Bee yan ilti’, shima’. You have spoken, my mother. That you, the Earth, above and below, are the embodiment of us all. As with the beat of the drum, you breathe life into us all. From the soil came the…
Category: Essays
Essays
A c i d T e s t
December 11, 1996 Soc 360 He pulled the cassette tape case out from the inside of his jacket and for the first time in my life I got to see what a hit of acid truly looked like. All my…
Native American Religions: An Overview
September 30, 1995 History 408 There are more than 300 known Native American tribes living on the North American continent. Each with their own unique world view, belief system, rituals and ceremonies. The Indians of the great Pacific Northwest are…
The Wishram : Then and Now, An Ethnohistory
August 27, 1995 Hist 408 First discovered in 1775, by Bruno de Hezeta, later named by the American Robert Gray in 1792 (Lang 1992 : 4) the Columbia River was the most densely populated in Indian tribes (Zuker, et.al. 1983…
Lovecraft’s Key of Destruction
November 18, 1996 Engl 499 Not much has been written on what many scholars call Lovecraft’s dreamlands fiction, from which The Silver Key is taken. The major reason is that Lovecraft, himself, wrote many letters to friends and fans describing…
Getting the Pieces of the Puzzle to Fit : Create Experimental Prose Using Words
Writing a story is a lot like putting together pieces of a puzzle. The words become the individual pieces that are connected to form sentences. Although there are many different types of words and ways to assemble your story, there…
Sight Within the Lighthouse Walls
November 19, 1995 E 389 In this world there are many different ways of interacting with others, Nature, and life. In To the Lighthouse Virginia Woolf examines two very different ways of viewing life. The first reflects an interaction with…
Wings are Wondrous Things
December 10, 1995 E 389 The first thing one notices in Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus is wings. Sophie Fevvers, aerialist extraordinarre, has wings. Glorious angelic, birdlike wings that she uses to fly. Not in the literal sense of…
Victorian Women in Literature
August 27, 1996 English 388 During the Victorian era, there was great controversy over the roles of women and what constituted the ideal woman. For the better half of the era, women were seen as pure, pious and innocent. They…
The Way We Think Computer
October 23, 1996 Engl 354 Our society places a heavy importance on technology and its jargon. It seems like every day a new term is developed or some new technology-based fad erupts. This mania is described within Michael Heim’s article,…