A Thousand Plateaus

During the beginning of the movie The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen commences her "Hero's Journey". In the beginning of the film Katniss' ordinary life is shown to the audience, including her poverty-stricken district, her small-knit family, and her friendship with a boy named Gale. The first step in the Hero's Journey is "The Ordinary World", in which the hero's normal life is examined before they go on their actual journey. On the day of the infamous reaping, in which two tributes (a girl…

stories, it becomes important to keep reading. Some authors use specific techniques to grab the reader’s attention. For example, according to Rebecca Stuhr in her chapter entitled, “Forms of the Novel That Can Be Used To Describe The Kite Runner And A Thousand Splendid Suns” outlines that a bildungsroman story “...follows the life of the young man or woman as they become aware of limitations imposed upon them by family and the inadequacy of their education opportunities” (Stuhr 12). The…

To me this book is all about courage, it starts with Hassan and the way he would stand up for Amir when they were kids like, when Hassan pointed the slingshot at Assef and his friends when they were threatening Amir. Then when Amir has grown up he goes back and Hassan's son who has lost his parents due to the Taliban shoots Assef in the eye when he was hurting Amir. The third moment of great courage in the book is when Amir stands up for Sohrab when General Taheri calls Sohrab a Hazara boy.…

Annotation: Humans Of New York: “Invisible Wounds”- 13 Stanton, Brandon. (2016, August). Humans of New York. Retrieved from http://www.humansofnewyork.com/tagged/Invisible-Wounds#13 This story is about a doctor, a specialist in PTSD and has a history of working with people with AIDS back in the 1980's. The doctor said that PTSD is a fixable problem that can be treated, it is not the end of the world, and most definitely not suicide. He also explained how during their time in the…

“No greater love hath a man than he who has lain down his life for his brother. Not for millions, not for glory, not for fame. For one person, in the dark where no one will ever know or see”(Straczynski). The message that lies in this quote shows how deeply devoted people can be to men they consider their brothers. Wasdin’s moral values were shown throughout the novel when he had to make important choices no matter the consequences. Many examples of morality were expressed from…

Have you ever wanted someone to stop talking forever or at least only speak when spoken to? What about living in a world where there’s no stress about going to college, choosing your career, or listening to people drone on and on about their love life? Even though that sounds great, Equality, a citizen of The City in the book Anthem by Ayn Rand, shows that it’s actually quite dismal. The Council governs the citizens by administering their jobs, interdicting their relationships, and making…

Once upon a midnight dreary as I sat in my bedroom reading The Crucible, I noticed another well-thumbed section of the book of Miller’s plays given to us. The play was titled simply: Death of a Salesman. Intrigued, I momentarily stepped away from Salem, Massachusetts and into Brooklyn, New York. There, I was introduced to the insecure Willy Loman, his loyal wife Linda, and their dysfunctional sons, Biff and Happy. As I ventured into the novel, a feeling of sadness overcame me as Miller detailed…

Dreams evolve from the waking life of problems people face at a particular time. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Amir has dreams that affects his future decisions which makes him wonder if his past mistakes are causing him to have these dreams. In the winter of 1975, Amir witnessed Hassan, a servant who was also a best friend figure, get raped in an alley after the kite running tournament. Amir felt he was competing against Hassan for attention from Baba, Amir’s father. Amir felt that…

The boys of Viznitz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak went to help their Rabbi clean his house for Passover. While the boys were working a dish broke. The Rebbetzin was very upset and asked which boy did it. The Rabbi heard the question and came running from the next room saying in a joking manner, "don't tell!". The boys learned that honesty isn't always the proper way. Knowing who broke the dish wouldn't solve the problem anyway so there's no gain from embarrassing him. Having learned this important…

Albert Camus’s “The Guest” is a short account of an exchange between a prisoner and a school master. Daru, a school master is tasked with the duty of taking an Arab prisoner to jail. Conflicted between his duty to his country and his morality which is against denying a man his freedom, Daru neglected to make the choice of prison or freedom for the Arab. He forces the choice on to the prisoner, who chooses jail. Presented with a choice, each character is faced with the question of what to do…