All the Light We Cannot See Summarizer: Pages 137 – 200 Werner goes to the school with 400 hundred boys, and he meets Frederick who is from Berlin. At the school, they learn about the new laws imposed by the Nazis regarding marriage between Jewish and German people. They sing songs and train there. Sergeant […]
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Song Analysis – Zombie by The Cranberries
Zombie – Lyrics Zombie — The Cranberries Determine the subject of the poem This song was inspired by a bombing in 1993. The lead singer of the band claimed that the song speaks about the Irish fight for independence “that seems to last forever.” In the lyrics there is a line that says, “It’s the […]
Fahrenheit 451 – Visual Aspect
My essay relates to consumerism in the Fahrenheit 451 and in modern society as well as the blindness of the people due to their obsession with technology and the government. I drew this picture to demonstrate that fire consumes everything in its path, just like Ray Bradbury insinuates that we do as human beings. He’s […]
Fahrenheit 451 Reflection
My group did the pages 32 to 38 for the novel, and I was the Literary Luminary. I chose this role specifically because it was the one that interested me the most. I enjoy taking different sections of the novel and kind of pulling them apart to access a deeper meaning. The imagery and the […]
Blog Log #2 – Can We Change Our Attitude?
Read the article here As soon as I saw the writer of the essay, I immediately recognized the famous Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The essay is a speech that she gave to a class of graduating students from the University of Toronto in 1983. It was very compelling to read as it contained a mix […]
Blog Log #1 – Why Don’t We Believe Science?
Read the article here As I was looking over different essays, I was searching specifically for something relating to science or psychology. To my delight, this article fell under both categories. I was also very interested in discovering whether there was an actual “science” behind why people are less inclined to believe scientific facts. Turns […]
Synthesis Essay – The Cruel Gift of Residential Schools
It is a known fact that everyone responds to trauma differently: it may leave someone broken, cold, or stronger than they were before. So, what effect did the residential schools have on the main characters of Sugar Falls and Indian Horse? They both suffer from abuse, but they are both affected in different ways. The […]