Critical Reading Two
It is incredibly intriguing that Mary Shelly would open her book Frankenstein with letters written from Walton to his sister. Even more so that the opening line of the first letter is trying to relive Walton’s sister nerves. Walton writes, “You will…
Frankenstein CR
Mary Shelly used the literary devices of simile and metaphor to describe his unstoppable imagination of creating life. “No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success.” (Chapter…
CR #2
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein employs a host of literary devices to examine the boundaries between God and man, unraveling the core of Romanticism’s assertion of the individual above all else. Frankenstein, when confronted with his creation, takes the tack of an…
CR Post #1: Emmett Till
When reading the account of Emmett Till’s murder, it is clear that the author is biased. Though thought to be generally objective pieces in theory, it is apparent that the article is wrought in subjectivity. When giving background information on…
CR Post #1
There are some differences in the details of the two cases of Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin. According to Huie’s article, Milam was a plantation owner, who said to “…like niggers”, but only if they stay “- in their place”….