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Isaac Schiller wrote a new blog post The Apocalypse and Garden Eggs: Ripe for Interpretation in the group
American Studies: 2 months, 3 weeks agoIn Nigeria, garden eggs are what Americans know as eggplants. They are cooked in many Nigerian dishes. Yet, it is garden eggs in their raw form which are most relevant to the “apocalyptic” novel Lagoon by Nne […]
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Isaac Schiller edited the blog post Dead Ted: Head (of State?) in the group
American Studies: 4 months, 1 week agoIn the apocalyptic worlds of Wild Seed by Octavia Butler* and American Desert by Percival Everett, “disability” is an inherently different designation from that of late 2oth-21st century American society. Both of […]
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Isaac Schiller's profile was updated 4 months, 1 week ago
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H. Schiller wrote a new blog post Higher Than Hierarchy in the group
American Studies: 2 years, 1 month agoBeing a person is confusing. Octavia Butler does not hide that within her Xenogenesis trilogy. Oankali society is in a perpetual state of “trade” (Womb 5.) Throughout the trilogy, Oankali-human society is dras […]
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H. Schiller edited the blog post Extrinsickness in the group
American Studies: 2 years, 4 months ago“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not….Habit is persistence in practice. Forget talent. If you have it, fine. Use it. If you don’t have it, it […]
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Isaac Schiller's profile was updated 2 years, 5 months ago
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Beyond the Bedford in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 1 month agoNear the midpoint of Percival Everett Intertextuality, I was arguing with my classmates. Rather than arguing to learn more about our differing perspectives, I argued to win. I felt as if I were trapped in high […]
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post A̖̘͕̳̻ͨͦ͛͑̎ ͑ͅis̘̬̼͍̻̠̓ͨ̋ͭ̈ͪ ̦ͮf̦̑o̽̒r̻̱͊̓͡ ̛ͫa̟̮̖̥̪̿ͤ̃͑̚͠p̹̙̞̫͇ͅp̻͉̠̠͓͇̯̑̍͆̆̈́̇̓l̙͉͇̽̐̚ḙ̭ͤ̉,̔́ ̊͌̒ͣͦͯͨB̗̰ͤͮ́ͅ ͕͛i̷͚͇̓̅s̪̘̰̈͗̒ ̜̟̰̗̱̮̣f͉̳͈̮͍ͅo̫̪r̠̻̩̯̪̳͖̈ͩ̌ͣ͗̈̚ ͗̀̇͋ͭḅ̩̬̱̐̏̏̏ę̘̖̩̪̗̅̈͋͋̚e̹̫̹͈͚̱͈̾ͬ͂̂̌͗ͣ͢,͑ͮ́̓ͦͤ̈́҉ ̸͖̖̩̬̟̫̅ͦ͂ͤͥͬC̟̹ͅ ̴i̡͉͖̲͚̯ͨͥ̋ͭ̏s̅ͦ ̪̭͇͚̲͜f̲͚͛̀̓ͅor̜̳̼ͦ͐ͭ̕ P͈̺̺ͨ̍̌h́͒̾ͦ̓ͯ͘’ͮ̅ͦ́n̂́͠g̜͊ļ̪͒u̫̜͓̠ͩͧ̆̏i̳̳͔̟ͤͪ̈̓ ̯̻͚̥̻̝̀m̿̑̓̄̋͏̻̱͓͙͈g̣͈̳͙̼͉l͏̹̱̜̣̺̰w͖ͬ’̺͎̰͎ͨ̌́ͣn̳͍̖̮ͨ̌͛̄a̩̝̻̺̺ͅf̖̅h̔́̾ ̦͍̦̲̖̻ͭͬ̂̈̃͌C͘t̛hͪͮ͆̃u̙̠̭̥̲̾̈̓͑̾lͬh͕͞u̵̟ ̿R’l̪̙͖̩̫̯̍̈ͮͥ̽ͭ͢y̼̣̲ͥ͑ͭe͔ͬh ͯͩ͆̐͛w͚̻̣ͬͨ̂g͑ͫ̉̋ͣ̈ͯă̈h͇̜̦̦̩͈̐̎̾͐̓̚’n̂͐͗̅ͩ̓ͭag͕̠̟̙͓ͪͬ̂ͨ̾l fh̹̮̥̺͉tͯ͐̐ͥͬ̚a̙̺͖̥͔̩͆̄ͥ͌̿ͦ͑ͅg͓͕n̛͎̣͙̥ͫ̍̎ͮ…̶ in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 2 months agoIn recent discussions of structure, a controversy has been whether structure is an appropriate tool to measure how much knowledge is disseminated. On one hand, Shelagh Neely argues that “Structure reminds me of a […]
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Ya Like Jazz? in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 2 months agoPercival Everett’s Zulus intervenes in the kind of social tensions that Jerry Seinfeld outlines in Bee Movie. More specifically, the poems exists in conversation with Bee Movie, suggesting the impossibility of l […]
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Gatsbarriers in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 2 months agoIn the novel The Great Gatsby, the titular character, Jay Gatsby, is obsessed with earning the affections of a wealthy woman, Daisy Buchanan, he had met five years before the beginning of the novel. He therefore […]
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post It’s Tragedian, Not Tragedi-Can in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 2 months agoBoth Frenzy and I Am Not Sidney Poitier contain elements of Aristotelian tragedy. However, Percival Everett subverts the fated tragic endings for both Dionysos and Not Sidney, as neither of their destinies are […]
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Isaac Schiller commented on the post, An End Goal of Catharsis, on the groupblog
Reader and Text 3 years, 2 months agoI find your argument interesting and thought provoking. Good job!
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post An Icon of American Character in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 2 months agoReflecting on one’s actions and transforming from one’s realizations “is what education and learning are about” (Williams, Wooliams, Spiro 121). One transforms into a version of oneself who is better suited […]
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Composbite in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 2 months agoThere is snow on the ground. Those walking outside without mittens, jackets, and scarves might physically develop a condition known as “frostbite.” I know that to acquire frostbite is to have the tissue under one […]
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Hailey Schiller wrote a new blog post That Not Sidney Sure is Something in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 2 months agoWhile supporting characters within the world of I Am Not Sidney Poitier, are flat caricatures, Not Sidney is characterized as being made real through a combination of story, dream, history, and his own lived […]
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Women’s Knowledge (Tiring-esias) in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 4 months agoIn The Bacchae, women are a mystery to society when constrained by it and become an incomprehensible hazard when released from it.
In Greek society, the segregation between men and women was believed to allow […]
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Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Bakkaspect in the group
Reader and Text: 3 years, 4 months agoDionysus is multifaceted, and therefore cannot be defined by a single name or culture. He is, as said by Percival Everett, “NOT [HIMSELF] TODAY.”
While there may be one fundamental “Dionysus,” different portion […]
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