milk and honey by Rupi Kaur is a collection of poetry that explores different types of pain and how they manifest within people. These poems challenge traditional poetry (for example rhyme schemes, meter, et cetera) and take on the form of prose or free-verse poetry. This free-verse form makes the poems a bit more accessible. Often, readers will [...]
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Driver’s Ed Blog #3
Driver's Ed by Caroline B. Cooney explores abstract contrasts like life versus death, love versus disappointment, normalcy versus unfamiliarity, childhood versus adulthood. But one recurring opposition that seems to be the most prevalent is freedom vs responsibility. In fact, it is a controlling value-- as discussed in blog one. In the book, Remy, Morgan, and their [...]
Seconds Blog #4
One of the most effective elements in Seconds is the constantly shifting dynamic between the narrator and addressee. Bryan Lee O'Malley plays with this relationship in a way that manipulates the narrator, the addressee, and the capable reader. O'Malley often switches between addressees and narrators. Throughout most of the book this outside voice who I [...]
“Sleepless Nights” Blog 1
Before reading Sleepless Nights, I was expecting that it would be a largely introspective piece that would teach us about writing because that is what reviews of the book put forth. So I went into the book reading for the deeper meaning, reading for what the narrator and the author were trying to make the [...]
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