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Annotated Bibliography December 19, 2020 How Writers Read The Haunting Of Hill House The Haunting Of Hill House written by Shirley Jackson was published in 1959. This story begins with Dr. John Montague sending out 12 letters with an invitation to spend the summer at a known haunted house by the name of Hill House.

Inventory and Reflection

Venesa Porter How Writers Read Professor Kopp September 1, 2020 Inventory and Reflection Reflection The first book that really shaped what I wanted to write about was the Grimm Fairy Tales. However, it was not the english version. When I was twelve years old I had an au pair from slovakia, so every book that

“Whatever Walked There, Walked Alone”

The Haunting Of Hill House written by Shirley Jackson was published in 1959. This story begins with Dr. John Montague sending out 12 letters with an invitation to spend the summer at a known haunted house by the name of Hill House. However, only two women showed up, Eleanor, and Theodora. Along with Luke, a

What Is The Point Of This?

In the book Reboot by Amy Tintera certain human beings can come back from the dead with heightened senses and abilities. However they also apparently come back with less emotion. We see a company trying to control these people to use them as weapons. Are emotions what makes us human? Throughout the story we see

“Frank Was Dead”

In the book Supermarket, insanity is expressed through the character Flynn. “I couldn’t control my thoughts or my body. My head felt like it was underwater. Flashes of numbness shot down my fingers. The lights flared again and it felt like I could literally see this other me by my side, if for only an

“Into That Night.”

Why? It is a fair question our brains always want the answer to. However, in this blog post, I am going to attempt to answer Elie Wiesel’s question “Why did I write it?”(Wiesel vii) This question is not easy to answer nor will my answers be one hundred percent what Wiesel was thinking when he