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Beloved is largely looked at as a devilish ghost that has the power to be apart of the 124 families while being supernatural. Beloved has a way of entering and taking up a large part of our thoughts and forcibly … Continue reading →

Soldiers from the Vietnam War experienced things that no one should ever experience. At the time Vietnam was horrific, the war and the instances within the war that Tim O’Brien portrays is miserable. In Spite of his use of meta-fiction … Continue reading →

By Sam Gumprecht Today’s society claims to be far off from the horrifying and wild society of the Puritan times, but that belief is false. There are many elements that make our society different from that of the witch hunting, … Continue reading →

Throughout modern history, we are filled with lies, truths, and assumptions about history. Many historians have made strong attempts to find the history of the United States and to discover how we have progressed over time. History is very accurate … Continue reading →

TW: suicide, self harm, hospitals, mental health in general I consider the end of my childhood to be in May of 2017. Summer of 2016 through summer of ‘17, my sister, mom, dad, and me were on a trip in … Continue reading →

Throughout Tim O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, various gory, graphic, and disturbing images are described. But parallel to these horrors, O’Brien describes beauty: beauty in the mountains or the jungle, beauty in the relationships between his friends, beauty in … Continue reading →

One sunny and bright day, a young boy by the name of John was swimming with 4 of his friends, Jerry, Liam, Todd, and Skip. They were at a swimming hole about 1 mile from their neighborhood that they have … Continue reading →

In the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, there is a strong representation of ambiguity within characters. The ambiguity is represented in many forms. Nick’s moral ambiguity is revealed, which raises questions about morality as a whole. F. … Continue reading →

It may seem counterintuitive that people- when people similar to them, with similar backgrounds, surround them- people free to interact and forge bonds with whomever they’d like to- tend to gravitate towards people with differences in interest and life stories, … Continue reading →

By Sam Gumprecht Home, the place I unwind, relax, and feel comfortable. It is a constant place in most people’s life. There is a famous quote that goes “home is where the heart is.” As cheesy and cliche as that … Continue reading →