As an adolescent, I used fantasy in an attempt to hold on to my childhood innocence and hated “Catcher in the Rye.” Little did I realize that Salinger’s novel describes my struggle.
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Reading My Way to Adulthood
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Circus Animals Desertion", adolescence, Albert Camus, Catcher in the Rye, Coming of Age, existentialism. Jean Paul Sartre, fantasy, J. D. Salinger, J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Ring, W. B. Yeats Comments closed
English, a More Practical Major than STEM
A recent study by Google of its 72,000 employees discovered that humanities training is more beneficial than STEM.
Trump Drama as Sherlock Mystery
Trump and the Russian investigation resemble the Sherlock Holmes story “The Five Pips.” But is Trump the secret society doing the killing or the panicked uncle marked out for slaughter?
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, Donald Trump, Five Orange Pips, Mary Oliver, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Russia investigation, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Comments closed
Eagles’ Win Was Like a Thunderbolt
A Tennyson poem to toast the Super Bowl champs.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "The Eagle (A Fragment)", Alfred Lord Tennyson, Football, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, Super Bowl Comments closed
Caught between Faith and Doubt
Rushdie has a great passage about a character caught between faith and doubt. The passage gives me an opportunity to determine where I myself stand.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Doubt, Faith, James Joyce, Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie, skepticism Comments closed
we have always loved each other
Ushering in Black History Month with a lovely Lucille Clifton poem about the need to keep believing in oneself.
