English @ SUNY Geneseo | Kristopher Bangsil | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/krb19/activity/ Activity feed for Kristopher Bangsil. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 9a0740975265797ebd888b53d876a50f Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post The Importance of Humanity in Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14216/ Mon, 25 Nov 2019 23:07:00 -0500 Entering into this course, the only experience I had with Victorian Literature was in gothic horror novels such as Frankenstein. I had little knowledge of general Victorian literature. The stereotypical view of […]

]]> 0 75abecccf85c6f92e18181248758e330 Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Romance vs Victorian Society in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14151/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:48:31 -0500 In Reuban Sachs, one of the elements of the plot I immediately noticed was the prevalence of romance and courtship. Much of the plot surrounds Reuben and Judith, and their relationship within both the […]

]]> 0 190ec568621866e637079c5fd61487de Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Violent Themes in Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14091/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 07:03:47 -0500 In both of Wilde’s works, there are many dark themes surrounding loved ones. In much of the literature we have read, there has been many examples of inflicting violence acts against family members or those close. […]

]]> 0 87f7975e413dccecac1c1801b0bbb50a Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Rising in Status in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13909/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:44:44 -0500 Once again, strong parallels can be formed between the central characters of Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations. In the content of this week’s chapters, this is most notable in Pip and Heathcliff’s rise in […]

]]> 0 d3e760fffe572ced345d86b42262cc59 Kristopher Bangsil commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13856/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 18:24:58 -0500 I found this paragraph to be a little humorous in Pip’s analysis of the world around him, and also interesting. It seems that his sister is the dominant force in his domestic world. We learned through our previous […]

]]> 0 0db8c1ea37e61c1ad77636f2485a7e34 Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post A Child's Perspective in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13833/ Tue, 22 Oct 2019 01:27:19 -0500 Pip is raised by his sister, who seems to be the dominant force in the household. This is humorously mentioned, whom Pip says that his sister perhaps married Joe “by hand”. I find it interesting that in the ear […]

]]> 0 047588a4b9d0fe31751e4989a122f95d Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Science, Religion, and Ambiguity in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13669/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:21:15 -0500 Of course, the most obvious and clear connection between all of the works is the progress of science, and how it conflicts with previously revered religious thought. Father and Son describe the resistance to this […]

]]> 0 830c2dbdbe55eece17507e9c4b8fe91b Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Throughlines in Wuthering Heights in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13609/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:18:04 -0500 As the second half of the novel came to a close, I found it interesting how much of the second half mirrored the first. Similar themes such as marriage, complicated relationships, and familial lines all play a […]

]]> 0 0a8267eba852569ca44eb715d8809fb7 Kristopher Bangsil commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13577/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 01:59:12 -0500 The cruelty of this particular line of dialogue brings into perspective all of Heathcliff and Linton’s actions. There is a lot of depth to many characters in Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff in particular. Linton at […]

]]> 0 b752627a898322ca11ddfe009b9047a5 Kristopher Bangsil edited the blog post Violence within Victorian Institutions in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13554/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:42:28 -0500 As the story continues, the most interesting character I find within Wuthering Heights is Heathcliff. The combination of Heathcliff’s unique upbringing, contrasted against the upper-class world of wealth within […]

]]> 0 cb88d59655c296d733e05a91f8b54b43 Kristopher Bangsil edited the blog post Children in the Victorian Social Climate in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13475/ Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:08:50 -0500 One of the most prevalent parts of the beginning of Wuthering Heights is in its usage of children. One of the most critical and strange scenes in the opening chapters is when Catherine’s ghost talks with L […]

]]> 0 3000b7f2d84a3821f63cff69458dce27 Kristopher Bangsil commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13327/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:56:26 -0500 The concept of representation and consent to governance is one of the core and fundamental aspects of American freedom. The United States was built upon the idea that the government was a true representation of […]

]]> 0 1514cc4b6445f1927c02d5a9b78e5465 Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post What I hope to learn about Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13266/ Tue, 03 Sep 2019 18:50:08 -0500 I have read very little Victorian Literature, maybe even less so than many other students who are coming into this course with little experience. The only experience I have within this time period is Mary […]

