English @ SUNY Geneseo | Isaac Schiller | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/schiller/activity/ Activity feed for Isaac Schiller. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 bfc6448073b325595537d32823cc937f Isaac Schiller wrote a new blog post The Apocalypse and Garden Eggs: Ripe for Interpretation in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/16108/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 01:11:04 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 2e3158ab998f9306955fcdf6467fe2f0 Isaac Schiller edited the blog post Dead Ted: Head (of State?) in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/16062/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 04:08:36 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 ee5ff5399674c4dc5c99b2ec598d0488 Isaac Schiller's profile was updated https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/16059/ Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:48:27 -0500 0 059f2711deaaccbd403d35796328c340 H. Schiller wrote a new blog post Higher Than Hierarchy in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15453/ Sat, 19 Dec 2020 04:18:42 -0500 Being 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 […]

]]> 0 e330bdd90c8484f8a1b778dc39ac7e66 H. Schiller edited the blog post Extrinsickness in the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15404/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 03:48:35 -0500 “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 […]

]]> 0 8781ce557667e1b5ef8edd0ccc60345b Isaac Schiller's profile was updated https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/15267/ Sat, 29 Aug 2020 04:02:09 -0500 0 d85def8afd010cb2438a2bb9e0cfde25 Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Beyond the Bedford in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14528/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 18:16:26 -0500 Near 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 […]

]]> 0 0890645e7469fd86e0f2b8d42bbf02a7 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 https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14489/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 02:52:00 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 a5ba75b7e24a73959b3df2c3dcdd1875 Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Ya Like Jazz? in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14437/ Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:15:34 -0500 Percival 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 […]

]]> 0 56c1b009dfe6df43948fc223e19d2e52 Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Gatsbarriers in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14405/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:11:36 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 19b3885c482eb60d120b765110b3d397 Hailey Schiller edited the blog post It's Tragedian, Not Tragedi-Can in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14397/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 03:19:25 -0500 Both 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 […]

]]> 0 186827450a15f3a28b0b5db1d22a7dbb Hailey Schiller commented on the post, An End Goal of Catharsis, on the site Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14359/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 19:10:03 -0500 I find your argument interesting and thought provoking. Good job!

]]> 0 4bb914eee7161cbf447e07597d68831f Hailey Schiller edited the blog post An Icon of American Character in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14355/ Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:51:05 -0500 Reflecting 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 […]

]]> 0 c92b0780112c57a8387bfba33da05426 Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Composbite in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14279/ Fri, 29 Nov 2019 04:58:54 -0500 There 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 […]

]]> 0 08d88b48df30ac89f79dd01676bafea0 Hailey Schiller wrote a new blog post That Not Sidney Sure is Something in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14075/ Tue, 12 Nov 2019 00:50:34 -0500 While 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 […]

]]> 0 9fc10707011c159432542b1cb5c78b29 Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Women's Knowledge (Tiring-esias) in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13683/ Tue, 08 Oct 2019 04:04:52 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 204dc370464fe8b06350735fef22231e Hailey Schiller edited the blog post Bakkaspect in the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13524/ Thu, 19 Sep 2019 03:59:00 -0500 Dionysus 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 […]

]]> 0 a32e0a8194537fd97b4e798c2d00d5d3 Isaac Schiller joined the group Reader and Text https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13511/ Wed, 18 Sep 2019 18:40:32 -0500 0 472142870d9e32e39e543d09c2284071 Isaac Schiller joined the group American Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12960/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:09:54 -0500 0 c1b399971608682d69d5a22d83a75466 Isaac Schiller became a registered member https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/12958/ Mon, 26 Aug 2019 03:08:14 -0500 0