“Discuss the significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance.” Of all the roles people play in society, there has always been one that has been disputed in where it[…]
Month: January 2017
Poetry Seminar
Dear Present Self, You are finally realizing that in life you truly don’t have friends. I hope you protected your heart to the best of your abilities. Darkness from jealous people will always[…]
First Semester Reading Ladder
FIRST SEMESTER READING LADDER Things I Read in First Semester – from Most Recent to Least Recent: Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe (224 pages) Heart of Darkness – Joseph Conrad (80 pages)[…]
Analyzing William Wordsworth’s “There is A Bondage Worse, Far Worse, to Bear”
“There is A Bondage Worse, Far Worse, to Bear” by William Wordsworth THERE is a bondage worse, far worse, to bear Than his who breathes, by roof, and floor, and wall, Pent in, a Tyrant’s[…]
Women, Class and Society
For this blog, I decided to administer the research time Hunniesett gave us that one day in the lab to do secondary research on Pride and Prejudice into my blog. Jane Austen’s book, Pride and Prejudice was published[…]
Polished Personal- When Mirrors Lie
When Mirrors Lie Prompt: What do these texts suggest to you about idealism and truth? (Responded to Image) Water hits the sand. Our feet sink into the sand and relish in the warmth these[…]
Personal Response to The Disciple
THE DISCIPLE By Oscar Wilde When Narcissus died the pool of his pleasure changed from a cup of sweet waters into a cup of salt tears, and the Oreads came weeping through the woodland that[…]
Late Night, Moon Bright
Here is Barbara Kingsolver’s original poem, “Remember the Moon Survives,” which is the poem my group used in the Poetry Seminar. Remember the moon survives, draws herself out crescent-thin, a curved woman. Untouchable, she[…]
Night Terrors
Surely. Surely – this was the night that I was going to die. For an instant, in that narrow cut of light, I saw a face that seemed to have been transported directly from the[…]
Polished Critical- Happiness Through Broken Conventions
Discuss the significance of an individual’s attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance. Society can often be the most influential factor in determining the course of an individual’s life. The rigidity of convention and[…]