The Price of Happiness in OmelasIn The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Ursula K. Le Guin describes a happy and peaceful city where everyone seems to live a perfect life. […]

Blurring Boundaries: Ambiguity and Race in RecitatifIn her story Recitatif, Toni Morrison uses confusion and unclear racial identity to talk about big ideas like identity, memory, and race. […]

The Power of Jazz in Sonny's BluesIn Sonny’s Blues, jazz is more than just music for Sonny – it’s his way of expressing himself, surviving, and dealing with the pain he’s […]

Act II, Scene II: The Desperate Islander and His Drunken "Master"In Act II, Scene ii of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Caliban meets Stephano, a drunk servant carrying a bottle of alcohol. This scene is […]

Act II, Scene 1's blogThis scene makes me think about how civilization tries to control nature and what problems that causes. Gonzalo’s idea of a “ […]

“Crossing Brooklyn Ferry.” Prompt: Blog post #3Whitman’s thoughts about the quiet, unseen forces really got me thinking about how easy it is to miss the small things that shape us. In […]

Prompt: Blog Post 1In “The Soul Selects Her Own Society”, one big idea that stood up to me is how important it is to choose who we let into our lives. The […]

Introduction Hi everyone, This is Karen L. I’m currently studying Veterinary Technology at LaGuardia Community College because I’ve always been […]