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Since this is the last blog, I think it should be a memorable one; I do not want to end this on a bad or sad end. Instead of viewing this as a goodbye, I am going to view it as a see you later alligator style, because saying goodbye means you will not beingContinue reading “See ya later Alligator”

So after thinking about a topic for the past hour, I have no clue about what to write. So I went on my phone to look up topics to discuss, then I got sidetrack, and again. By the end of it, I somehow started watching a video on YouTube about some random topic, falling asleepContinue reading “Free Time to Sleep? Nah”

After getting settled with the introductions to the novel, I decided to take a closer look into one of the characters in The Screwtape Letter, by C.S. Lewis, named Wormwood. Wormwood is a recent graduate of the devil’s training college who is assigned to his first human whom he must tempt into Hell. As aContinue reading “Wormwood the D.I.T (devil in training)”

The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis, is through the point of view of a devil named Screwtape, who writes letters to his nephew- Wormwood- about his mission of converting humans into Satanist. After reading just the first couple chapters, my initial thought was that this book would tell a story about how the “patient”, Wormwood’sContinue reading “First Thoughts about The Screwtape Letters”

After finishing the play Julius Caesar and looking back at some acts in detail, there seems to be a controversial topic about Brutus and the death of Caesar. Throughout the play, there have been many scenes in which Brutus has been manipulated, whether it be Cassius or Mark Antony, to doing something. However, we alsoContinue reading “Brutus’s Role”

Brutus, a very dear friend to Caesar and a well-known senator to Rome, commence a new era for Rome by assassinating the Tyrant Caesar. Mark Antony, a faithful friend and the right hand of Caesar, believes Caesar should have been king and wants justice for Caesar’s unlawful death. Ironical enough, these two drastically different charactersContinue reading “The Battle of Words: Antony V Brutus”

During class on Monday, we analyzed and discussed a quote from Act 1, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar regarding eyes, and how they view objects. After being confronted by Cassius, Brutus is asked if he could see his face, his response was, “the eye sees not itself but by reflection, by some other things” (I.ii.52). One wayContinue reading “Natural Reflection”

The key to obtaining a desire is from the work of rhetoric. Rhetoric, or the act of persuasion, is used in everyday language to help people convince or sway someone to a particular view or do a certain thing. In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, one of the main characters named Cassius uses rhetoric toContinue reading “The Key to Desire”