Monthly Archives: May 2019

My project is on the symbolic meaning behind Beloved and how this meaning caused Sethe to be able to take control of her life and regain her identity. In the book Beloved by Toni Morrison, Beloved is a representation of … Continue reading →

Not only do soldiers carry a significant amount of physical weight like their food, water, tents, weapons amongst many other things but they also carry an immense amount of emotional weight. The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien is … Continue reading →

What is heavier, your intangible emotions or your tangible endless homework assignments? The soldiers at war struggle with carrying the intangible weight of their feelings on top of their tangible belongings. Each of the soldiers carry something from home, that … Continue reading →

In both the The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Crucible by Arthur Miller, aspects of Puritan society are examined and portrayed to the reader. Though at first glance these novels seem to work together in criticizing Puritan morality, … Continue reading →

Take a couple of seconds and think about: “What does a soldier carry”? Well, there are multiple answers to this question because a soldier carries many things. Some of your first thoughts might have been a backpack or some type … Continue reading →

I will always carry the weight of knowing that my own father chose to not do his only job and be a parent to my brother and me. As I’ve gotten older I have learned that this part of my … Continue reading →

There was tension in the air as the citizens arrived. At dawn the first people gathered in hushed voices, hurriedly passing messages through the quickly growing crowd. From all forms of transportation more people poured, and flooded the square with … Continue reading →

There was always laughter and joy coming from her room. In the depths of her own little world, there was nobody to tell her what to do and what not to do, there was nobody to tell her who to … Continue reading →

When most people see babies they connect them to something in their own inner nature that is pure, vulnerable, helpless, and uncorrupt. However, in the Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Pearl is seen by many as a demon or devil-child … Continue reading →

By Sam Gumprecht There are always two parts to a story, the motives or intentions and the actions that follow suit. In the novel The Great Gatsby the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, compares the effects of intentions to the outcome, … Continue reading →