Child of God

Rating What does it mean to be civilized? Beyond the observable systems and customs of civilization, what does civilization tell us about the human condition? Does civilization allow humans to transcend our animalistic nature or does it merely insulate some of us from...

What’s a Good Story Worth?

The following is a comparison of an adaptation of Halmet to one of Twelfth Night. I wrote this at Wittenberg for Dr. Buckman’s Shakespeare class. He loved to take tradition genres and subvert them in ways that challenged the writer. Here the assignment was to,...

The Absence of Art in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

This is a paper I wrote as an undergrad about Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (affiliate link). Looking back, it’s a thoroughly ridiculous paper. Although accepted in the academic genre, it’s impossible to follow unless you’re...

The Great Nick Carraway

Who doesn’t have a Gatsby paper? My interpretation of The Great Gatsby is not the most conventional view, so you may find this paper about Nick Carraway to actually be a unique take. I wrote this for Dr. Davis’ “20th Century Literature” class...