“How did you get so old? Was it all at once, in a day, or did you peter out bit by bit? When did you stop having parties? Did everyone else get old too, or was it just you? Are other people still here, hiding in the palm trees or holding their breath underwater? When …
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Final Blog Post??
If only Catherine would have initially followed her heart and married Heathcliff instead of marrying Edgar Linton for his money. There would be no heartbreak, no harsh feelings or soft, kind hearts turning to stone. Young Catherine and Linton would not have to live terrified of Heathcliff’s tyranny and vengeful plans. Heathcliff wouldn’t waste his …
Too Selfish
“It is impossible that a person should die for the love of a stranger.” As soon as I read this quotation from chapter 22 of Wuthering Heights, I folded over the top corner of the page marking it in the moment as important. Most of the time when I look back at my highlights they …
Not Much to Say
For reference, I just finished chapter 14 of Wuthering Heights, so I’m about a third of the way through the novel and a couple chapters behind where I should be in the reading according to the schedule (yikes). I also told myself before starting this novel that I would attempt to write a blog post …
Exit Nowhere
“for people bought and sold houses the way they bought and sold stocks, and every year someone was moving out and someone was moving in, and now all these doors from who knows where were opening.” We are constantly told to follow our dreams and become exactly who we want to be. As I graduate …
Who is Virginia Woolf?
Even including Song of Solomon, Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is definitely my least favorite read of the year so far. I thought Song of Solomon‘s literary message was hard to interpret and couldn’t quite understand its overall message, but at least it had a crazy plot that somewhat held my attention. …
An Incomplete Blog for an Incomplete Book
“What would she have done if she’d been in that situation? Mrs. Richardson would ask herself this question over and over, before Michael’s call and for weeks— and months— after. Each time, faced with this impossible choice, she came to the same conclusion. I would have never let myself get into that situation, she told …
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To Search is Not to Find
“I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves. So I looked for him but did not find him.” -Song of Solomon 3:2 Oak Island, 2008. My grandma gently wakes me up just before sunrise. I spring out of bed, …
Impossible Satisfaction
Does Briony Tallis atone for her crime? To answer this question first, readers must look at the dictionary definition of the word atonement, which the Merrism-Webster dictionary defines as “reparation for an offense or injury.” In Ian McEwan’s novel Atonement, Briony’s crime clearly presents itself as the “offense or injury” needing atoned for. The reader …
In Debt
For you, a thousand times over. I would undoubtedly die for my sister, not just because I love her, but because of what she has done for me. Even though I wish I could, I honestly can’t 100% commit and say I would do the same for my best friend. In contrast, Hassan in Khaled …
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