The following is a personal response inspired by Yasmin Marri’s “The Poison of the Blue Rose,” specifically the role innocence plays when an individual experiences love. Mr. Aziz was the old man who lived a quarter of a block[…]
Author: Ayisha
Critical Essay- Demise of an Unwashed Grape
Discuss the idea(s) developed by the text creator in your chosen text about the role self-perception plays when individuals seek to reconcile the conflict between illusion and reality. Individuals desire to be perceived[…]
The Moth and the Butterfly
Blanche DuBois, in Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire, is initially described as a “delicate beauty [who] must avoid a strong light.” There is said to be “something about her uncertain manner, as well as[…]
Hopefully Heroism
Everyone dreams of being the hero. Everyone wants to be the one who, when they or someone they love are put in a difficult circumstance, would stand with their head held high and their stance[…]
Personal Response – Brilliant Misery
He didn’t realize when it happened— maybe after he lost it at his mother’s funeral because someone was talking bad about his favourite band. He never got invited to another funeral again. Or maybe it[…]
His Dearest Victory
The following is a short story inspired from an excerpt from the memoir Sergeant Nibley, Ph.D by Alex Nibley: “The father was holding the hand of a boy about 10 years old and speaking to him[…]
Crisscrossing Red Lines
I looked past the worn out crosswalk at the little bicycle shop. It was still there! The black bicycle with the crisscrossing red lines. It shone in the blazing summer sun, contrasting the rural scenery[…]
This I Believe: Independence
“I’d rather die my way than live yours.” —Lauren Oliver I believe in independence. Even the earliest of triumphs, such as learning how to walk, are the result of you willing to be independent. I[…]