Writing has been one of my major hobbies since I was 7 years old. My works were a bunch of baseless romance novels inspired by the book Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella before I found my niche which is fantasy. But there was a problem with my writing, both the early romance novels and … Continue reading My Relationship with Dread Nation →

We’ve read a variety of engaging pieces in this class, but a book I’ve been a little hesitant to write about is The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. I remembered reading this book my freshman year of high school, when I was a little closer to Esperanza’s age, and really connecting with a … Continue reading The House on Mango Street and the Adolescent Experience →

            So far, I have yet to write about The Miseducation of Cameron Post in any of our assignments in the course. One of the main reasons that I was hesitant to write about this text is because there are so many multidimensional, layered themes of adolescent friendship, authority, sexuality, grief, and faith that are intricately interwoven throughout … Continue reading Conflicting or Contributing? →

When I first started reading Dread Nation by Justina Ireland all I could think about was all the other assignments I could be doing. I was dramatically stressing about the book length and how I was going to get everything done in time. So far throughout the course there has not been a book that … Continue reading A Change of Pace →

It is fairly obvious that the events of Dread Nation by Justina Ireland are not historically accurate. There were no zombies that rose up after the civil war that put a stop to the war and therefore all events after that are fictional. Although, slavery was still something that existed in Dread Nation and life during slavery is mentioned … Continue reading Dread Nation and its Historical Accuracy →

I am challenging myself by writing about a novel I have yet to complete, Dread Nation. It is definitely a unique book so far. I am about halfway in and have differing opinions and feelings throughout it so far. There are some aspects I really like, like the letters between Jane and her mom at the beginning … Continue reading Writing about the Unknown →

I can imagine how it must be to feel different than your peers in high school. But that similarity I had used so far at the start stopped during my reading of The Miseducation of Cameron Post. The only similarity I carried with me while reading about Cameron Post is that I am also from … Continue reading Empathy as a technique →

Throughout The House on Mango Street, we learn a lot about Esperanza’s identity and about how her worldview changes as she learns the way that people can perceive her because of specific aspects of her identity, as she is a Chicana woman growing up in a low-class neighborhood. I did a lot of research online … Continue reading The Beauty in Intersecting Identities →

Once someone has fallen into a dark pit, the white light shining down is the only thing that keeps them going. In “If I Ever Get Out of Here” by Eric Gansworth, we read about a seventh grader, Lewis Blake, who is a Native American failing at making friends at his new school because of … Continue reading Loneliness Needs Comforting →

Sayin, Umit. (2012). Doors of Female Orgasmic Consciousness: New Theories on the Peak Experience and Mechanisms of Female Orgasm and Expanded Sexual Response. NeuroQuantology. 10. 692-714. 10.14704/nq.2012.10.4.627. A theme that has recurred throughout the course thus far is the fact the women are sexual beings, yet society stigmatizes female sexuality in a way male sexuality … Continue reading Female Sexuality is Real… →