The vivid memory of the fourth of July spent under dark Arizona skies never leaves me. I sat on the solid Diamondbacks baseball diamond waiting patiently for the show to start. With each eager breath I took, the sweltering hot air seemed to wrap around my lungs and nearly suffocate me. I was stil...

Journal Chap. 24-end # 17 The end of the novel was left very open. I felt as though there is no conclusion. Where is the sequel? I think that Walton will not continue Victors quest to see the monster dead. The monster only had one reason to live, and that was to make Victor's life a living ...

HEDDA GABLER The more I read and look into Hedda Gabler the more I like it and appreciate Ibsen's efforts. It is kind of a pre-modernistic soap opera. Each character exhibits a complex set of traits, some good and some wicked. All the traits play off of one another and create depth an...