Palimpsest
“‘Did you get stuck like this every day?’ I asked him. ‘No, just the first time.’ ‘Is it always there?’ ‘What?’ ‘The raven.’”
Character Essay
Comparing and Contrasting Two Young Narrators In comparing and contrasting the narrators in both Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress...
Journal Theme: Loneliness and Isolation
From the journal of Madeline Sisson: “I will, though, try to cure myself, she said (adding that it was like a drug addiction). If I keep...
Journal Theme: Fear and Right Action
From the journal of Maddy Sisson: “It started with a hacking cough and the sniffles. … Then, two weeks later, I caught him coughing a wad...
Journal Theme: Infatuation and Love
From the Journal of Maddy Sisson: “Upon arriving at the Little Seamstress’s home, we were pleased to learn that her father was on one of...
