the[…]
Semester I reading ladder:
Following is a list of all the books that I have read, in no particular order, over the course of this hectic first semester. (I’m assuming textbooks do not count here, unfortunately) Books: (Title –[…]
Numbers.
For a course so heavily reliant on words, paragraphs, essays and letters, you’d think that I am crazy to bring numbers into everything. Really, what am I thinking? This blog has always relied on words,[…]
Relations between William Wordsworth and Jane Austen’s writing.
THERE 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[…]
Flame – Personal
“An individual’s capacity for self-sacrifice in the face of compelling circumstances” I’d always known that teaching myself to live off the land was a good idea. Knowing how to make food from the ground[…]