Monthly Archives: May 2022

Are humans innately altruistic or egoistic? It’s a matter of both: the givers and the takers. At different points in a person’s life they adapt and change from both, altruistic and egoistic, sometimes even both in tandem. People rely on … Continue reading →

The Sun Also Rises is a book that is written by the misanthrope, because this is expected to see some of that hate in Hemingway’s writing. Considering the time it was written, it was also socially accepted to think the … Continue reading →

I can’t get up. It’s been five hours since I woke up and I find myself not moving an inch away from my bed. My stomach grumbles but I don’t find the appetite to eat. I need to go to … Continue reading →

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien tells a story about war, to be more specific it tells his experience in the Vietnam war, where he had to go by force and was met with the trauma and guilt that … Continue reading →

The characters of The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, are distinguished by a group of Americans in the 1920’s: the rich hedonists of the Jazz Age. A group of rich white people, who a lot come from old money, … Continue reading →

There was a translucent red light refracted on the walls inside the candy store coming through the high glass walls. In the back of the store, multiple colored candies rested, each different type inside a big container that hung on … Continue reading →

Invisible. I feel invisible. I feel like no one here cares about me, not even my friends. I feel like if I would die right now, in front of everyone, no one would notice. Why am I always feeling bad … Continue reading →

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a novel written by Stephen Crane that tells the story of a girl and her life. It starts with a glimpse of Maggie’s childhood, where her brother, Jimmie, was fighting with the kids … Continue reading →

A year ago I wrote an essay about having a dream. A dream so beautifully impossible that turns to a ridiculous reality, a dream so naive and foolish, a dream no one can reach. Now, a year later, looking back … Continue reading →

Going to Hebron is hard in so many ways. You have to adjust yourself to living on your own, making new friends, learning in a new environment and being far away from home. But the hardest thing for me about … Continue reading →