• Fried Green Tomatoes and the Nature of Love

    Question: What does the novel Fried Green Tomatoes by Fannie Flagg suggest about the nature of love? Throughout the book “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe,” any reader can observe the constantly developing versions of love between both major and minor characters. This is apparent in the exclusively intense “friendship” shared between Ruth Jamison…

    Theo Sterling

  • Sex and Violence in William Blake’s “Vision of the Daughters of Albion”

    William Blake’s defiance against his society’s traditional, orthodox ideals concerning sex and sexuality are seen throughout many of his poems, and even his artworks. The poem in which Blake most extensively elaborates his celebration of love, and his critique of sexual repression is Visions of the Daughters of Albion (here on shortened to Visions). Visions…

    Theo Sterling

  • The Performance of Motherhood in Peter Pan: Growing Up is a Trap

    Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie opens with a scene in the Darling household’s nursery, where the novel also ends through a kind of closure by return. The nursery, for the Darling children, represents a place of maternal comfort, for it is in this room in their home where they are taken care of by their…

    Theo Sterling

  • How I Relieve Stress Before Exams/Midterms

    We’ve all been there, assignments are piling up as classes are coming to an end and exam season is looming over us. Stress is at an all time high. Now a little bit of stress in your life isn’t necessarily a bad thing however with so much going on at the end of the year…

    Theo Sterling

  • Wuthering Heights: On Violence and the Roles it Plays

    “All’s fair in love and war” is a memorable quotation and idiom on the human psyche, representing the simple acceptance of immoral behaviors as these acts only transpire when the terms or situation is dire. This idiom, in specific aspects, can appear to represent a kind of anthem for violence; meaning that any and all…

    Theo Sterling

  • Staying Focused on Studying

    This year I chose to take both spring and summer courses to allow myself to take fewer classes in my final year of university. But with the sunshine, outdoor adventures, and other distractions, staying focused on the task can be challenging. So I figured I would write down for my own sake and my reader’s…

    Theo Sterling