High School

Title: The Importance of Being Earnest Author: Oscar Wilde Date of Publication: 1898, First Performed 1895 Genre: Satire, Comedy of Manners Biographical information about the author (for my knowledge only, but very helpful): Author, … [Read more...] about Reader’s Guide: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Title: The Metamorphosis Author: Franz Kafka Date of Publication: Originally published in 1915, first english translation in 1933 Genre: Absurdist fiction, novella, slipstream fiction Biographical information about the author (for my knowledge … [Read more...] about Reader’s Guide: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

This time, I have a project from ninth grade, where we had to choose a character from the Hobbit and write journal entries from their points of view throughout the novel. I choose Gandalf, so this is “Gandalf’s Journal”. The day I came upon the hobbit: I was simply … [Read more...] about Gandalf’s Journal

An essay from the 9th grade about The Hobbit and the signifigance of Bilbo naming his dagger. Topic chosen: What do you think of the name “Sting” for Bilbo’s dagger? What would you have named it? Why? Bilbo got his sword from the trolls back in the early days of their … [Read more...] about An Essay On “Sting” From The Hobbit

My “research paper” from nineth grade where I compared The Hobbit the book to the movies, both the 70’s cartoon and recent Peter Jackson trilogy. Hobbit Research Paper: Movies vs. Book The Hobbit is an epic fantasy novel written by J.R.R Tolkien, published in 1937. The book … [Read more...] about The Hobbit Movies vs. The Book