]]> 0 22b99e566f5ef94dc3e382c6228c2a60 Kristopher Bangsil replied to the topic Favorite work of Victorian literature in the forum Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/nineteenth-century-studies/forum/topic/favorite-work-of-victorian-literature/page/2/#post-1441 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:11:46 -0500 Dracula by Bram Stoker

]]> 2346a4756db72d64d8b6506bc3bc881e Kristopher Bangsil joined the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13074/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:02:18 -0500 0 91b1de4a133fb46d40aa4be1fd399500 Kristopher Bangsil edited the blog post Learning to Write in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11596/ Wed, 12 Dec 2018 17:34:22 -0500 Writing is a difficult skill that takes years to develop and perfect. The process to solve a math problem can be instructed, the dates of a political conflict can be memorized, and even chemical compounds can be […]

]]> 0 80d1ab2cf87ea978404633366c9f26de Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post The Importance of Personal Conflict in The Stone Sky in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11374/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 17:32:29 -0500 One of the most powerful moments in The Broken Earth occurs in its final confrontation. “This moment would be when Essun and Nassun finally meet up after years of travel, “I watch you and your daughter face eac […]

]]> 0 9907743764593de36e9113e67d6f5b6a Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Defining Genre: Cyclical Apocalypse? in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11367/ Sat, 01 Dec 2018 06:02:07 -0500 Early on within my read of The Fifth Season, I had a personal theory that perhaps the Stillness was our own real world. Following the destruction of the environment, as we currently know it, the organizations and […]

]]> 0 6a5993be52e8689e68cecefd8c4d8e9e Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Labels, Identity, and Use-Names in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11297/ Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:46:30 -0500 Labels, names, and identify have power. More power than we often give them credit. In Joy Kim’s post, this subject is tackled and spoken about in a way that I truly identified with. I strongly agree with many p […]

]]> 0 e11e91047b390f1a59214ef02b5e7ecf Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post The Aeta and Cultural Disaster in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11259/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:30:50 -0500 In the collaborative blog post I previously worked on about the Mt. Pinatubo eruption, I had the chance to look into older stories I have been told within my own family and cultural upbringing. While I would […]

]]> 0 056fb2c60e0c66add44a43d6578387bc Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Essun as the Hero in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11232/ Tue, 27 Nov 2018 00:31:50 -0500 One moment within The Stone Sky that really got me thinking about the series at large was on page 222, where Danel and Essun talk of the term “hero”. Heroes and heroism often find themselves within texts tac […]

]]> 0 21dbcd8f1e59635616ac910cfd822c0f Kristopher Bangsil edited the blog post The Second Person Perspective in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11208/ Sun, 25 Nov 2018 04:41:05 -0500 Probably the most apparently strange aspects of The Fifth Season is in its perspective. Jemisin uses not only three different characters within the novel, but more than one perspective. I found this to be one of […]

]]> 0 1a79ba1ff4e69edfd5abbca69c95f8d1 Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Magic and Orogeny within Fantasy World-building in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11196/ Tue, 20 Nov 2018 01:24:14 -0500 In my own time reading the series, orogeny has been one of the most unique and interesting aspects of The Broken Earth trilogy. Its process and descriptions always seem to interest me, and in any passage […]

]]> 0 4a7dd78acf8808851ae49dcfc9294759 Kristopher Bangsil wrote a new blog post Representation in The Stillness in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11022/ Sun, 11 Nov 2018 01:09:09 -0500 Representation is an interesting topic that Jemisin clearly implements within The Fifth Season. Within her writing, she makes careful note to include many otherwise ignored groups into her world, presenting these […]

]]> 0 05ebd78bd703c2a152173286667657c4 Kristopher Bangsil joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/11021/ Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:28:13 -0500 0 932346cd95c3d326a45969a1745cb1f0 Kristopher Bangsil became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/10878/ Mon, 15 Oct 2018 18:45:59 -0500 0