English @ SUNY Geneseo | John Tjartjalis | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/jnt4geneseo-edu/activity/ Activity feed for John Tjartjalis. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9180072203b164a6b82bba7049c008dd John Tjartjalis wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=622 Fri, 01 May 2015 15:16:39 -0500 While reading excerpts from Books of the Living, the idea of how people should act together as a community really struck me. Lauren truly lived by that mentality because she would gather everyone in Acorn for a […]

]]> cd832ed20552342522d3dedc8a32a641 John Tjartjalis wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=569 Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:24:16 -0500 “Oh, God, there you go again. You’ve always got a disaster up your sleeve.” – Joanne Garfield, Parable of the Sower

While reading Parable of the Sower, I couldn’t help but think this statement is the perfect […]

]]> 0fa710e56244ec8a08253ccf87a4c6df John Tjartjalis wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=487 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 14:04:30 -0500 “’Human beings fear difference,’ Lilith had told him once. ‘Oankali crave difference. Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status. Oankali seek difference and […]

]]> fa73329d9b54a595a28b90a377587787 John Tjartjalis wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=260 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:20:54 -0500             This is mostly just a mixture of wishful thinking and denial, but I want to believe that Doro is still kicking. I felt a bond with Doro. Whether it was because he’s been with us from the beginning, or […]

]]> e01858dd073f8f9ad756955eaa6f45ba John Tjartjalis wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=193 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 05:42:46 -0500 While reading Conversations with Octavia Butler, Butler discussed how most science fiction novels deal with religion. She begins by explaining, “…science fiction tends not to deal with religion, and when it does […]

]]> 271480490b01266eff204fc9556b90d0 John Tjartjalis wrote a new post on the site Speculative Fiction http://speculative.sunygeneseoenglish.org/?p=191 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 05:41:08 -0500 Until today, I’ve been having trouble choosing a topic to blog about. I’ve been meticulously going through each topic that popped into my head until I came upon one that really got me thinking. When the professor […]

]]> 477f170e6ddfa6f466eb81d449c56de8 John Tjartjalis joined the group Speculative Fiction https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/3992/ Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:43:01 -0500 0 5303a3e7ad3349910760958a5ba2bb52 John Tjartjalis started the topic Seven Psychopaths and it's Anti-Hero in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/seven-psychopaths-and-its-anti-hero/ Sun, 27 Apr 2014 22:26:38 -0500 Martin Mcdonaugh’s Seven Psychopaths utilizes its incredibly talented cast of actors to poke fun at the clichés of Hollywood and the irrational tendencies that come along with it. First, we have Marty (Colin Farrell) the alcoholic screenwriter, and his good buddy and our antihero Billy (Sam Rockwell). Early in the film, we learn that Marty has a…[Read more]

]]> 2ec607b55cf9ce3ee0a980535c704555 John Tjartjalis replied to the topic Book's Character Journey in "Witness" in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/books-character-journey-in-witness/#post-362 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 15:33:56 -0500 Although I do agree with a lot of what you are saying about John Book, I believe that Book ultimately belonged with the Amish. From the bits and pieces we are given about Books past, he has always felt a sense of superiority over everyone in Philadelphia. From acting as a parent to his sister’s children because he can’t find a family of his own,…[Read more]

]]> f4dc3701a417afd6ea29b3193ea3b753 John Tjartjalis started the topic Big Fish - Is Edward Bloom a Hero? in the forum Film Talk http://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/film-talk/forum/topic/big-fish-is-edward-bloom-a-hero/ Sun, 16 Feb 2014 19:29:55 -0500 When you look at Ed Bloom, what do you see? Do you see a man who has lived a heroic and adventurous life, or a man who hides behind his stories to make his life seem more appealing. In fact, Ed Bloom has altered his life into such a series of weird and wonderful stories that his grown son, Will questions whether he really knows his own father. Fin…[Read more]

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