Author Archives: 18beaudine

Hey guys I’m Eliza and this personal introduction is about as informal as my personality.  I’m a go with the flow kind of gal; I love hiking and being outdoors as well as keeping it competitive on the athletic fields. … Continue reading →

Listen  In the novel The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien readers experience the horrific scenes of Vietnam during the war.  The soldiers carry with them, not just the items needed to survive, but mental, emotional, and physical burdens.  While men are … Continue reading →

Truth Is The Only Safe Ground To Stand Upon In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is a man of secret sin, hidden guilt, but a man that must stay honest to his relationship with … Continue reading →

Corruption of Innocence In the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, Maggie, a prostitute on the street corners in New York sees life in the eyes of a “painted cohort.”  Maggie involves herself in a toxic … Continue reading →

Death is Alive People only go to a hospice house for one reason, and it isn’t for long time care or assisted living.  My grandmother, Grammy as I called her, entered hospice care just two days before she took her … Continue reading →

Shine Pearl Shine Hester Prynne, the most shamed woman in all of Boston in The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, has committed a sin that shall belong to her for the rest of her existence.  If it isn’t enough of … Continue reading →

Lost in the Lost Generation In the time following World War I novels such as The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway were written in a time period know as The Lost Generation.  In a time of rebuilding after the … Continue reading →

  Corruption of Yesterday In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible, by Arthur Miller the absence of morality and discipline ring true.  In The Scarlet Letter the main character Hester Prynne commits the ultimate sin of adultery, … Continue reading →

The Hit The atmosphere of the rink was the same that day as it has always been.  The feeling of relaxation spread through me, slowing my pace as I made my way to the locker room.  Sounds of laughs and … Continue reading →

Living in Grey There’s something about change, something so distasteful to some, but for others such excitement.  My emotional burden is fueled by change.  Two weeks ago my grandmother moved in.  We built an addition on the house after my … Continue reading →