Where Has The Time Gone?

     It seems as if underclassmen are groomed to believe that senior year is pure bliss. However, for the past couple of months, I have felt imprisoned in the suffocating blue walls of my bedroom. I feel the mental "to-do" list in my head growing, and I feel powerless and unable to prevent its proliferation. On top of everything else, I watched as the stress caused an increased amount of my precious hair to fall out in puddles on my lap, which caused me even more grief. But no matter how much I have to do, I can always think of numerous reasons to not do it. Why should I complete supplements on a Friday night when I still have 48 hours until the end of the weekend?  Maybe because when Sunday night rolls around, I am telling myself that I still have five hours until I should go to bed. Though I have always been a light sleeper, I never thought I would start averaging about four hours of sleep per night.

     Every college seems to have its own personalized set of requirements and deadlines, and with the massive number of colleges I am applying to, it feels impossible to get everything done. My original plan was to reuse a majority of my supplements for multiple schools, but no matter how tired I felt, I could not get myself to use a duplicate and risk the topic not matching up with the question provided. Now that November 1 has passed, I feel a great deal of weight lifted off my shoulders, but I still have to brace myself for the work ahead. At the beginning of the year my life seemed pretty bleak, but I am finally starting to see the light ahead.

                                                                                              Heather H. 

Always Another Side

As the creature in Frankenstein shares with Victor the tale of his whereabouts, the creature is able to portray himself in a different light. Prior to the creature's narrative Victor told of a horrid beast who was at fault for killing his little brother. Since Victor was not present during this time the story he shared was biased. Hearing the creature's point of view altered my perception of him. I empathized with the creature and felt that Victor was responsible for contributing to the creature's hate for human beings as well as the death of William and Justine. The way the novel was written is a story within a story, within a story, within a story:  the creature's narrative, Victor to Walton, and Walton in the letter to his sister. Although there is evidence that everything being said actually occurred, the story is told differently by each character. I found that this connects with reality because in any situation not one person sees something the same way as someone else- there will always be another side to every story.

-Lauren B.