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A New Year
There was courage in the air as students reluctantly dragged themselves to the bowl. In the daisy filled field, it was as if a sea of boys and girls, harboring luxurious clothing and fancy trinkets which slowly washed into the … Continue reading
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What They Forgot To Carry
A major part of the responsibility of being a soldier comes from what must be carried to and from the battlefield. Many carry things by choice, others do it by necessity, but the things that soldiers forget to carry often … Continue reading
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Generational Weight
Everyone walks through the world with some type of weight that they carry. For some it can be their actions, for others, it can be their thoughts, for few it is history. History matters, not only to those whom it … Continue reading
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The Loss of a Wooden Flute
In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, we follow a young boy and his father as they travel across a post-apocalyptic United States in search of a resting place. Along their journey, the two encounter various obstacles. Whether it be; cannibals, famine, … Continue reading
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Eternally Internally Altruistic
Animals are born with the ability to care for themselves, and must do so to pass on their genetics and keep their species alive. This is the basic law of nature, for the survival of the fittest to dominate the … Continue reading
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I Have a Dream, Too
There are 331,449,281 people in America as of January 19, 2022. In a country so vast, yet so exclusive, the question arises. How are we all doing? Collectively, we are unsure. Because the United States of America is unimaginably large, … Continue reading
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Puritans: The Lowest Point of Morality
Entitled separationists with little patience for anything outside of Christianity or their community norms is the perfect way to describe Puritans in the 1700s. This sentiment is shared by both Nathaniel Hawthorn in the novel The Scarlet Letter and Arthur … Continue reading
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Gatsby’s Green Light
The Great Gatsby is commonly regarded as one of, if not the best, work by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald delivers the compelling story of Jay Gatz, otherwise known as Mr. Gatsby. Mr. Gatsby is a … Continue reading
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Maggie’s Meaningless Effort
Maggie Johnson is an Irish American girl who was dealt an impossibly difficult hand. Despite this, she constantly tried her best no matter her situation to improve her living conditions against all odds. Maggie is a selfless protagonist to the … Continue reading
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Innocent Little Pearl
It may seem that Pearl is a disastrous form of torture sent by the Devil to torment Hester Prynne in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. However, with closer examination it is easy to see just how angelic … Continue reading
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