In Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, the story shows us the tough questions about happiness and what’s fair. It makes us ask: is it right for some people to suffer so that others can live hap […]
Toni Morrison well explores themes of identity, memory, and the complexity of race in Recitatif by utilizing ambiguity and the lack of overt racial indicators. Morrison pushes readers to examine their biases and […]
Baldwin Blog Post Prompt resubmissionIn “Sonny’s Blues,” James Baldwin uses jazz music to explore identity, community, and the power of artistic expression. Jazz is more […]
Baldwin Blog Post PromptIn “Sonny’s Blues,” James Baldwin uses jazz music to explore themes of identity, community, and the power of art. For Sonny, jazz is mo […]
In Act III of The Tempest, Ariel and Caliban show two different sides of servitude under Prospero. Ariel serves patiently, holding onto the hope of freedom, while Caliban, full of resentment, tries to rebel by […]
In “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” Walt Whitman shows how even a simple ferry ride can connect us. He expresses curiosity about the crowds around him, saying they are “more curious to me than you suppose.” Whitman als […]
Prompt: Blog post 1One idea in “Ulalume” is that how grief and memory make you think about how we cope with loss. The poem reminds us readers how even when […]
