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MONTSERRAT REYES

Roald Dahl’s “The Hitchhiker” and O. Henry’s “After 20 Years” Roald Dahl has had a place on my bookshelf, and in my heart, since I was a little girl. Seeing his name again in this short story brought back memories of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda. Before reading the story, I had high Read more…

MICHAEL LIN

Gretath Yunberg I stepped outside and took a long, deep breath of the cool refreshing air. Everything was caked with a thick layer of glistening and shining white snow. The majestic pine trees with their skinny branches struggled to push against the snow that weighed them down. I stepped out and my heavy boots were Read more…

CHLOE ZOU

Eudora Welty’s second voice: how she infused her own thoughts into countless stories Eudora Welty mastered the art of writing. She created complex characters who follow her trademark saying, that “…Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single entire human being who will never be confined in any frame”; she Read more…

JOSHUA AARONSON

The Mystical Beast Cetaceans are a big family of massive mammals that act like fish. All whales, porpoises and dolphins are in this class. Balaenoptera musculus is identified in the cetacean family by their baleen, which is a fur-looking substance made of keratin, a protein. Cetaceans are mammals who live in the ocean. Only the Read more…

AARON HUR

The Time When Korea Owned China Many times, it seems that ancient histories of countries are displayed much more than other countries, just because they are looked at with such superiority. But don’t sleep on Korea because they’re right up there and deserve to share the spotlight. China is often looked at as a major Read more…