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Duality in The Dewbreaker

When coming up with an idea for this unessay, I wanted to find something that obviously wasn’t an essay. Obviously essays are SO MUCH FUN to write, but sometimes an essay isn’t the best way to convey the message you want to. Eventually I realized, why not make a video? I’ve been wanting to makeContinue reading “Duality in The Dewbreaker”

Ka’s Monologue – The Condensation Tracer

For my second project, I decided to write a monologue of Ka reflecting on her father after the revelation at the end of “The Book of the Dead” chapter. I found The Dew Breaker to be a very powerful book and I honestly was left in stunned silence at the end of it. It’s justContinue reading “Ka’s Monologue – The Condensation Tracer”

New York Vs. Haiti: Themes in The Dew Breaker

link to image in google doc in case it is hard to read here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14XF93AwNqRWpFHtTQ8IH8BEq0LrzuUYK/view?usp=sharing As I was reading through The Dew Breaker, I noticed that the living situation in Haiti and in New York was very different. The chapters that centered around life in Haiti showed a life where family and community were veryContinue reading “New York Vs. Haiti: Themes in The Dew Breaker”

Dew Breaker Family Tree

In The Dew Breaker, Edwidge Danticat constructed a tangled web of people, connected through a common heritage, a shared experience of immigration, and a the shadow of a dark past that looms over them all. This complex web is illustrated above. The different colored lines represent the nature of the relationships between people, whether theyContinue reading “Dew Breaker Family Tree”

Scars, Erasure, Papa and Sgt. Barnes

“Besides, soon after her husband had opened his barbershop, he’d discovered that since he’d lost eighty pounds, changed his name, and given as his place of birth a village deep in the mountains of Leogane, no one asked about him anymore, thinking he was just a peasant who’d made good in New York. He hadn’tContinue reading “Scars, Erasure, Papa and Sgt. Barnes”

Beauty in Nature… Shakuntala

Representation of Nature in Shakuntala – Unessay In Kalidasa’s story Shakuntala, the king, and Shakuntala herself fall in love to make the readers feel a mixture of emotions. These emotions also may come from the combination of themes throughout that may connect to the readers’ lives and personal stories. Some themes being love, beauty, nature,Continue reading “Beauty in Nature… Shakuntala”

Faerie Queene but Make it Pokémon

http://pokemonqueene.000webhostapp.com/index.html For my second project, I decided to combine Pokémon and the Faerie Queene. The healing well in Canto 11 with its purifying waters instantly reminded me of the Pokémon Suicune, who has the ability to purify bodies of water. I couldn’t stop thinking about Pokémon after that (I’m honestly always thinking about Pokémon though)Continue reading “Faerie Queene but Make it Pokémon”

Errour and the Knight

Like last time, I decided to do an unessay. While reading the Faerie Queene, my mind latched onto the creatures of the story as they seemed far more interesting to me than the others of the story such as the knight. Not to be mistaken as complete disinterest in the story, merely just the lackContinue reading “Errour and the Knight”

Kinda Nervous

Andrew (sometimes Andy, but never Drew) looked into a mirror and adjusted a jean jacket. He liked how it filled out his shoulders, he liked the cut, he liked how it slimmed him out. He sucked in his gut and held a pose and bobbed his head with approval. Emma (Em to her friends) shiftedContinue reading “Kinda Nervous”

the long awaited First Major Project

Explanation I was granted an opportunity to flex my adaptation skills for this first project. While I was reading “The Book of the Dead” from Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker, I realized how theatrical it is. Right off the bat, Danticat uses conversational dialogue to do some exposition, which read like a script in myContinue reading “the long awaited First Major Project”