Monthly Archives: May 2019

When I used to think about what home felt like or looked like, I thought about the house I grew up in. I grew up in the same house until I moved to California when I was fourteen. Coming home … Continue reading →

The definition of desensitization reads as follows; the diminished emotional responsiveness to a negative, aversive or positive stimulus after repeated exposure to it. In simpler terms, it means to emotionally detach yourself from a situation or person to protect yourself. … 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 →

Even though the novel THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy may not be the most accurate and classic post-apocalyptic novel due to the world it describes being too fictional that human exists even though every other species has gone extinct, it … Continue reading →

Across many types of literature that have a universal theme, do you have a say in what happens to you? In other words, is your life dictated by your fate? Or do your actions and decisions shape you. In Maggie: … 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 →

Feeling alive is not something that can be described or put into a specific sentence or words, for me it’s more than that or less than that. It’s that spur of the moment feeling that comes out of nowhere and … Continue reading →

I love Nick Carraway, the narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, very dearly. But even though he is a character I hold very close to my heart, one thing can not be denied: his passivity as a person. … Continue reading →

The American Dream can be defined as the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations and goals to be achieved. Many people across the world leave their home and their families to … Continue reading →

In the novella Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Stephen Crane uses the concepts of light and color to move the plot and set the tone of the scene. Three examples of this in the work are the dance hall … Continue reading →