Author: allychopp

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Annotated Bibliography Introduction No matter how long it’s been since I’ve read a book in its entirety, I will always consider reading a major hobby of mine. I’ve always enjoyed reading simply since I was able to do so. I’ve noticed how my taste in books has changed throughout the … Continue reading Ally’s Annotated Bibliography

“So that was the Lighthouse, was it? No, the other was also the Lighthouse. For nothing was simply one thing” (Woolf 186).  Virginia Woolf’s novel To The Lighthouse may tell the story of a family longing to visit a lighthouse in Skye, Scotland, but more than that, Woolf has illustrated the complexities of the individual … Continue reading “For Nothing Was Simply One Thing:” Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse

I’ve read and fallen in love with works written by Oscar Wilde in previous classes, but had never read a full novel of his until I finally got around to reading The Picture of Dorian Gray. The novel not only met my expectations, but exceeded them. This gothic and philosophical novel explores the themes of … Continue reading Blog 1: Beauty for a Soul

I’ve never been one to necessarily even glance at the science-fiction section of a bookstore, yet Kazuo Ishiguro’s dystopian science-fiction, Never Let Me Go, more than less left me in awe after reading. Ishiguro’s novel takes place in England during the late 1990’s and tells the story of a parallel universe in which there are … Continue reading Blog 2: The Enigma of Hailsham

The other day I, coincidentally, saw a picture of the book Animal Farm by George Orwell in a tweet posted on Twitter— the caption read along the lines of, “Ecstatic to find one of my favorite authors wrote a book on animal agriculture!” The tweet went viral for it’s irony. I recently finished reading Orwell’s … Continue reading Blog 3: “Well Conceived in Theory, but it Doesn’t Work in Life”