Why I Will Still Be Celebrating Canada Day
A contemplation of Canadian identity in the light of the recent discoveries unmarked residential school graves.
The Evil Eye in Orwell and Tolkien
A comparison of the characterization of evil in two radically different books: The Lord of the Rings and 1984.
Nuns Fret Not: Wordsworth’s Freedom Within Form
Wordsworth proves that writing in poetic forms can be just as expressive and beautiful as writing in free verse.
Why I Hate Personality Tests
A discussion of why, in my opinion, personality tests are untrue, unhelpful, and sometimes downright dangerous.
Chess Can Also Be Beautiful: Meaningful Feminism in “The Queen’s Gambit”
An exploration of feminism in The Queen’s Gambit by looking at costuming, control, and the interplay between chess and reality throughout the show.
Nostalgia and Schizophrenia and Pandemics, Oh My
My theory on how 2020 helped to define the problem with art in postmodernism (with some help from Fredric Jameson).
The Nature of Evil in C.S. Lewis’s Perelandra
An exploration of how Lewis reveals the nature of evil by displaying how it reacts to and attempts to corrupt the natural laws of Perelandra.
Is Diversity in Literature A Good Thing?
As I start the new school year, this is a topic that’s near and dear to my heart. Check out my musings on the purpose of stories, and whether diversifying helps or harms literature as a whole!
The Hobbit and Dr. Seuss
What happens if you mix J.R.R. Tolkien with Dr. Seuss? Surprisingly good results!
The Cost of a Grecian Urn
John Keats muses on the preservation of happiness in his poem, “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” and ultimately concludes that it is something to be desired. I muse on the ideas in “Ode on a Grecian Urn” and come to a different conclusion.
