Honor is an interesting word. Because of my exposure to court through mock trial, I first think of a judge upon hearing this. Then images of knights and chivalry flash through my head. Inevitably, I get “Honor to Us All” from Mulan stuck in my head, leading to images of Japanese samurai. I remember my …
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The Idleness of Time
Here’s the thing. This blog is due at midnight, and I have absolutely no idea what to write about. And because I have no idea what to write about, I have procrastinated. And because I have procrastinated it’d now 9:16, and I am panicking because I have nothing done, no ideas, and this is due …
Anxious Anticipation of Annihilation
Note: I know the title is overly dramatic but I wanted the alliteration, so deal with it. I went into Frankenstein with expectations of a novel filled with eerie science experiments, grotesque creatures, and heinous murders. And while Mary Shelley technically delivered in all these fronts, I was disappointed. At best the story vaguely alluded …
The Influence of the Dead
“The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it. The way is shut.” I have always found this quotation from JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings alarmingly eerie. It conjured up images in my mind of the dead exerting their will on the living, and preventing …
The Essence of Vietnam
When I sat down to write this blog about Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, I started out by brainstorming ideas. I listed possible thematic topics and the main things I remembered about the story, just like we always do in class. Here is my list of things that I remembered. “His jaw was in …
The Illusion of “I love you”
The words “I love you” are often the defining part of a relationship. In movies they are spoken at the climax. The couple will kiss and they will live happily ever after. Love is supposed to mean that you will cherish each other no matter the mistakes or the circumstances, so the words, “I love …
Why I Struggled through A Prayer for Owen Meany
Sorry Mr. Wasowski, but I did not enjoy this book, at all, not in the least bit. And I tried, I tried so hard to keep an open mind, but every time I started to let go of my disdain for this book there’d be an idiotic statement like “I THINK I ALWAYS HAD A …
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Who will pardon the United States?
Throughout all of A Prayer for Owen Meany, but especially in these last three chapters, I have been wondering why John hates America so vehemently as an adult. There’s nothing in his childhood that we’ve seen so far that would breed such hatred and disgust. Heck John’s such a passive character that so lives completely …
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the …
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