After reading “Psychological Concepts Of “The Other:” Embracing The Compass Of The Self” by Steve Olweean, the idea of everyone other than you changes. I felt how true it was as I looked through and saw many ways that it connected to the four books I read. Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. How a young… Continue reading Outsiders to Everyone

Imagine being trapped in a frozen lake with only your head above the ice for the rest of your days. These are the days of death for the sinners who turned away from the light while still living. Welcome to Circle 9, of Hell. In life, the sinners denied God’s love and all human warmth.… Continue reading The Darkest Punishment

A lighthouse can symbolize many ideas. It could mean overcoming challenges or finding a way forward; simple adversity, guidance, or navigating through the world, but what does that really mean? In Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse, it embodies all of these thoughts. Breaking apart “to the lighthouse,” “to” implies that a person is on this… Continue reading The Significance of a Lighthouse

How will I be remembered when I’m gone? Will I even be remembered at all? I don’t want to be like a leaf, blown away in the wind, and forgotten. I want to leave the type of legacy that shows people that no matter who they are, they can become something if they work hard… Continue reading Carried by the Wind