Symposium: the Great Books Symposium Journal
A Wright College Publication for Community College Students
Gabby Sotelo The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain explores questions of moral behavior. The character of Huckleberry Finn, specifically, acts in ways that are reckless and amoral. In fact, Huck Finn frequently is […]
Izaki Metropoulos Jacques Lacan’s Concept of Desire and the Discourse of the Other When approaching the Wife of Bath, I began with a simple Lacanian question: “Is desire located in the body or in human […]
Amanda Jiang is a rising senior at Smith College. A Kahn Liberal Arts Institute Fellow, she is investigating bio-psycho-social risk factors for combat-related PTSD and TBI among military personnel and veterans. During her spare time, […]
Dear Wright College Community, The purpose of the Great Books Symposium Journal is to provide a platform for community college students to publish and share their analyses of great literature. These are the words that come to […]
Shaun Sunkara There are two opposing ideas concerning a person’s fate or destiny. One is that humans have complete control of their own destinies and that there is no such thing as an irreversible fate. […]
Izaki Metropoulos Elizabethan Pneumatology and King Hamlet’s Specter The character of the Ghost in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is undoubtedly a reflection of Elizabethan superstition; shrouded in ambiguity, the nature of the Ghost obscurely amalgamates with […]
Allen Loomis Several arguments made by critics of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet explain Hamlet’s hesitation to avenge his father, and one is his madness. Although there is textual evidence to support the madness argument, the preeminent […]
Amanda Jiang grew up in Southern China. In addition to being the Editor-in-Chief of the Great Books Symposium Journal, she is the President of the Great Books Student Society, the Vice President of the Gateway Scholars […]
Alisa Scott Discrimination and a fear of the unknown have led to the unique, disturbing phenomenon of feeling hatred for one’s own ethnicity. A conditioned perception of oneself can potentially distort reasoning and cause destruction. […]
Joanna Vaklin Power can be defined as the ability to influence, and often it is connected with wealth, opulence, and fame.[1] One might suggest that in order for power to exist, an individual must acquire […]