Posts in the category “writing”
Brains and Behavior
Some thoughts on Hilary Putnam’s views regarding logical behaviorism
The Paradox of Popularity
I took a class in the Fall of ’94 called Desire and Power in Western Literature. I hated the class and I’m pretty sure the professor, Dr. Snodgrass, didn’t like me very much. I wrote this rambling, terrible excuse for a term paper, in November of that year. It is titled “The Paradox of Popularity: or What does the 1994 MLB strike have to do with being a Tom Petty fan?”
Coleridge and Wordsworth
Discuss the differences in the ways the image of sunset functions in Wordsworth’s Intimations of Immortality and Coleridge’s The Lime-Tree.
Titus Andronicus
An essay on gender roles I wrote in college in 1994
Ending Lists
On list groupings and the correct use of commas
Never Stop Questioning
“The important thing is to never stop questioning.” That quote is often attributed to Einstein. I cannot confirm that he ever actually said this. But I doubt I would hear many arguments if I suggested he was one of the greatest thinkers in history. Is “questioning” really all that important? I guess it depends on
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
An essay on “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” by David Gagne
A Farewell to Arms
An essay on A Farewell to Arms by David Gagne September 18, 1995
A Farewell to Arms
An essay on A Farewell to Arms by David Gagne
The Sun Also Rises
An essay on The Sun Also Rises by David Gagne