The English Journal
Archived Issues:
Spring 2007
2005-06 & 2006-07
Spring 2007
** Indicates winner(s) of the English Essay Award. This prize is awarded to the student who submits the best essay in criticism, experimental critical writing, or nonfiction written during the academic year.
Charles Bukowski and His Puzzling Attempt to Write Himself Right by Sarah Ansani
Ansani takes you inside the complex work of Charles Bukowski, where you can find pieces of yourself, along with pieces of Bukowski, if you look closely enough.
Untitled by Mercan Aras
Aras presents an autobiographical episode in which she and her family learn the importance of one another, and the truth of the age-old saying, "Everything happens for a reason".
"God, Darwin, and the Question of Morality in Great Expectations" by Janika Carey '08 **
Carey challenges the argument that Dickens promotes a Christian worldview by revealing
important influences of the time period that would promote more individualistic perspectives.
"Standing at a Screen Door" by Jessica Cheverton '09
Cheverton recalls a life-changing incident in which she learns that material wealth doesn't necessarily coincide with mental health.
"In Memory Of...: Politics in the Poetry of Yeats and Hughes" by Shavonne A. Clarke '07
Clarke shows how certain poems by Yeats and Hughes that she calls "political elegies" reveal their contrasting stances on political involvement.
"Returning to the Womb" by Briana Deane '08
Deane describes her relationship with her identical twin sister by considering their unique sleeping patterns.
"Jorie Graham's Sense of Self in the Physical and Metaphysical World" by Ashley Figueriedo '08
Figueriedo illuminates how Jorie Graham draws upon concepts of physics in her poems as a crucial means of understanding the self and the world's complexities.
"Audubon's Legacy " by Veronica Nadalin '10
Nadalin recounts John James Audubon's achievements by explaining his influences, the distinct methods he used to draw birds, and the reasons for his continued legacy.
"The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, Virginia Woolf, and Heaven on a Mangrove Island: Influences and Parallels in Elizabeth Bishop's 'Seascape'" by Julia Patt '09 **
Patt relates Elizabeth Bishop to Virginia Woolf through their similar questioning of
personal identity and faith.
"Deception of the Worst Kind: Pedophilia and Young Victims in Lolita" by Amanda K. Ryan '10
Ryan critiques the actions of Humbert Humbert, the main character of Nabokov's Lolita, and demonstrates the ways in which young Lolita is unsuspectingly seduced.
"A Generation Apart: Jorie Graham vs. Sylvia Plath and the Change of Woman's Identity" by Rebecca Teachey '07
Teachey explores poems that reveal Graham's and Plath's concern with how women's identities are shaped by their parents' expectations and examples.
"Jenny" by Hallie Watson '08
Watson shares with us her first memorable experience with death, at age 14: that of her beloved role model, an 18-year-old ballerina named Jenny.
Archived Issues: 2005-06 & 2006-07
"The Beats of Kerouac's Form" by Jessica Baker '09
Baker explains how narration, syntax, and diction convey the events and theme of Kerouac's novel On The Road.
"The Creek" by Jessica Baker '09
Baker guides us from the vague cookie-cutter outlook of her suburban town to the unsought forest just beyond the confines of her backyard.
"The Fall of Man: Biblical Parallels in 'An Essay on Man'" by Natalie Batman '08
Batman explains the parallels between the view of early man in Pope's "An Essay on Man" and the depiction of early man in Genesis and the Torah.
"Thematic Parallels Between Othello and Tim Blake Nelson's O " by Carolanne Bonanno
Bonanno explains the hidden thematic parallels in Nelson's modernized depiction of Shakespeare's Othello in his film O.
"Canada Geese" by Lindsey Cline '07
Cline portrays the family of Canada geese that inhabit Sweet Briar's Lower Lake.
"Amid the Rockweeds and Periwinkles" by Jenna Crovo '09
Crovo relates her discoveries on the shores of Maine's Penobscot Bay.
"The Coming of Spring" by Jenna Crovo '09
Crovo uses Sweet Briar's Guion Pond to parallel the changes of the season.
"Milton's Samson as a Terrorist" by Tessa Daley '07
Daley explains her reinterpretation of Samson Agonistes regarding her intimate views versus the portrayal in Jessica Stern's Terror In The Name of God.
"Beneath the Surface of Moore's Opinion: An Invitation to Perspectives, Techniques, and Reactions in Fahrenheit 9/11" by Erica Franklin '09
Franklin explains how Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11 uses a plethora of ideas, opinions, and perspectives that go beyond just bashing Bush in order to get the audience to respond and to question their government.
"Religion in William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet: Is it Deeper than Skin Deep?" by Sarah Hall '09
Hall explains Baz Luhrmann's intentions of using Christ imagery to parallel the relationship between Christ and the two star-crossed lovers in his film William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
"Imitating Proust: A Comparison and Analysis of Expression" by Colleen Karaffa '06
Karaffa creatively imitates Proust's madeleine scene from Swann's Way. In regard to syntax, rhythm, and content, she reveals Proust's deeper understanding of humanity through her own personal experiences.
"Roles of Autobiography in Orson Scott Card's Storytelling" by Emma Meador '09
Meador explains science-fiction writer Scott Card's use of autobiography to motivate his writing.
"My Father and the Mother Chickenhawk" by Julia Patt '09
Patt teaches us about the Red Tailed Hawk through a personal experience in which her father was attacked by a Chickenhawk.
Quercus Alba by Rebecca Penny '08
In this essay, Penny provides an intimate portrayal of the White Oak.
"'Evil through the Ages': Past and Future Supernatural Battles between Satan and Jesus in The Passion of the Christ by Rebecca Schneider '09
Schneider explains how Mel Gibson's use of Satan in his film The Passion of the Christ changes the dynamics of the ancient tradition of passion play in which Satan was commonly absent.
"'Sir are not you my father?': The Effect of the Presence of the Father on the Identity of the Daughter in Shakespeare's The Tempest and Plath's 'Daddy'"by Regan Snyder '09
Snyder compares and contrasts the presence of the father figure in Shakespeare's The Tempest and Plath's poem "Daddy" and their paternal effects upon their daughters.
"The Illuminating Gaze: Light and Consciousness in Woolf's To the Lighthouse" by Anne-Marie Walsh '06
Walsh explains how Mrs. Ramsay and Lily Briscoe from Virginia Woolf's novel To the Lighthouse perceive and use light to connect to a higher spiritual energy that gives meaning to their lives.
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