Reflection in The Mirror

• Book Talk

People say that daughters are just like their mothers. Amy Tan states in her novel “The Joy Luck Club” that daughters are reflections of their mothers. She portrays this through the symbolism of the jade necklace and the characterization of June and Suyuan Woo. This use of literary techniques is very powerful at conveying this theme throughout the book.

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Love in Poetry

• Poetry

Analyzing love through poetry of Sir Walter Ralegh, Marlowe, and Donne.

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Galileo

• Classics

There are multiple themes that emerge from Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo. The play is based on the real life of Galileo prior to his trial then skipping the trial and going straight into the last years of his life.

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