Author: Julia Joyce
Lukewarm Living
Julia Joyce Not only did Herman Melville write the exciting story of Moby Dick, he also wrote “Bartleby, The Scrivener: A Story Of Wall-street.” Now I have never read Moby […]
Darth Vader as the Raven
Julia Joyce I have discovered that the voice a piece of writing is read in has a drastic effect on its mood and how it is received. If you have […]
Make a Choice
Julia Joyce Slavery is usually talked about from the perspective of the slave, and for good reason. It is an awful cruelty, and the story of the slave was often […]
Perceptions of Poe
Julia Joyce I am going to take a page out of Edgar Allen Poe’s book and tell you that you do not want to read this blog post. It is […]
Slavery and Morality
Julia Joyce What does it mean to be good? How do we know what is right and wrong? Do we not steal because society, and law tell us this is […]
Me, Myself, and I
Julia Joyce “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson is an essay that contains pieces of truth, but it takes that truth to the extreme. Take this quote for example, “My life […]
A Life Well Lived
Julia Joyce By the end of the Leatherstocking tales Deerslayer/Natty Bumppo/the Trapper is nearing ninety years old. He has lived a long life, and he and everyone else knows it […]
Sleeping Through Life
Julia Joyce Washington Irving wrote a short story called “Rip Van Winkle” about a man who gets lost in the woods. Before getting into the story I need to take […]
The Mercy of Slavery?
Julia Joyce Poetry is ambiguous. That is the appeal of it usually. The answer is not just handed to the reader. The reader has to care enough to work for […]
Attaining Virtue
Julia Joyce In his autobiography, Ben Franklin claims to seek “moral perfection.” He wants to be faultless and not miss the mark whether because of humans’ natural predisposition to sin, […]
Is the God of Christianity Good?
Julia Joyce “Day of Doom” by Michael Wigglesworth, Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson, and Edward Taylor’s “Upon Wedlock and Death of Children” […]