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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.

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Juvenilia: University-Era Essays

On Dracula and the Nature of Vampires

On Dracula and the Nature of Vampires

Amanda Rautio

In the novel, “Dracula,” by Bram Stoker, Count Dracula is not described an attractive individual. (Dracula, 15-16) With a long nose, pale skin, a large forehead, sharp teeth, brooding eyes...

On Dracula and the Nature of Vampires

Amanda Rautio

In the novel, “Dracula,” by Bram Stoker, Count Dracula is not described an attractive individual. (Dracula, 15-16) With a long nose, pale skin, a large forehead, sharp teeth, brooding eyes...

The Power of a Hive Mind in the "The Rook"

The Power of a Hive Mind in the "The Rook"

Amanda Rautio

In the novel, The Rook, by Daniel O’Malley, it is shown that loyalty is often shirked in the process of gaining power and wealth; morals become a malleable entity and...

The Power of a Hive Mind in the "The Rook"

Amanda Rautio

In the novel, The Rook, by Daniel O’Malley, it is shown that loyalty is often shirked in the process of gaining power and wealth; morals become a malleable entity and...

On the Zombies of "World War Z"

On the Zombies of "World War Z"

Amanda Rautio

This essay was written during my undergraduate years and is presented unedited, as originally submitted. It reflects the knowledge, style, and perspective of that time, and forms part of a...

On the Zombies of "World War Z"

Amanda Rautio

This essay was written during my undergraduate years and is presented unedited, as originally submitted. It reflects the knowledge, style, and perspective of that time, and forms part of a...