TKAM: The Power of Perspective

Final Impressions Finishing the rest To Kill a Mockingbird came with many surprises, with one being the attack on Scout and Jem. This all began with the curiosity of Jem and Scout that stems from being young and innocent, and Atticus representing Tom Robinson. Throughout the novel, you see the development of the children firsthand as […]

TKAM: The Reality of Ignorance

First Impressions When I started reading To Kill A Mockingbird, I grew to admire the writing style of Harper Lee and how she used Scout and her point of view to express the main themes of the novel. When Atticus said, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of […]

Haroun and the Sea of Stories: Second Reading Second Thoughts

Rereading Haroun allowed me to open my eyes more and dig deeper into the true purpose. I could see the underlying, more mature themes that surfaced once I gained a better understanding of the novel throughout my second reading. At first, I read the novel like a children’s story by reading it in my head […]

Everything is a Remix

Throughout the story, I did recognize instances where Salman Rushdie used the book as a remix. I see it as him mixing ideas from other children’s stories and books and movies and combining it into one book. Genies, sacred water, and magical birds are surely not original ideas, which leads me to conclude that most […]

Haroun and the Sea of Stories: First Reading First Thoughts

From my first thoughts free writing at the beginning of Haroun and the Sea of Stories until now, not a lot has changed. It still seemed like a silly children’s story that I kept wondering about why we were reading it and what we were supposed to take away from it at the end. However, […]