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This research paper was written for my advanced composition class in the fall of 2025. I spent about half of the semester drafting and revising it.

This is a paper that was written for my Rhetoric and Persuasion class in the fall of 2025. It discusses the idea of using psychoanalysis to diagnose characters. I spent the entire semester drafting and revising this paper.

I hope death is kind  I hope that his embrace  Is gentle  Soft, pure  Like how if feels  when your hand brushes my skin  I hope death will carry me  Into the great unknown  Like I'm a gift That his eyes look down on me Like I'm the greatest thing in the world  I hope when he picks me up I can only think of you  Your sweet embrace  The way your hand would squeeze me  if I dared tried to leave I hope he cradles my soul  Like a precious gem  And that he whispers sweet words Noth

Academic Paper- Fall 2024 John Donne is a poet that takes, “...hyperbolic tropes and figures seriously, probing and exploring their grammar, syntax, and metaphoric meaning as revelatory of truth…” (Lewalski, 1973, p. 159). His poetry blends themes of love, sexuality, and religion seamlessly to discuss philosophical ideas. A modern day song writer that employs similar themes in his work is Andrew Hozier-Byrne. Hozier (2013) has often discussed themes of love and sexuality in

Academic Paper-Spring 2025 Detective literature is often considered “good, clean fun” (Dobrescu, 43). When you read it, the detective is the “good guy” and at the end you are going to get your satisfying ending where the bad guy is caught. It’s all wrapped up in a pretty bow, or least that is what it used to be. Modern detective fiction questions these ideas. The first instance of what we can call detective fiction is Edgar Allen Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue”. This story

This is an essay written for my Crime Literature class I took in the Spring of 2025.

Poetry- April 2023 Published in The Writers' Block Fall 2023 Digital Publication ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Abandon all abilities and aspirations  Behold babbling bolstered bugs  Crinkly cockroaches cutting  Dissatisfied dandelions  Eager evangelical eagles earnestly  Fabricate fictitious facts. Grandiose gibberish, Has helped hazardous hypotheticals. Idolize infectious ink in  Jeopardized jargon.  Knowledgeable kooky kebabs, Log long-lastin

I complied clips from various sources of media to create a poem. I used academic paper, news stories, songs, and more.

For this assignment my group was tasked with finding a piece of literature over 100 years old. Then we conducted extensive research over it.

Academic Paper- October-December 2023 Received 2nd Place in 2024 Hear My Voice competition hosted by Trine University Abstract This paper questioned if The Ocean at the End of the Lane  by Neil Gaiman and The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake  by Amiee Bender fit into the genre of magical realism through their use of identity exploration. Qualitative research was conducted where the qualities of magical realism were studied. The research scholars had done about the history a

Fiction- January 2023 Content Warning: Contains descriptions of blood Published in The Writers' Block Spring 2023 Digital Publication ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You've trained with a punching bag nearly everyday since you were a young boy creeping onto becoming a man. A man who didn't know what was to come. Your fists confidently come into contact with sand filled bags over and over and over again until your body becomes proof of your dedic

Poetry- November 2023 Published in The Writers' Block Fall 2024 Digital Publication ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're lucky,  You'll wake up at 6:53 Half confused, still tired with gunky eyes You said hi to him in your dream  Made sure to hold him tight  You dreamt of the things you wish you did  Regret swirls in your gut when you realize it wasn't real  You'll stay awake for a while  And at 7:15 , you'll wish you were asleep  Wish you ha

Poetry- April 2023 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ having or revealing an exaggerated  sense of one's own...

Poetry- March 2023 Published in The Writers' Block Fall 2023 Digital Publication ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   I wobbled through the graceful gates, Left ajar by the wayfarers before me.  You can trace our origins back to the apple orchard.  Run your hands along the bark, feel its history.  Trees always have something to say. Use your gift,  Make sure, you stare into the sky and wonder why it is blue.  You know, each man wakes in the morning,

This piece blends poetry and a creative reflection.

A nonfiction piece that explores the mentality of someone stuck in an eating disorder and their process of recovery.