Rock Facts, the Unknown, Literary Themes and How They All Fit Together

Welcome to the Unknown. You’re more lost than you realize.

Who Needs A Man When You Have Magic

I recently watched the Disney movie “Saving Mr Banks,” the story of how Walt Disney persuaded P.L. Travers into allowing him to turn her book, Mary Poppins, into one of his classic movies. This, of course, made me want to watch the movie, Mary Poppins, which then…

Harry Potter: Wizards are Nature and Muggles are Nurture

Wizards and muggles are different in their family dynamic. To be a wizard, a child is born with abilities. The abilities come out through the unconscious: being sad, angry or upset. Muggles, however, are not born with special…

Reflections: Exploring Identity in 20th Century Brit Lit

Out of Place in Suburbia

I’m pretty boring, really. White, female, middle-aged (eek!), middle-class, married with children. I shouldn’t have any trouble finding a place where I fit in within our social structure — in fact, I’m fortunate to occupy a privileged place there.

Sherlock Holmes: Knowledge is Good and Bad

I am obsessed with watching crime shows, especially the ones with the FBI who think like the killers to bring justice on them. The FBI are heroes in my eyes. They do the job defeating the devils of the country and yet, are still not seen as angels because…

Into the Rabbit Hole: Taking the Red Pill

Part II of the Into the Wonderland of Modernism Series

Hello, Neo.

Now that you’ve chosen to swallow the red pill and followed me down the rabbit hole, are you ready to…

Waking Up: The Conclusion of The Into the Rabbit Hole Series

Alice, at the end of her story, wakes up and realizes it was all a dream. That is how I feel at the end of my Modernism studies. It all seemed so real to me at the time I was reading it, but the details and the understanding…