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
An Inquiry into the Self and Other in Beowulf
In the epic, Beowulf, the purpose of the other is to reinforce the sense of self for the Geats and the Danes. Through the defeat of the other, or the different, by...
An Inquiry into the Self and Other in Beowulf
In the epic, Beowulf, the purpose of the other is to reinforce the sense of self for the Geats and the Danes. Through the defeat of the other, or the different, by...
On Smeagol
In the novel, The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien, there are many mystical creatures that are “monstrous”. However, Gollum is the most philosophically interesting. Gollum, (J. R. R. Tolkien...
On Smeagol
In the novel, The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien, there are many mystical creatures that are “monstrous”. However, Gollum is the most philosophically interesting. Gollum, (J. R. R. Tolkien...
On Voldemort
In the novel, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, by J. K. Rowling, Voldemort is a very philosophically interesting being. (Harry Potter, page 293) Voldemort, Harry Potter’s arch nemesis does...
On Voldemort
In the novel, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”, by J. K. Rowling, Voldemort is a very philosophically interesting being. (Harry Potter, page 293) Voldemort, Harry Potter’s arch nemesis does...
AI in "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"
In the novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the nature of emotions is a very intriguing theme, whereby there is no finite difference between the humans and the androids;...
AI in "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"
In the novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, the nature of emotions is a very intriguing theme, whereby there is no finite difference between the humans and the androids;...
On Dracula and the Nature of Vampires
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
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"
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"
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...