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[…]
Author: Areeb
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[…]
Pride & Prejudice – Critical
“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[…]
Lady Macbeth – and why life would be so much better without her.
Shakespeare is excellent at creating characters with depth and feeling, characters who are relatable to both to us and humanity at large. Characters that are driven by greed, anger, love, and a million different emotions[…]
Mindset of a Trump Supporter
On Wednesday, my brother and I went out to the library. He had some volunteering to do, and me, not being an adult volunteer, took the most part of that hour to read. If any[…]
Frankenstein & Paradise Lost
I want to start out by saying that I was quite mad when I learned that I wouldn’t be able to attend my group’s Socratic, due to a LINK crew event. Clearly, the trio did[…]
How to read 101
If I was ever to become an English teacher, I can imagine that this would be how I would introduce my first class. Note that this is in no way a guide or a reason[…]
Critical Essay – SCND
I somehow managed to lose my original polished critical in my Student drive, so this is as close as a replica that I can make from the original: Self perception is both an illusion and[…]
A backwards reality
Liu Xin-Wu – “Black Walls” This is my #2 favorite story, but the message I get is stronger in this one more than any other story. Black walls is an interesting story about naivety and[…]
First impressions
Task – “From Stanley’s point of view, write a monologue describing his first impression of Blanche after their first meeting” //Me, being my short-film crazy self, adapted the monologue into a full-blown script, I hope[…]