AP Lang Reads: Into The Wild – Jon Krakauer
As I flipped through the pages of Into The Wild, I was swallowed by remarkable questions such as “What does it mean to truly live? Is it found in the comforts of society or in the wild unknown?” Into The Wild was assigned as the first book in my AP Language class. This book challenged me to think about freedom, materialism, non-conformity, privilege, transcendentalism, and the pursuit of purpose in a way I hadn’t considered before. As we dove into McCandless’s story, I couldn’t help but wonder: what would drive someone to abandon everything for a life of solitude? As I swam to the last pages, the book thoughtfully provoked my thinking process and gave me the answers I yearned for.
Unlocking Hermione Granger’s Bookshelf: A Witch’s Literary Odyssey
Welcoming our beloved heroin, fellow literature lover, and our favourite character in Harry Potter… drumroll please, Hermoine Granger! A couple of days ago I was rewatching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban for the millionth time when I wondered what books Hermoine would read. Being the brains and the powerhouse of the Golden Trio, I always thought of Hermoine as the mitochondria. She was perpetually engulfed in a book, and her form of entertainment would be light reading to which Ron would nearly faint looking at the sight of the book’s thickness.. so I knew that her taste would be enriched with a heavy vocabulary and profound themes.
