Ali Smith

The “Skelf” of Existence in Hotel World

December 13, 2016 by Sarah Gompper

I wrote the following short paper on Ali Smith’s Hotel World for Eng 220: Literary Analysis with Dr. Fackler.

The “Skelf” of Existence in Hotel World

I wrote the following short paper on Ali Smith’s Hotel World for Eng 220: Literary Analysis with Dr. Fackler.

How Form and Diction Reflect a Lover’s Loss and Confusion in “Reconciliation”

I wrote the following short, close reading of W.B. Yeats’s “Reconciliation” for Eng 373: Terrible Beauty with Dr. Churchill: Yeats’s “Reconciliation” depicts two lovers back together after a time apart, with a central theme of love as intimately connected to creative passion. The speaker anguishes how his ability to think and write vanished along with his lover when she left him, and notes that when they are reunited the “world

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Freedom of (some) Information (for those who can afford it)

This blog was originally published for FreedomWorks on June 3, 2015.Watch movie online The Transporter Refueled (2015) On June 2nd, the House of Representatives Committee on oversight and Government Reform began a hearing on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The hearing spanned two days and was aided by three panels of witnesses. In effort to ensure transparency, the congressmen assessed how government agencies currently view FOIA and deal with

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