Trust and the Process of Building It by Elizabeth Clark
Trust is hard to regain when it’s constantly broken. In Elena Ferrante’s novel My Brilliant Friend, two female protagonists lack trust in the people in …
Non-Fiction
Charles Yu and the Attachment Coefficient: Redefining Protagonism by Erin Larson
Protagonism is inherent to the art of storytelling. Narratives thrive on protagonists as a driving force, shaping the tales authors craft and the perspectives readers …
The Existential Philosophy of Bojack Horseman by Amy Jayasuriya
While the Netflix original show Bojack Horseman might seem like your classic adult animated sitcom on the surface, the show delves into a variety of …
Seeing Water: Subversion of Perception Trough Water Metaphors in War and Peace by Camila Amaya Navarrete
Ice cream flavors. Elusive lovers. Operas. The frivolous interests of a young girl in the nineteenth century are hardly compelling evidence for wartime biography. And …
three women (through my eyes) by Ishita Jayadev
i. I learned that women hold tight to their feelings from my mom. When my dad used to get mad at me for crying, I …
On Death by Abigail Green
I first learned about The Other Side at that dining table antiqued with anguish. That one where we would pound our fists and carve our …
It’s an Allegory, See? The Deeper Message of the “Desert Survival Series” by Mirabella Miller
“Desert Survival Series” is a collection of poems by Amy Sara Carroll published on the mobile app Transborder Immigrant Tool in 2011. The poems appear …
Yu’s Going Through Changes (Oh, in His Life) by Caitlyn Muñoz
Regardless of whether or not Charles Yu’s novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe ought to be classified as science fiction, the …
Defining Borders by Tess Frazer
Borders not only define the physical confines of neighborhoods, but they also play a dynamic role in defining the lives of their inhabitants. Jane Jacobs, …
The Sign to Sign: A Plea for ASL at the Claremont Colleges by Molly Yesalson
As is the case at many colleges and universities, Scripps College has a foreign language requirement that can be fulfilled in one of several ways. …