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  • Anna Karenina VS Sylvia Plath

    Through the examination of Joe Wright’s 2012 film adaptation, Anna Karenina and Sylvia Plath’s poetry, the idea of an individual’s struggle within the eye of society’s judgement is explored. Wright’s film delves into the life of imperial Russian aristocrat, Anna Karenina and her struggling love affair with Count Alexei Vronsky, which Wright cleverly unravels within the set of a traditional theatre stage. Wright develops the idea of societal darkness that is inflicted upon individuals through the judgements of what society considers a sin. Similarly, Plath’s confessional poetry contrastingly explores similar themes, as in her poem ‘Child’ she explores others protecting another’s innocence from the corruption induced into society. Additionally, Plath’s poem ‘Fever 103°’ questions the judgments given by society, as the idea of sin and purity are evaluated. Furthermore, ‘Lady Lazarath’ explores the consequences judgments from society can impact onto an individual as she confesses her struggles with suicide and depression through her confessional poetry.

    By Rose6 years ago in Geeks

  • Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu

    "Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers' bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town.

    By Abby Siegel6 years ago in Geeks

  • Recommended Reading

    A year or two ago I rediscovered my love for reading. I read a lot when I was younger, but it kind of faded away over the years as life got the better of me.

    By Alex Eynstone6 years ago in Geeks

  • Novel Excerpt: Nakita

    This is an excerpt from my written novel "Memoirs of the In-Between." I will be providing snippets here and there for your reading pleasure. My goal: Make you want to read my book from start to finish. I hope you enjoy!

    By Hope Martin6 years ago in Geeks

  • Star Crossed Lovers

    Star Crossed Lovers Hear Wedding bells Releasing on January 15th, Knot in Destiny is the fifth and final book in the paranormal romance series, Star Crossed. The Blackburns and Blackwoods are finally coming to terms and giving their blessings, but no everyone is happy with Meredith and Malcolm. Join them as they face magical trials and puzzling tests to prove their love.

    By Jessie White6 years ago in Geeks

  • The Men in ‘The Lord of the Rings’

    The Lord of the Rings is one of the most popular fantasy stories ever told. Whether you’re talking about the books or the films, both were and are huge successes. All thanks to J. R. R. Tolkien, who created a deep, detailed, and wondrous world for us to enjoy. The world of Middle Earth can feel so real, you can sometimes forget that it’s not. Between the various lands and kingdoms, the detailed history, the different races and their cultures, the different languages, Middle Earth feels truly lived in. Another important aspect that gives life to this world, is of course it’s characters. In particular, it’s male characters.

    By Erin O'Neil6 years ago in Geeks

  • Shakespeare Did Not Suffer from Imposter Syndrome

    Like clockwork, I woke up early. Today is Sunday, makes no difference. I am a machine. Sliding in my soft woolly pyjamas, I jumped out of bed with burning questions bumping around in my head. Questions such as where are the pieces of evidence of William Shakespeare’s ten thousand hours? How did he know what was going on in Danmark, Venice and fair Verona? Why he both started and stopped writing so abruptly?

    By Rex6 years ago in Geeks

  • Garth Nix - 'Angel Mage' (Book Review)

    Garth Nix is well known as being a frontrunner in the fantasy genre. His previous works include; The Old Kingdom Series, The Seventh Tower, The Keys to the Kingdom, alongside many other adult series, children's series, including several standalone novels. These standalone novels is where Angel Mage fits in.

    By Tom Sturtridge6 years ago in Geeks

  • Adam Savage - 'Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make It' (Book Review)

    Adam Savage. Many know him from his time as one of the hosts of the hit Discovery Channel show Mythbusters alongside Jamie Hyneman. Mythbusters ran for 14 years and in that time Adam became a firm favourite due to his passion for building, innovating and all around nice guy persona. Since the show ended, Adam went on to run another science and invention based show on YouTube called Tested (there is also Tested.com which I recommend checking out if you have a spare 10,000 hours). Tested continued to grow with people loving Adam's 'One Day Builds' series, where he has 24 hours to complete a project. This passion for making, building, tinkering and curiosity of finding solutions to problems had to come from somewhere.

    By Tom Sturtridge6 years ago in Geeks

  • Welcome to Sunnydale!

    I have always enjoyed reading graphic novels, but for some reason I just never find myself leaving the bookstore with them in my hand. I came to graphic novel relatively late (reading my first one a few years ago after a college friend gave me a couple of suggestions), and I have always felt that graphic novels were overlooked. Whenever I go to the bookstore, I do my usual sweep and casually meander my way through each section of the store looking for things that will catch my eye. Needless to say, when I passed through the graphic novel section and found the unmistakable face of Buffy Summers staring back at me, I knew what I was going to read next.

    By Kurt Mason6 years ago in Geeks