One little white lie, turns into two, three, four more until the the lie becomes so intricate that even the teller is unable to keep their facts straight. Unless they are a crazy pathological liar, the deceiver will always get caught in their lie. Nora and Torvald in A Doll House demonstrate that telling the …
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Why I Will Never Use Dating Apps
Anne, 22, met David on Tinder. They’ve been messaging for weeks and tonight they planned to finally go out to dinner together. Anne gets dressed up eager to meet her “handsome” date. She excitedly hops into her car to meet David at the restaurant. When she arrives though, she cannot find her Tinder date anywhere. …
The Making of a Monster
A baby cries on average one to two hours per day. Since newborns can’t express their problems verbally, moms must guess the reason for their child’s crying which could range from sickness to hunger. Some say that babies start to catch onto the attention they get when they cry and therefore will cry, acting like …
Make it Count
The goal of life is death. Many wish to see just 100 years, but only 0.0173% of Americans reach that age. On average, females only live to 86 years old and men to 84. Every day 153,424 people die: most without any notable accomplishments or success to remember them by. Billions of people have come …
The (un)True Story
“In a true war story, if there’s a moral at all, it’s like the thread that makes the cloth. You can’t tease it out. You can’t extract the meaning without unraveling the deeper meaning. And in the end, really, there’s nothing much to say about a true war story, except maybe ‘Oh.’” “Oh” is exactly …
GOODBYE, Columbus
He spends four years playing football at Ohio State to in the end leave campus and walk away from football forever. He spends a whole summer loving a girl he thinks he will marry to also just walk away from her forever. All the joy and pleasure that in the moment seemed as if it …
No Coincidence
A coincidence is an occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection. Owen makes it clear in A Prayer for Owen Meany that he does not believe in coincidences. He faithfully believes that every event in his life happens for a reason and not by accident. …
Baby Jesus and Joseph
The saying “opposites attract” perfectly describes Owen Meany and John Wheelwright’s friendship in A Prayer for Owen Meany. Owen is a small, outspoken boy who is always the center of attention, while John is average and seemingly able to blend into the background. Owen Meany is known for his small size and peculiar voice. His …
Two Funerals
Typically when thinking of a wedding, one pictures vivid flowers, a beautiful white dress, along with excitement among the guests and wedding party. In contrast, when picturing a funeral one thinks of a coffin, black clothing, and mourning family members. These two events are never thought of together and are especially never thought of to …
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