Author: Karley Conklin
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“Inception of a Brigade”: The Truth of Scripture in Question
“They hold on to their beliefs, even though all other men oppose them. But I’m for religion that is tolerant of the times and not a threat to my safety. They are for Religion when he dresses in rags and is considered contemptible. But I am for him when he walks in his silver slippers,…
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Biblical Femininity in How to Train Your Dragon 3
While watching How to Train Your Dragon 3, I realized the movie includes a great example of Biblical femininity, specifically of Biblical submission. As women in a society of independence and equality, we don’t like the idea of submission; the old-fashioned ideal of a subservient wife clashes with our vision of female strength. As Christian women,…
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Borges’s “The Witness”: Memory’s Preservation
“Events far-reaching enough to people all space, whose end is nonetheless tolled when one man dies, may cause us wonder. But something, or an infinite number of things, dies in every death, unless the universe is possessed of a memory, as the theosophists have supposed” (Jorge Borges, The Witness). What is memory? Malleable, imperfect memory,…
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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: The Art of Being Present
“This is it, I think, this is it, right now, the present, this empty gas station, here, this western wind, this tang of coffee on the tongue, and I am patting this puppy, I am watching the mountain. And the second I verbalize this awareness in my brain, I cease to see the mountain or…
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The Search for Self-hood in “The Age of Anxiety”
“My deuce, my double, my dear image. . . does your self like mine/ Taste of untruth?” -Quant, The Age of Anxiety Throughout his work, The Age of Anxiety, Auden explores the trials of modern life which are responsible for creating a sense of unease in his age. One of the major causes of anxiety…
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Smeagol or Gollum, Pity or Hatred: How Are We to View The Slave of Ring?
“Pity? It’s pity that stayed Bilbo’s hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in…
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Art as a Mirror: The Influence of Art in The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The highest as the lowest form of criticism is a mode of autobiography. Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope… It is the spectator, not life, that art really mirrors.” …