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The crisis Masculinity, a movement that peaked throughout the 90s and early 2000s, seeds itself during adolescent life in media and stigmas presented of what it means to be a man. After years of conditioning male stereotypes, the American Male enters the white collar work force and alas, encounters the pressures of supporting middle class […]

As confusing and frustrating as The Theory Toolbox was to read, I found myself actually interested in it’s content. It’s ambiguity amazed me. I honestly couldn’t comprehend the credibility behind such a anti-climatic, dead-end style critique of all of the elements I use to write everyday. Each chapter had me questioning the psychoanalytical purpose of […]

The First Ten Lies They Tell You in High School: A Critical Examination of the Dumb Adult Trope in Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak “1. We are here to help you,” (Anderson 5) John Hughes’ 1985 classic, The Breakfast Club, begins with the secondary adult character of Richard Vernon— portrayed as what one would call a […]

While I came into this class a little late in the game, it ended up fitting well with my schedule this semester. In the throes of my other coursework–and being constantly told what I had to do and what I had to write about–it was a relief to be able to choose my own topic […]

Ah, 299. What a whirlwind, right?. When the class first started off in January, I’ll be honest and say that I thought I was going to be in way over my head. I had just declared my English major at that point, and my mindset was something like, finally, I’ll just get to write some poems and […]

Coming into this class, I knew that it would probably me one of my more time-consuming English classes this semester. I figured I’d read a lot, write a lot, basically do what I have done in countless other English courses. I knew that a lot of the class was about theory, which scared me, but […]

In my ripe old age, after 2.5 completed years of college, I found myself at first too stubborn for this course. One accumulates many research papers over the course of several semesters, however as others have expressed I do wish I had taken 299 at the beginning of my sophomore year. While I had a […]

This semester has been quite interesting. I was introduced to writing my own critique on novels and movies. I normally would just see other articles and papers in my every day life without really thinking about all of the details and critical thinking that goes into the finished product. I think this will help me […]

I sure do wish I’d taken 299 Sophomore year instead than at the end of my English requirements–that would have been a savvyer way to go. One of the main things I took from this class was a feeling of process. It was nice to go slo mo though the researching process.  I tend to […]

Having already gotten into the bulk of my English classes required for my major, I felt that this class would be unnecessary, as I had already learned many of the foundational skills I need by being thrown into the fire of upper-level coursework. However, this class provided something I haven’t had since English 110: an […]