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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Author PTSD Led to Billy Pilgrim, Holden
It can be argued that “Slaughterhouse Five” and “Catcher in the Rye” were both shaped by their authors suffering from PTSD.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut, PTSD, Slaughterhouse 5, war, World War II Comments closed
Memorializing Our Lost Innocence
Wilfred Owen’s “Strange Meeting” is not only about the soldiers who have died but how their death taints the living.
Pentecost, When All Heaven Breaks Loose
Ken Sehested’s Pentecost poem says we have become acclimated to a culture of war and calls for us to break loose.
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America’s Avian Maestro, the Mockingbird
Tom Robbins and Scott Bates regard the mockingbird as an emblem for the consummate artist.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Mockingbird", "Talented Mockingbird", Harper Lee, Mockingbirds, Scott Bates, Skinny Legs and All, Songbirds, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robbins Comments closed
Have We Becomes Pottersville?
Using “It’s a Wonderful Life” as a lens through which to view the J. P. Morgan recent financial disaster shows what America has lost in today’s banks.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Banking, Economics, It's a Wonderful Life, J.P. Morgan Comments closed
Lit Explains Romney’s Off-Putting Laugh
Lewis Carroll, Kundera, and Dostoevsky help us understand why Mitt Romney’s laugh makes us nervous.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Alice in Wonderland, Encounter, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Idiot, Laughter, Lewis Carroll, Milan Kundera, Mitt Romney, politics Comments closed
Parents, Kids, Schools & Banned Books
Parents pressure schools to ban books because they want to protect their children. Their children want the books because they have a different set of needs.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged adolescence, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Book banning, Catcher in the Rye, censorship, Education, Harry Potter, J. D. Salinger, J. K. Rowling, Judy Blume, Perks of Being a Wall Flower, Stephen Chbotsky Comments closed
