This is for an online English course
Finishing this book was a treat. Oh man let me tell you all about it, but through the lens of an archetype-ist. This will be my final blog post as seeing July is almost over and school is quickly approaching. Lawrence Hill’s The Book of Negroes is, indisputably, a fascinating book filled with many emotional …
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Lawrence Hill‘s The Book of Negroes is filled with many archetypes. So after having finished his book, I thought it would be a fun idea to analyze his text using archetypal literary theory. If I were to assign archetypes such as ‘The Hero’, ‘The Great Mother’, and ‘The Wise Old Man’ to the characters in …
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This post is going to be about my verdict on the innocence of Adnan Syed from the Serial podcast by Sarah Koenig. I highly recommend checking out the three seasons by clicking here. This post is an expansion on my previous post on “Serial”. You check that out here. I haven’t been able to finish …
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Recently I’ve been reading “The Book Of Negroes” by Lawrence Hill, I’ve been enjoying it. So today I will analyse the book through a ‘Readers Response’ Lens. When I began reading “The Book Of Negroes” written by Lawrence Hill, I thought the story was just going to take place primarily in Africa, then end in …
This post is going to be about my thoughts on the Serial podcast by Sarah Koenig. I highly recommend checking out the three seasons by clicking here. Sarah’s podcast is an attempt to make sense of Adnan’s odd case while raising awareness for Adnan himself. Adnan was accused and convicted of manually strangling Hae Min …
Today on my first blog post, I will be giving my opinion on whether or not grade 12 University level English is a necessary requirement for entry into all university programs. Should grade 12 University level English be a requirement for entry into all University programs? I pondered about this question before. ‘Do I really …
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