Monthly Archives: May 2019

In a matter of centuries, a country can drastically change. Whether the change occurs in beliefs, government, or popular ideals in our society, the country is always changing. Does the basis of morality change over the course of 200 years … Continue reading →

As long as I can remember, I have carried guilt like a wet wool blanket draped around my shoulders. When my mental health started to become a problem, I always blamed myself. I blamed myself for the pain and stress … Continue reading →

Are you listening? As the reader, we are expected to listen and to feel what the story wishes is felt. The purpose of Tim O’Brien telling his story was not for the reader to understand or to empathize with the … Continue reading →

Throughout the post-apocalyptic novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy, one of the most striking stylistic choices is the lack of names in the main characters. ‘The man,’ and his son, ‘the boy,’ are fighting for their lives in a flame … Continue reading →

August 6, 1772 Dear Love, I know I could not say goodbye the way I had wished so this will have to do. I went to your father’s shop the morning before my departure, asking him to pass this letter … Continue reading →

The letter L represents one of the most awful crimes that I have done until now that is very significant to me due to it has changed my attitude toward studying and my understanding of knowledge the most in a … Continue reading →

By Sam Gumprecht I stand with one of my feet gripping the rusty railing, the other firmly mounted to the aged wood of the bridge. My fingers are wrapped one by one around the iron bar tightly. My eyes catch … Continue reading →

We all carry something with us at some point in our lives. The choice we then have to make is if what we carry defines who we are. Everyone carries something different; for some, it’s their sexuality and the trouble … Continue reading →

You’re in a post-apocalyptic scenario, you wake up and feel like everything around you is the same, it doesn’t phase you. Then you step outside your house, breath the air, look around, and suddenly notice that everything is different. There … Continue reading →

By Sam Gumprecht Death blinded by sunlight, a body blurred by beauty and a soldier consumed by nature. These contrasts are examples of the stand out scenes in Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried. In the book, he uses … Continue reading →