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Project 2 (Reupload)

There is something to be said about the countless stories in history that go unheard. Millions of stories are untold due to the massive wave of history swallowing them up and leaving them in the void of time. When it comes to war, natural disasters, or any situation with victims, we rarely hear the storiesContinue reading “Project 2 (Reupload)”

King Dusyanta-> John Smith-> Aragorn

This project will consist of three “film reviews” from Shakuntala, Pocahontas, and Lord of the Rings. I believe that their “heroic” characters and their respective conflicts draw similar conclusions. I am setting out to show a pattern in characters perspective storytelling over time. It should start as origin, to “original”, then to the final rendition.Continue reading “King Dusyanta-> John Smith-> Aragorn”

Love Is Here To Interfere- Shakuntala Updated

Jack Shebell Global Literature Nicholas Helms November 22nd, 2020 Love Is Here To Interfere  “Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul, and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more…”-Continue reading “Love Is Here To Interfere- Shakuntala Updated”

On the Topic of Unessay #2

“They know not how to swim, they know not how to cast nets. Pearl-fishers dive for pearls, merchants sail in their ships, while children gather pebbles and scatter them again. They seek not for hidden treasures, they know not how to cast nets.” Tagore, “On the Seashore” On the Topic of Innocence Everything was freeOurContinue reading “On the Topic of Unessay #2”

Shakuntala Unessay

For my second project, I decided to make a poster about some major these in the Shakuntala reading. The 3 large themes that I identified were Love vs Duty, Nature, Body and Spirt, and Concealment vs Separation. I felt like these themes specifically stuck out to me.  “But how can it have happened that, simplyContinue reading “Shakuntala Unessay”

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”