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The Dew Breaker Bienaimé Family

Key Kirk Currents in Global Literature I made sims of the Bienaimé family from The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat. I decided to only make sims of Ka and her parents but to be very purposeful with each detail. I made Anne and Ka’s father when they were younger, around the time that the lastContinue reading “The Dew Breaker Bienaimé Family”

Silence, Gender Roles, and Trauma in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman

In literature, silence often functions as more than just the absence of speech; it serves as a powerful tool for communication, repression, and the reinforcement of societal norms. In The Dew Breaker by Edwidge Danticat and Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka, silence takes on profound significance. Both texts explore the waysContinue reading “Silence, Gender Roles, and Trauma in The Dew Breaker and Death and the King’s Horseman “

Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek

*All art presented, traditional and digital, was made by Sara Howell* Sara Howell Nic Helms Critical Theory 7 May 2024 Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek Regarding anthropomorphic characters in fiction, we genuinely portray them as people in their world, like the animals in Disney’s Zootopia. “In the psychological literature, anthropomorphism has been definedContinue reading “Prehistoric Animals to Humanoids in Dinosaur Creek “

Japan’s Most Omninous Ghost: The Onryō

Funny story diving into reading Yotsuya Kaidan, AKA The Ghost Stories at Yotsuya on the Tokaido. The weekend before I did the reading, I watched Netflix’s new animated show Blue Eye Samurai. It had everything I loved. Great animation, incredible voice actors, lots of violent, gory fights, and incredible writing in terms of the charactersContinue reading “Japan’s Most Omninous Ghost: The Onryō”

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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”