About Me
This blog is for English 353 at CSU Chico.
Recent Entries
Eliot Crane: En Requiem
"What's madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance?" Theodore Roethke, In a Dark Time There is madness and there i... read more
The Curse of the Prophet's Hair
Fairy tale, grand philosophical allegory, satire, tall tale- there are certainly many layers to Salman Rushdie's "The Prophet's Hair", taken fr... read more
Lessons learned from Jasmine.
To be American is to value people for what they can do for you, not who they are, and to value your own happiness above everything else. It means fre... read more
A different perspective on Jasmine.
I don't much care for Jasmine. In novels told from a first person perspective there seems to be an unspoken rule that you must empathize and relate to... read more
Wherever you go, there you are.
It is my belief that we all have free will, and that we all get to make our own choices within the boundaries created by the choices of others. Howev... read more
Deus ex machina
Both God and Prophet, Elizabeth, the main character in Bessie Head's novel A Question of Power, lived through trials and tribulations unprecede... read more
Religious Allusions in "A Question of Power"
Jacob, Christ, Mohamed, Buddha, Shiva, Isis, Osiris, Medusa, the Devil, the Demiurge, Sophia and many more. In A Question of Power by Bessie Head the ... read more
Angelique Kidjo in Chico
On Saturday March 15th, Grammy Award winning singer Angelique Kidjo played an energy filled show at Laxson Auditorium in Chico, California. The Afro-P... read more
Kalachakra Mandala Closing Ceremony
On March 8th, 2008 the Kalachakra Mandala that had been assembled over several weeks by the Venerable Losang Samten was dismantled. ... read more
Choosing rebirth.
Two men who lived through the Second World War try to find meaning in a post-Imperial Japan. Both played a part in the horrors that their country comm... read more
