“The Scream” — An Anxious RantMy favorite piece of modernist art is “The Scream” by Edvard Munch. To connoisseurs, my choice might seem like low-hanging fruit. I mean…Sep 6, 2023Sep 6, 2023
“The Sun Also Rises” by Ernest Hemingway — A Brief Review (or Rant)I rate The Sun Also Rises three stars, which translates to an “I like it” on my scale and is an improvement from the two stars (“it’s…Jul 3, 20231Jul 3, 20231
“To Be or Not to Be” — A Short ReflectionThe first thing I noticed about Hamlet’s speech is that beginning line — “to be or not to be.” I find it undeniably catchy (if you can…Jul 3, 2023Jul 3, 2023
“When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” by Walt Whitman — Reflections in AP LitIn response to an in-class writing prompt: Of all the literature we have read over the entire course of the course, which work had the…Jul 3, 2023Jul 3, 2023
The Essay That Got Me Into CollegeI sigh as I survey the books, clothes, and other objects strewn across my room. At this point, I’d accepted the condition of my living…Jul 3, 2023Jul 3, 2023