The Sum of My Undergraduate Degree
Call it being Type "A", being anal retentive, intelligent, stupid, crazy, on-crack, but I saved every single paper from my undergraduate degree (at least most of them.)
Most people write their papers, wipe their brows with tear-soaked tissues, and say "thank fuck that's done so I can never think about THAT again," before moving onto the next paper.
To me, I thought that was a waste. If I'm going to spend five years of my life writing papers, researching, and learning how to think deeply and critically, how can you measure your actual progress without keeping that record? So. I kept it. And it is very obvious how much I grew even year to year, never mind how much I grew from year one to year five.
Preserved entirely, I present, ALL of my papers that have survived (alas, when my mac died on me, I didn't have every single one backed up, so you can see the gaps in the earlier years). I have published them so it actually adheres to the dates they were submitted, and from most recent to least recent.
The growth is astonishing.
All the essays are available for free below, but a bound edition will soon be available, and the funds from the sales of this book will be 100% going to my student debt.
Juvenilia: University-Era Essays
The Italian: A Discussion on the Novel
In the preface, Radcliffe sets up what follows in a manner that distances the reader. Who is telling the story and why might she choose to create such a “blind”...
The Italian: A Discussion on the Novel
In the preface, Radcliffe sets up what follows in a manner that distances the reader. Who is telling the story and why might she choose to create such a “blind”...
The Monk: A Discussion on the Novel
In ‘The Monk’, what is the depiction of the religious sects? I could talk about this topic on and on because it's such an interesting dynamic. It's so ironic and...
The Monk: A Discussion on the Novel
In ‘The Monk’, what is the depiction of the religious sects? I could talk about this topic on and on because it's such an interesting dynamic. It's so ironic and...
The Castle of Otranto: A Discussion on the Novel
In the first ten pages of the novel, note the inexplicable/mysterious behaviours by Manfred. How does this “set up” the reader for the gothic narrative? PS. Can you think of...
The Castle of Otranto: A Discussion on the Novel
In the first ten pages of the novel, note the inexplicable/mysterious behaviours by Manfred. How does this “set up” the reader for the gothic narrative? PS. Can you think of...
Hemingway: A Study on Dialogue
In Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" the dialogue is very realistic in that there is so much that is conveyed through what is not said. In speech, people are...
Hemingway: A Study on Dialogue
In Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants" the dialogue is very realistic in that there is so much that is conveyed through what is not said. In speech, people are...
Miss Bingley and Miss Bennett Contrasted
The passage concerning Miss Bingley's inability to sit put and read is significant because it perfectly illustrates the reason why Mr. Darcy ends up with Miss Bennett over Miss Bingley....
Miss Bingley and Miss Bennett Contrasted
The passage concerning Miss Bingley's inability to sit put and read is significant because it perfectly illustrates the reason why Mr. Darcy ends up with Miss Bennett over Miss Bingley....
Escaping the Jago
For most people in the novel Child of the Jago (1896), by Arthur Morrison, (especially those who move into the Jago as a result of poverty), the Jago “gets them”....
Escaping the Jago
For most people in the novel Child of the Jago (1896), by Arthur Morrison, (especially those who move into the Jago as a result of poverty), the Jago “gets them”....