fiction
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Cultural Hybridity and Conformity:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s The River Between and Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire The characters presented in both Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie and The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o seek or reject cultural hybridity as they face pressure to conform to one culture or the other, yet it becomes apparent that while society will always… Continue reading
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Review: Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister
I recently took a trip to the library while at home for winter break and picked this book off the shelf with varying expectations. On one hand, the premise seemed exciting- a mother witnesses her son commit a murder, and then wakes up the next day to relive the day. She’s in a time loop-… Continue reading
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My name is Madeline, and I’m a reader and a writer. On this platform I will be sharing my analyses and observations on what I read in addition to some reviews.
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