Incompetent Fools The child ambled around the zoo, humming along to a tune and kicking rocks into the enclosures. He was 4 years old and smeared with filth. Was this a homeless child, an abused child, or an escapee from the local orphanage? No, actually he was a normal child – it was his parents Read more…
Roald Dahl’s double edged sword: forged out of pure fiction and realism by Jason Qin Roald Dahl liked to use realism and surrealism as techniques to help deliver the story. Dahl is known to use realism to create empathy in his children’s books and unrealistic ideas in his adult short stories to keep his audience Read more…
Porcelain Pagodas and Dirty Pillows: Margery Sharp’s great study in Taste, Service, and Adventure OR From Golden Swings to Cold Dark Icicles: the Pendulum Bravery of the World’s Most Refined Mouse OR Miss Bianca’s Life: a study in rough adventure, cold barren wastelands and strife, and Ornate and Resplendent luxury OR Miss Bianca’s abilities in Read more…
Candy is something that everybody loves. It has quite a history starting with the first candy or chocolate occurring in 1502 after Columbus returned from his journey. But the first real modern kind of candy took place in the mid-nineteenth century, from the original Willie Wonka, Joseph Fry. In 1866, Mr. Fry launched “Fry’s Chocolate Read more…
The acrobatic animals of the ocean You know when you think of the most beautiful animals in the world, what do you think of? Well you think of dolphins of course! What makes dolphins so fascinating? Well, dolphins are brilliant animals, sleek and gorgeous, and like to put on a show. They’re like human beings Read more…
