Holding on to Tomorrow

Custom-Made Fedora A fedora hat is a soft felt hat that is creased lengthwise down the top, or crown. It is pinched in front on bot...

Show and...Tell or Don’t Tell? In Invisible Cites , Calvino demonstrates how perception is unique for every reader. “Whatever country...

Vocaboalrio nel le città invisibili 1 . Bastions (Pg10): a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pe...

Teens vs. Memes Stephanie Vainberg comments in her blog Dystopia Today on how Society Killed the Teenager . Sharing her opinion, I agre...

Reverse Psychology Believe the best in other people. This is something I have been told, and I’m sure I’m not the only one.  Howe...

All for Nothing? “… acquired characteristics are not inherited.” (Pg.23) For many this might be a logical statement, but, in the context...

Error! Mistake: An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness. (Dictionary.com) “…It is...

Is the Glass Half-Full or Half- Empty? Candide once learned from Pangloss that optimism is strong and needs to be always present. Candide a...

Der Goldene Utopie “…We have nothing to ask of G-d, since He has given us everything we need. But we thank Him unceasingly.” (pg 79) In thi...

From Riches to Rags In li fe, we are used to only moving up in the social ladder. However, we forget about the slides… Since our infancy we’...

Planet Earth is Off Limits "Men must have somewhat altered the course of nature; for they were not born wolves, yet they have become ...

Auto-da-fé In Colonial times, Europeans went about accusing Natives of savages. They, nevertheless did not take into consideration that the...

Farewell Slaughterhouse Five Slaughter house-Five is probably one of the most striking, memorable and different book I’ve ever read. It’s t...

What Grandma Said... In Yvette Abadi’s blog-post Taking Control she depicts the way in which children are forced to take care of their par...

Mery-Go-Round It’s February 13 of 1976 the day of Billy Pilgrim’s death. Funny isn’t ir… well at least for Billy it is. We are facing a com...