The moment the movie started and we got into the Lonely Mountains of the Dwarves, I already knew this was going to be really good, as I was so taken away by the absolute beauty the place was. It is nothing like the book! I read the rest of the books a few years ago Read more…
In the short story “Afternoon in the Jungle”, Albert Maltz revealed the society under the Great Depression with an absurd fight between a thirteen-year-old child and “a small, shabby man of forty-five”. Everything started with imaginative play: Charles Fallon threw imaginary missiles and picked up imaginary money, but then his dreams were interrupted by a Read more…
Rather than saying Larry’s essay is a pure reflection on the Idaho chapter of State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America, saying that it is a guide that leads readers to understand the history that is behind this chapter would be more reasonable and accurate. The series, WPA State Guides is the starting point of this history: Read more…
The man, the myth, the legend, Charlie Kirk: I knew Charlie Kirk from the videos he would post on social media and the heated debates he would hold publicly, which most notably allowed people from the crowd to approach with any question or statement. My first impression was that this guy was really smart because Read more…
Going Solo by Roald Dahl: the responsibility of a citizen In the chapter “The Beginning of the War” from Roald Dahl’s memoir Going Solo, the war between Germany and England erupted. It was just a few months prior to this that Dahl came to Dar es Salaam, which is a city in present day Tanzania. Tanzania Read more…
