Meme, created by yours truly... image pulled from: http://www.highvoltagemag.com/nerve/ The film adaptation of the novel Nerve by Jeanne Ryan is considerably different in almost every aspect. While the majority of the characters remain the same, they have significantly different personalities, physical characteristics, and etc. Similarly, the plot of the novel significantly differs from that of... Continue Reading →

Blog Post #3: Who wrote Train Man? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densha_Otoko The cover of Train Man states that it is by Hitori Nakano. However, as with most digitally composed or inspired works of literature, that it is not as simple as that. Train Man is a really unique novel because of its anonymity, ambiguous narrator, and chat-room form. It... Continue Reading →

As I have discussed in my previous assignments, I think that emojis can only be used effectively to supplement language. I do not believe that emojis possess the ability to successfully and effectively communicate ideas, emotions, and etc. on their own. Emojis were invented to help people communicate more quickly and therefore more efficiently. However,... Continue Reading →

"Literature by the numbers" is a really interesting phrase to me because it is so versatile, open, and non-definitive. There are many ways in which you could interpret and define the phrase "literature by the numbers." I think it can even be argued that there is no solitarily correct interpretation of the phrase "literature by... Continue Reading →