Sylvia Likens

In the memoir, The Polygamist’s Daughter, the author Anna LeBaron describes the horrifying events of her past. The book seems to be a kind of coping device for LeBaron as often she inserts her current thoughts on the many situations she talks about. This essay will prove that Anna Lebaron looks back at her past with bitterness as she recalls, realizing she wasn’t really blessed, older men approaching her, the harsh circumstances in Denver, running away from the cult, and, when she finally…

Being an editor for my publication Unnamed Trademarked Patent Pending has its up and its downs but writing an anthology for Gwendolyn Brookes, Sherman Alexie, Lucille Clifton, Sylvia Plath and Gary Soto was eye opening. These are some of the best poets that I have had the opportunity to read and appreciate in my lifetime. The diversity among the bunch was very fulfilling, from poetry about racial tension, native American culture, women empowerment, depression to young love. Initially the poems…

the summer in New York City that Sylvia Plath talks about in her novel, The Bell Jar. This novel captivates in great and vivid detail the enjoyment that Sylvia Plath has in the summer of 1953. However, while Pain, Parties, Work sheds light on the vivacious side of Sylvia Plath during that summer, it doesn’t match the life that Sylvia portrays in her own novel. Sylvia in New York City is electrically alive; Sylvia in her own novel is drained from it. In 1953, Sylvia Plath had applied for an…

To be born in Cuba is to be born separated from the real world and isolated on an unforgiving island. Although Cuba can be seen as a beautiful place that is rich with history, Nieve, a girl living in a real life rollercoaster, portrays an entirely different perspective within the pages of her Diary. Today, the book Everyone Leaves is the published novel of Nieve’s Diary. Wendy Guerra, the author of the book, reveals that frequently writing your feelings down on paper is a good way to cope with…

In poems, “Family Secrets”, and “The Whipping”, the tone is very unsettling. Both of these poems have a really deep story. The tone shows so much emotion that it almost makes one uncomfortable or feel pity. An example of this “I mean, she found me, sure, but who’s the one that told me go and play out in that goddamned field in the first place?” (Ceci, 6-8) The author does this to show the reader that this “boy” does not believe what others do about his sister, he is releasing something about her…

In philosophy, qualia is an individual's subjective internal emotional experience. Qualia refers to the aspects of human experience that may be perceived differently by others for a variety of reasons. Internal states may be described, although they differ from person to person. Qualia may include simple experiences such as the perception of color, texture of temperature. However, it may also be much more complex such as an individual's thoughts and experience relating to mental disorders,…

Sylvia Plath’s satire on marriage, The Applicant, explores the pitfalls and double-standards often associated with marriage. Stanza seven begins with the allusion to anniversary milestones, “in 25 years she’ll be silver, in 50, gold”, with a constant reference…

One of the well-known couples and break-ups was Tanya Tucker and Glen Campbell. Back in 1981, she was 22-years-old and he was 45. She was devastated over the break-up, after being engaged and making it to their wedding day. They sang many duets together. The lyrics in each of their solo careers gave you a great idea of how close they really were. Taylor Swift is known for writing songs about her relationships. One need only remember when she wrote a song about the demise of her relationship…

In this day and age, there are many female authors out there that most everyone knows, such as J.K. Rowling, creator of the wildly known Harry Potter. However, in Isabel Allende’s time, perhaps up to this day, male authors were the ones who got the recognition. Nonetheless, Allende took the world by storm with one of her first novels, The House of the Spirits, which captured three mystical women's lives in a patriarchal Chile. From the day she was born, Isabel Allende was not quite ignorant to…

I read the book Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The main characters are Kirsten Raymonde and Miranda Carroll. The novel’s setting is around the Great Lakes area. The setting affects the novel because the area is desolate because it has been 20 years since the end of civilization. Kirsten lives and works with a group of artists called the Traveling Symphony. They go around to towns in caravans and perform plays and music to other survivors. The book switches around from…