This is a bit of a stretch, but while reading the first few chapters of this novel, all I could think about was the movie, The Lorax. The book The Lorax does not go into as much detail as the movie adaptation, and the movie adds a lot more to the plot since it is […]
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Invisible Man Meets The Invisible Man
Every time I googled ‘Invisible Man’, option for ‘The Invisible Man‘ popped up. I read a summary of ‘The Invisible Man’, and it sounded interesting, so I thought it would be fun to imagine these two characters meeting. This short story is very short, so I hope it makes sense. The picture I found is […]
Gay Rights: Yesterday and Today
One thing that caught my interest while planning out my blog post, was the question about how people reacted to this novel after it was published. I also wanted to talk about the type of influence it could have in today’s society, and how we are still dealing with hate crimes towards LGBT people today. […]
Vardaman Logic
Vardaman is the youngest of the Bundren crew, and he takes his mothers death the hardest. He does not know where to place the blame. The book never mentions his age, but it is estimated that he is probably around twelve years old based on the way he talks. He is young and does not […]
“Poor as Church Mice”
I was shocked when I read the part about Clare’s aunts, and how they would use bible versus to justify how they treated Clare. Clare describes them as “good Christians”, and justifies their actions by saying that they made her who she is today. Christians in the past would also use bible versus to justify […]