The House of the Scorpion (Scorpion, from here on out) is by far the easiest book I have read for this class (with the exception of WE3). Though the book has a straight-forward and somewhat predictable plot, the book is easy to understand with its familiar scenery, non-confusing vocabulary, well-developed characters and, most importantly, a […]
Monthly Archive for November, 2011
More Similar Than Odd
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 30th, 2011
Is it Live or is it Freedom?
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 20th, 2011
I am finding it easier to focus after walking a bit inside Rorschach. I felt dizzy coming in at first, but I didn’t want it to stop me from the task at hand. Everything looked good so far. No warning signals on the HUD or from the grunts. As long as the team stayed focused, […]
A Compelling Sentence on The Question of Agency
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2011
“She was an abstraction in an abstraction: an impossible intersection of dozens of bright panes, as if the disassembled tiles of a stained-glass window had each been set aglow and animated”. Blindsight, Pg. 142 After reading some of Part II in the book Blindsight, I found that the most compelling sentence in the book […]
Diary Entry, November XXXX
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 3rd, 2011
Note: For the purposes of this blog, I made Akin a little older than he is in Part II, chap. 11, where I got my ideas from. ~KP I have got to say, today had to be the weirdest, yet most interesting day in my life (well, in my new life). The day started […]