Narrated by the 80-year-old Benedictine monk Adso, “The Name of the Rose” relates events that occurred over a one-week period in 1327 when Adso (then an 18-year-old novice) and his master, the English Franciscan monk William of Baskerville, visited an abbey in northern Italy. The action takes place during the controversy over Apostolic poverty that ...
Hi folks! Are you…. – A busy person who never have enough time to read? – A teenage girl who will read anything besides long, plain textbooks? – A curious teenage dude who wants to know what girls like to read? – A middle aged woman interested in the imaginary world of teenage romance with ...
Emilia is a somewhat puzzling character in Othello since she does not have soliloquies or asides. Unlike Lago, who reveals himself in detailed monologues, what goes on in her mind is left up to the reader’s imagination. Despite limited knowledge of Emilia’s intent, the play implies that her intentions were innocuous even though they lead ...
Armageddon, it is a well known, long anticipated event in many cultures around the world. The battle between good and evil, where the positive forces will battle the negative forces in this world and, in most legends surrounding the impending event, good will win out in the end. In Christian lore, this encounter will be ...
One thing I’ve come to expect from seeing Ben Stiller is, no matter what the plot, his characters are pretty much the same. Regardless of whether he’s playing Greg Focker in Meet the Parents or Reuben Feffer in Along Came Polly, he seems to almost always play a nice guy thrust into an overwhelming situation. ...
Welcome to Tranquility Lane. This bizarre place – the setting of Chapter 6 in Fallout 3 – is a simulation concocted by one Dr. Stanislaus Braun. You may know him better as Betty, the girl on the playground. Your challenge in Chapter 6 is to escape Tranquility Lane. At first glance, the only way to ...
James Baldwin’s “Another Country” (published 1962) really seems to give the reader a lucent glance into the author’s own view of America and Baldwin’s feelings on how America handles diversity. Baldwin’s character Rufus Scott in my judgment has some striking similarities to the character Sonny in Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues.” Like Sonny, Rufus struggles ...
In my other post, “Top 5 Webcomics”, I listed my top favorite webcomics according to rank. In this segment, and perhaps part of an ongoing list, are some more webcomics that deserve due recognition for their achievements in entertainment and art. Without further adieu, here is the list: Sinfest – written by Tatsuya Ishida Sinfest ...
Byzantium by Stephen Lawhead Aidan, a young Irish monk, is one of thirteen brothers chosen for a long pilgrimage to Byzantium where they are to present a costly gift to the emperor. Aidan grew up in the monastery and hasn’t been to very many places, so he is happy and excited about this opportunity to ...
The Grapes of Wrath was written by the great American novelist John Steinbeck. Steinbeck has long been one of my favorite authors, I always loved The Pearl and Of Mice and Men, but I had yet to read The Grapes of Wrath. Over the summer, I bought the novel and started on it while at ...
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