I don’t believe there can be a ‘best’ part of something unless there is also a ‘worst’ part of it. This applies to many things- entertainment, events, food… and AP Literature. As I mentioned in my last post, I was most excited to read Lord of the Flies in AP Lit, because I had heard great […]

This marks the third and final installment of posts about AP Literature summer work! As mentioned previously, The Grapes of Wrath was assigned for June and Frankenstein was assigned for the first half of July. Neither book was popular. Grapes was too long, too boring, too depressing; meanwhile, Frankenstein was filled with hard-to-discern, practically archaic writing. The third book, […]

If you or someone you know is a mild fan of literature (and a big fan of sounding smart), then you’ve probably heard this line before: “Hey, did you know that Frankenstein isn’t actually the name of that monster? Victor Frankenstein was the name of the doctor who created the monster, and the monster didn’t actually have […]

“Hey, Sam, have you started your AP Lit summer work yet?” I turned my attention away from tuning my cello and looked up at Alison, my orchestra camp stand partner and longtime friend. Sheepishly, I laughed. “Well, not yet… but I’ll be fiiiine. It’s just one novel and ten journal entries, right? And June doesn’t […]

We’ve all been there, I’m sure of it. A speech to your shower bottles here, a soliloquy to your favorite stuffed animal there, and an incredibly engaging conversation with your subconscious everywhere else. If living as a(n incredibly social awkward) human means one thing, it means living with the regrets of what you could have […]