My Writing
I like to write. This is a place for me to share my work. You could subscribe to the RSS feed. I really like feedback, so if you have anything to say about any of my work please, please email me.
- Love as Misunderstood in Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- December 4, 2009
Comparison of Oberon and Don Pedro's understandings of love contrasted with the influence of Puck and Dogberry. - Jane Eyre as an Aarne-Thompson Type 425C Fairy Tale
- April 20, 2009
An essay to (indirectly) counter the statement Jane Eyre is a ‘fairy tale gone wrong.’ - Exploring Subjectivity, as Seen in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time—Photo Essay [PDF, 6 MB]
- May 31, 2008
A photo essay on the subject of subjectivity, written as a novel study project. Features interesting photos and analyses. - The Music Man—Review
- April 22, 2008
My review of the April 22nd, 2008 performance of Sir Wilfrid Laurier High School's production of "The Music Man", for the Cappies. This one was selected for publication as an excerpt. - The Triangle Factory Fire Project—Review
- April 12, 2008
My review of the April 9th, 2008 performance of Canterbury High School's production of "The Triangle Factory Fire Project", for the Cappies. This one was selected for publication as an excerpt. - Maslow's Hierarchy and Food Complacency
- March 14, 2008
Why don't we care about food? Here, I say complacency is to blame. The premise is that we don't care about our basic needs if we don't work for them. - Flowers for Algernon—Review
- December 27, 2007
My review of Immaculata High School's production, for the Cappies. This one was not selected for publication. - The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood—Review
- December 12, 2007
My review of South Carleton High School's production, for the Cappies. This one got selected for publication, as an excerpt. - Comic Potential—Review
- December 1, 2007
My review of All Saints High School's production, for the Cappies. This one got selected for publication, an excerpt that is, in the Ottawa Citizen! Late night review-writing ftw! - The Worst High School Play in the World—Review
- November 24, 2007
My review of Cairine Wilson Secondary School's production, for the Cappies. This one got selected for publication, an excerpt that is, in the Ottawa Citizen! - We Need Girlfriends Season One—Review
- September 24, 2007
My review of We Need Girlfriends, Season One. Written as an 'audition' review for the Cappies. - George Wilson—Monologue
- May 14, 2007
An internal monologue with George Wilson, a character from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. This is as he's walking from The Valley of Ashes to kill Gatsby, and he's busy remembering Myrtle and thinking about his life. - From Symbols to Thought
- April 9, 2007
This is just a little history that I whipped up about how I began to write, which once appeared on the About Me page. I decided to move it here. - The Realizations of Self as Seen in "The Cardboard Room"
- February 5, 2007
Looking at interesting topics like hate, fear, and emotions, this was my response that I wrote for my Mid-Year English Exam. I actually put a lot of thought into this, and I suppose it was cathartic in a way. - The Portrait of a Madman: Schizophrenia in "The Tell Tale Heart"
- December 21, 2006
An essay trying to prove that Edgar Allan Poe's narrator in 'The Tell Tale Heart' has schizophrenia. I liked having to research the symptoms associated with the disease to write this. - The Use of Apprehension for Creating Tension in "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- May 23, 2006
I guess this would pretty much be one of the peaks of my grade 9 writing (sounds like I'm talking about the Greek classical age or something). I was writing to prove a kind of obscure point in "To Kill A Mockingbird". I think I was trying to describe something called 'Gothic details' that I read about at SparkNotes or something. - To Kill A Mockingbird—Response
- May 4, 2006
A response to "To Kill A Mockingbird". It features a drawn out connection to an ancient Greek poem, which is one interesting feature. - MMVI vs MDCCVI
- May 8, 2006
This was an essay that I wrote for history class to show how life in Quebec today is much better than it was three hundred years ago. I based my logic on 'facts' that were impossible to prove, but that I found entertaining. - Irony in Macbeth
- January 20, 2006
I wrote this essay to try to show how Shakespeare used irony in Macbeth. Hence the title. I actually really like certain phrases that I've come up with in a lot of my writing, and in this piece one of my favourites is "relentless sinister determination". - Macbeth—Response
- December 11, 2005
Reading over this, I find how much I overused "filled with messages" and other such 'praising the bard' sickening, but other than that I think that this was a decent piece of writing. I also like how I portrayed Macbeth as weak-minded and easily manipulated. - A Very Sad Story
- February 9, 2004
At one point in grade 7, I don't know why, but I tried to write the most depressing and sad story that I could at the time. Even if it's a pretty emotionally horrible story, it's still a bit of writing that people may find interesting. I tried to use flashbacks to help people become more attached to the characters. - Aconitum aquarius [PDF]
- October 2, 2003
This was actually a science project that I did, in which we all had to make up an imaginary animal and write about it. This was fun enough that I wrote this entire paper about my animal.