Author Archives: chamilton35

Fort Barton Woods Preface Through a reflection on my life and extensive pursuing through my notebook and semester writings, I have decided to make my final project a focus on a place known as Fort Barton. While I feel I … Continue reading →

When I was a stickily young girl, with hair barely to my ears, my legs would begin to burn within the first five feet of the initial ascent to Fort Barton. My first known memories of this menacing ascent up … Continue reading →

Through a reflection on my life and extensive pursuing through my notebook and semester writings, I have decided to make my final project a focus on a place known as Fort Barton. While I feel I have many interesting life … Continue reading →

For Susanna Kaysen her stay in McLean hospital is an interruption in her otherwise meaningless life, and as Kaysen herself puts it her stay at Mclean means being, “interrupted in the music of being seventeen”. It seems that while in … Continue reading →

Both Tretheway and Momaday’s autobiographies utilize multimedia aspects to convey the memoir of their lives. The authors are sharing these pictures in order to present thee reader with their true identities. It Is my belief that this multimedia approach allows … Continue reading →

Both Tretheway and Momaday’s autobiographies utilize multimedia aspects to convey the memoir of their lives. Through the use of visual imagery and poetic forms in both Tretheway’s “Beyond Katrina”, and Momaday’s “The Names” the reader is given other elements than … Continue reading →

Momaday’s memoir, “The Names” begins as the title suggests, with a list of names. These names however, are of great importance to Momaday, as they are the names of his ancestors. These names tell the story and the plight of … Continue reading →

Anthony Bourdain is capable entertainer in a variety of capacities. His third book Medium Raw is no different. Bourdain has risen to be one of the most well known celebrity chefs over the last 30 years, and rightfully so, he … Continue reading →

Frederick Douglass and Tobias Wolff are both enslaved in their respective worlds. While Tobias is not a literal slave as Douglass is, the hardships he endures throughout the course of his childhood make him a figurative slave, fighting to have … Continue reading →