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The True Tao of Tarantino: Salvation in the LA Underground of "Pulp Fiction"
A review of how the unconventional film "Pulp Fiction" hides convention in its structure, as well as a protagonist and a moral.
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Forty Five, Grandmother and College Student: Welcome to the New Norm
My experience in making the decision to go back to college in my 40's, as well as the facts on the growing number of "non-traditional" students today.
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My Own Private Hell: Frankenstein, His Creation, and the Demons Within
A look at personal hell and duality through the lens of Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus."
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Stress and Community Management: A Toxic Combination
A look at the different types of stress a community manager is likely to encounter, and ways to help alleviate it.
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Tips on the Community Association Bidding Process
Some pointers to assist community associations in the bidding process, whether it’s building painting, roofs, concrete, or any of a multitude of repair and replacement projects.
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The Inmates Running the Asylum: The Children of Mansfield Park
The parents in Mansfield Park are not central to the rearing and development of the children in the novel.
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Love, Nature, and Fairies in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream"
“Love is an act of nature” is the major theme of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," as shown by the young lovers and the Fairy King and Queen.
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The Tao of Tarantino: An Analysis of Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino creates the film's stylized feel through camera movement, crosscutting, and tension release.
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Thesis/Antithesis: The Synthesis of Kurosawa’s Dreams
Through the contrasting themes of the final three vignettes in the film Dreams, Kurosawa makes the case for the harmonious balance of technology and nature.
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Sexuality and the Vampire: Dracula vs. Victorian Era Morality
Behind the guise of vampirism, Bram Stoker addresses sexuality through the lens of Victorian attitudes and morals.
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"Dead Man" Movie Analysis: The Myth of the Classic Western
Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man is a commentary on the dualities of life and death, Christianity and paganism, and technology and nature. It deconstructs the preconceived notions of them.
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From Script to Celluloid: The Foundation of Great Film
As demonstrated in films like Pleasantville, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Edward Scissorhands, and Thelma and Louise, the foundation of great filmmaking are plot, character, and dialogue.
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Three Important Points of Magazine Writing
The most important things to consider about magazine writing: how to write a good query letter, how to match your articles with the right publication, and how to persist despite rejection.
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The Horrible Consequences of War
Ambrose Bierce, Tim O’Brien and Oliver Stone demonstrate the ultimate consequence of war; destruction of a nation’s resources, societies, and its people.
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Zora Neale Hurston and Kate Chopin's Demand for Relationship Equality
Both Zora Neale Hurston and Kate Chopin speak to the woman’s struggle to have their desires for love and respect heard against the male-centrist views of relationships. Read on for the full story of their demands for equality.
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Gatsby, Hemingway, and Howl: The Influence of "The Waste Land"
Eliot’s themes of "The Waste Land," the loss of innocence and cynical questioning, can be seen in the works of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Ginsberg.
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Elements of a Story: Examining "Barrel Fever"
A look at how David Sedaris uses the elements of point of view, conflict and tension in both his fiction and nonfiction to bring his stories to life.
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Revolution, Inquisition and Monks: Gothic in the Late 18th Century
Between the French Revolution and the Inquisition, there was an adverse attitude toward religious figures of Catholicism in English literature in the late 18th century.
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Of Class and Gender, Clara Reeve’s "The Old English Baron"
"The Old English Baron" is a more detailed and less fanciful work than "The Castle of Otranto" due to Miss Reeve’s gender and station in relation to the time she lived.
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Exploring "Dream Country": A Literary Critique of Neil Gaiman's "Sandman"
This is an examination of Neil Gaiman's third volume of the Sandman series, "Dream Country," using various literary criticism techniques.
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Weep Not, Child: Through the Eyes of Postcolonialism
Thiong’o shows how the colonist in the mid-20th century employed the tools of education and religion in an attempt to control the Kenyan people through the hegemony of the British way of life.
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Borowski’s Dehumanized Historical Portrayal
Tadeusz Borowski demonstrates, from his experience in Auschwitz-Birkenau, how words and actions contribute to reducing humans to objects of scorn and apathy. Read on for my full historical analysis and summary.
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Dare to Scare: The Origins of Gothic Literature
Horace Walpole introduced the world to Gothic fiction, employing elements of the supernatural as well as the every day, for the purpose of terrifying his audience.
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Hamlet, To Be King or Not to Be King
Based Shakespeare’s familiarity with the history of the Tudor dynasty, at the time of his father’s death, Hamlet had no interest in becoming King of Denmark.
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Lady Susan; Feminist or Fiend?
A somewhat sympathetic view of Lady Susan as the produce of aristocracy, laws favoring men, and the expectations of women of the period.
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Who’s Fooling Who: Huck, Jim and the Civilized Folks
Things believed to validate people are civilized-religion, nice clothes and being educated-are just facades to hide their true nature; true humanity is from uncivilized characters.
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The Women of The Great Gatsby
The woman of The Great Gatsby and their juxtaposition between modernist feminism and the misogynistic view of the times.
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Janie Crawford and Eatonville: Turn of the Century Pioneers
How the town of Eatonville represents the ways the African American community fought against the pecking order and prospered beyond.
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Why the US Should Submit to the Jurisdiction of the ICC
As a signing nation and a party to the forming of the provisions that make up the Rome Statutes, the United State should submit to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Courts.
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From Meek to Mighty: The Woman of Modern British Literature
The women of modern British literature have come to take on more diversity, and are influenced by of women of political power, and the emergence of women writers.
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Shakespeare’s Sonnets 18 & 130, An Essay in Contrast and Comparison
William Shakespeare presents similarities and differences between two of his best known sonnets, Sonnet 18 or Shall I Compare Thee… and Sonnet 130 or My Mistress’ Eyes…