Author Archives: 20mccarthye

There was always people rushing around. In the train station, the carts were usually packed to the brim. Except at ten o’clock am, that was the deadliest hour, when silence creeped up onto the subway tiles and covered the concrete … Continue reading →

Journal Entry #548 Date: August 28, 2019          The sun rays felt as though they were burning through my skin on that late August day. I stood there at the Lincoln Memorial, only thirteen years old waiting for his speech to … Continue reading →

It Was Not Just Her Fault A tragic hero is defined as “a person who must evoke a sense of pity and fear in the audience. He is considered a man of misfortune that comes to him through error of … Continue reading →

My body became engulfed by the weight of my feet, and I started to slow down. The sun seemed to be beating harder on me, the rays stinging into my back, I felt a light burning sensation. Sweat dripped down … Continue reading →

My project is on the symbolic meaning behind Beloved and how this meaning caused Sethe to be able to take control of her life and regain her identity. In the book Beloved by Toni Morrison, Beloved is a representation of … Continue reading →

Take a couple of seconds and think about: “What does a soldier carry”? Well, there are multiple answers to this question because a soldier carries many things. Some of your first thoughts might have been a backpack or some type … Continue reading →

When most people see babies they connect them to something in their own inner nature that is pure, vulnerable, helpless, and uncorrupt. However, in the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl is seen by many as a demon or devil-child … Continue reading →

James Truslow Adams was the first to popularize the idea of the American Dream, in his book The Epic of America. In The Epic of America, Adams describes the American dream as “that dream of a land in which life … Continue reading →

“Puritans were united in their dependence upon the Bible as their supreme source of spiritual sustenance and guide for the reformation of life.” (qtd. in Cosby 298) Based on this definition of a Puritan by Kelly Kapic and Randall Gleason, … Continue reading →

My life first started in Quincy, Massachusetts where the sea smelt amazing to those who lived there and horrific to those who didn’t. Living by the water was supposed to give me an appreciation for the way it smelt, but … Continue reading →