Tears of the Silenced Annotated Bib

I did not know what I was in for when I decided to enroll in the “How Writers’ Read” course. I had heard absolutely nothing and didn’t bother with looking at the course’s description. The first class I was thrown for a loop. I didn’t understand a single word of the first lecture and sat

Evil impact on Religion

Tears of the Silenced by Misty Griffin is the true story of an isolated and abusive girlhood. Griffin recounts the details of a life of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and her redemptive re-entry into modern society. It is a story ultimately about the triumph, as Griffin transforms from the victim to the victim’s advocate.

Save the World

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is a story of two seemingly polar opposite beings coming together to save the world that they both have accidentally fallen in love with. When first reading about an angel and demon from a summary, readers are lead to believe that this story will be all about

Split Personality

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson is the story of two sisters, one accused of mass murdering her own family, the other living in hatred of the outside world, only venturing when she truly has to. This story leads its readers through a twisted version of the movie Frozen, one sister

Maus Blog 4

The relationship in “The Complete Maus” between narrator and addressee is an untrustworthy one. It’s very much like being an unloyal relationship between a loved one. Whenever Vladek accounts his experience with the Holocaust there is wariness within the reader. Spiegelman creates an aura of not wanting the reader to trust his father’s story and