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Masculine Studies
The love triangle between Pattie, Richard, and Walter is the driving force of the plot in Freedom. Their entanglement as best friends and lovers complicates the emotions and relationships in the novel. Love triangles have existed in all shapes and … Continue reading
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Media as a Monument
One hundred years from now, after we are all dead and gone, what will be left of our lives and experiences? In history classes that I have now, we often use past media outlets like old newspaper articles to learn … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Memorial, Amy Waldman, Media, The Submission
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Southland Tales Had Me Laughing…And Listening
After finishing the movie on Tuesday, I left class feeling extremely satisfied. I was glad to have experienced the entirety of the saga and couldn’t help but be excited to research the graphic novel/film and fill in the empty spaces. … Continue reading
The Process of Fear
“It is a grizzly bear. Enormous, shiny brown, swaggering, dripping slime from its bared fangs. Jack, you have never seen a large animal in the wild. The sight of this grizzer is so electrifyingly strange that it gives you a … Continue reading
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Tagged "Loss of the Creature", Don DeLillo, Grand Canyon, Walker Percy, White Noise
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The Grass Is Always Greener…
“I spent the early nineties trapped in a double singularity. Not only did I feel different from everyone around me, but I felt like the age I lived in was utterly different from any age that had come before.” (Franzen … Continue reading
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Tagged "Why Bother?", jonathan franzen, Midnight in Paris
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