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Job Searching With AI

Jamie DaSilva Professor Helms Critical Theory May 7 2024 When applying for jobs we typically submit an application, get an email saying we have either moved onto the interview phase of the process or they are sorry to inform you that you are not a good fit for the position. When you move onto theContinue reading “Job Searching With AI”

Tourism in “A Small Place” and Massachusetts

Jamie DaSilva Professor Nicholas Helms Critical Theory 8 March, 2024 In Jamaica Kincaid’s essay “A Small Place” she discusses the effects of tourism on her home island, Antigua, a small island in the Caribbean. She describes these tourists as “ugly human beings”(Kinacaid, A Small Place, Literary Theory: An Anthology). Kincaid then goes on to discussContinue reading “Tourism in “A Small Place” and Massachusetts”

Reversed Gender Roles in Sultana’s Dream and Barbie

Jamie DaSilva Professor Nicholas Helms Currents in Global Literature 8 December, 2023 After reading Sultana’s Dream and watching Barbie I became fascinated by the way both stories had reversed the traditional gender roles. While the stories and contexts may be different, they both have worlds in which women are the superior sex which completely reversesContinue reading “Reversed Gender Roles in Sultana’s Dream and Barbie”

Paradise in The Blazing World and Paradise Lost

Jamie DaSilva Professor Nicholas Helms Rethinking Medieval Literature 8 December, 2023 After reading both Paradise Lost by John Milton and The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish I became interested in the way both describe paradise. Both texts describe a type of paradise in their way and I am curious as to how they are bothContinue reading “Paradise in The Blazing World and Paradise Lost”

Hope in The Dew Breaker and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Jamie DaSilva Professor Nicholas Helms Currents in Global Literature 20 October, 2023 After reading The Dew Breaker and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African I became fascinated by the way each book portrays the theme of hope. Both novels describe the hardships people of color have facedContinue reading “Hope in The Dew Breaker and The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano”

Heroism in Lanval and Beowulf

Jamie DaSilva Professor Nicholas Helms Rethinking Medieval and Renaissance Literature 20 October, 2023 After reading Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley and Lanval by Marie De France I became interested in the theme of heroism that is shown throughout both texts. Both Lanval and Beowulf are knights that do everything for a singleContinue reading “Heroism in Lanval and Beowulf”