Well, hello all! I sincerely hope you are all doing well. Because I am indecisive (And to throw in a little more options), I will be posting three sections of my lit review down below. Enjoy! Motif:   Burning candles are often used as a symbol for life, its fragility, and its inevitable end. Much … More A Rich Menu for Wuthering Heights

Yep, The Catcher in the Rye. Look, I had a range of ideas for what to do for the free week. I was wanting to do something psychological and slightly philosophical because that’s the stuff that interests me most, and overall writing about certain topics allows me to further understand them and forces me to … More Holden Out For a Hero

My Dearest Heathcliff, I will say this once and I will not say it again. Stay away from my wife. Don’t think I don’t see through your cute little facade, you wretched cur. I know very well what you are. You are a vulture. You prey on the weak in order to advance your own … More Edgar’s Lament, Somewhat Modernized

Dogs. They’ve been mentioned dozens of times so far throughout the book, and we have been told by the ” bookmark of guidance” that they are important. Quite frankly I’ve been trying to figure out what they symbolize for a while now, but in Chapter 10 two sentences led to me coming up with a … More Dogs, Wolves, and the Domestication of Catherine Linton

Yep. Back to Native Son. Actually if you didn’t read the book this post should still make some sense, as long as you know Bigger was a black boy in the 1930’s that murdered a white girl named Mary by suffocating her. Now, to overcome my great fear of being perceived as in any way … More “Why Bigger Killed” Excerpt

The People’s Burden Cast out the people’s burden The pox apon the Earth Rebuild the world with fire And smile with great mirth Cast out the People’s burden A mask of peace and faith As freedom isn’t free When there’s a public face Don’t listen to an echo Man’s mouth is not the law These … More A Poem From a Casual Anarchist

Alright. New Historicism. This is a literary theory that states that an Author’s work is heavily influenced by and reflects the movements of the time period of which it was written in. Now, Things Fall Apart was written in 1958, right in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement and towards the beginning of the … More The Civil Rights Movement and Things Fall Apart

*Narrated by David Attenborough* The Highlands Chimpanzee is a rare and fascinating creature, found only in a few square miles of flatland and hills in the modern American Midwest. While they are nearly genetically identical to the common chimpanzee, their mannerisms and inflated sense of self is unlike any other chimpanzee in the region. These … More Courting Rituals of the Rare “Highlands Chimpanzee”

I promise, I’ll try to keep this interesting… Kinda cliche, but I’ll be talking about the flowers since I was personally intrigued by their symbolism and wanted to look into it a bit myself. Real quick, it isn’t too clear whether Ophelia is presenting these flowers to Claudius or Laertes, but I’ve found their meanings … More Dungeon Master’s Guide to Botany

To speak or not to speak – that is the question Whether tis a nobler virtue to hold thy tongue To accept and love others as they are without interference Or to take arms at perceived flaws and grievances And, by opposing, end them. To be silent, to swallow – And with silence we end … More Silence