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As I read Pudd’nhead Wilson, I was drawn to Twain’s use of fingerprint technology, which was extremely new at the time. However, it wasn’t the technology itself that peaked my interest but rather how he tied it in to his main theme. It doesn’t take a literary expert to determine that Twain is making someContinue reading “Pudd’nhead Wilson Long Blog”

I think what really stood out to me a lot is when Tony (he isn’t an amazing person but you got to have a little sympathy for the guy) looks in the tv seeing his reflection. Even when other characters looked at themselves once in a while. Now I know there’s so much more importantContinue reading “Long Blog There There#1”

I read both this book and There There. I am going to do this blog on No Country For Old Men. Throughout reading this book, I kept thinking to myself what would I do? Would I try and find water for the man? Would I take the money? Would I leave the scene? Would IContinue reading “No Country For Old Men Short Blog #1”

With everything going on in today’s current world (mainly the Coronavirus), people are doing everything necessary that they can to survive and get through this tough time. In Grapes of Wrath, the Joads had the same mindset that we have currently, and that mindset is to survive at all costs. Currently, we are staying safeContinue reading “Grapes of Wrath Connection”

When I think back on all the books I’ve liked I seem to agree with most of my classmates on which ones were enjoyable and which ones were… less so. However, one book, which I’ve spent 4 years defending, has unjustly earned the reputation as one of the worst books we’ve had to read inContinue reading “Retrospective Blog #2”

Throughout the past 4 years at BSM I have gotten to read a ton of different books. Some I loved, some I hated, and some I stopped reading because they caused me physical pain. I just wanted to take a moment to talk about the best books I’ve read at BSM. The Curious Incident ofContinue reading “Retrospective Blog Part 1”

The theme through Catching Fire is to stand up for what you believe in. In the first book Katniss and Peeta are the last two alive and they threaten to eat these poison berries so that no one wins the hunger games. The capitol steps up and stops them before they kill themselves and allowContinue reading “Second Short Blog”

I recently finished reading the Hunger Games Catching Fire. I will be writing on the topic for if it is a great American novel or not. For me this is a hard answer. The hunger games series has been so loved and talked about by many people when it first came out. It was alsoContinue reading “First Long Blog”

In literature, tragedy involves a bunch of misfortunes that carry very bad consequences. “Puddn’head Wilson” exemplifies that description. In fact, the book was originally published in 1894 as “The Tragedy of Puddn’head Wilson and the Comedy of Those Extraordinary Twins.” A novel’s tragedy usually occurs in stages: happines, start of a problem, the problem grows, helplessness, and anContinue reading “Puddn’head Wilson Long Blog: Why the story is a tradgedy”

About the Author: https://www.cormacmccarthy.com/biography/ Born in 1933, Cormac McCarthy was a very successful novelist, playwright, screenwriter, etc. With his unique writing style that includes a lack of punctuation, many people say he is one of the greatest contemporary writers. In addition to No Country for Old Men (2005), his notable works include Suttree (1979), BloodContinue reading “Resources for No Country for Old Men”