Hamlet Is Not About a Man Who Can’t Make Up His Mind — It’s About a Man Who Won’t Act on Unverified Truth
There is a moment in Act Two where Hamlet has everything he needs to act. The ghost has told him the truth. Claudius is…
The Art of War Is Not Written by Sun Tzu — And That’s the Point
This first essay argues that The Art of War is not simply a military manual attributed to a famous general. It is a text…
A&P — The World of A&P: The Middle
In Blog #2, we’ll examine the world of A&P – the middle ground, the center, the balance. Where behavior is structured, expectations are enforced,…
The Narrator Slips — And Why That One Word Matters in A Duel
A Duel: A Reading with Jimmy Series In this three-part blog series, Jimmy examines A Duel not as a patriotic story or a simple…
The Man Who Talks: First-Person Narration and Self-Revelation in Travel Is So Broadening
In this first essay, we examine the voice of Travel Is So Broadening. Before we judge what Mr. Schmaltz thinks, we need to understand…
Macbeth Is Not About Ambition — It’s About Obsession
This first essay argues that Macbeth is not a moral lecture about ambition. It’s a psychological portrait of obsession. Shakespeare shows us a mind…
Unreliable Storytellers Don’t Just Mislead — They Perform in The Hand
When readers talk about unreliability in fiction, they usually mean error. The narrator misunderstands events, exaggerates details, or lacks full knowledge. Unreliability becomes a…
Unreliable Narrators Don’t Just Missee — They Withhold
When readers talk about unreliable narrators, they usually mean one thing: perception. The narrator misjudges, misunderstands, or misinterprets events. His senses are flawed. His…
