UCLA ACADEMIC ESSAYS

A SEAT ON THE TRAIN

Pulled from a Creative Writing Course. A personal piece blending my own life experiences to Murakami's IQ84

DEHUMANIZATION OF WOMEN: METROPOLIS AND THE DEPICTION OF THE WOMAN AS A MACHINE

Pulled from a Dystopia in Literature and Visual Culture course. Explores how Metropolis renders women incapable of depth or complexity, and how women like robots, are tools to create destruction or peace between men.

THE NATURE OF STEPHEN’S SOUL AS IT WADES THROUGH THE WATERS OF ULYSSES 

Pulled from a senior seminar on James Joyce. A research paper detailing the Aristotelian foundation Joyce relies on throughout his novel.

HOW THE PURSUIT OF NOVELTY CHANGES IDENTITY

Pulled from a course on English Literature from 1700 - 1850. Discusses how Fantomina: Or Love in a Maze doubly criticizes the pursuit of novelty by illustrating how the pursuit of novelty comes at morally impermissible costs.