A Blog by William Silvia
(This critique was originally written for course credit at Western Connecticut State university and the format reflects that. However, it is my expectation that the subjects and content appeal to readers of this blog, so here it is! Thank you to Dr. Oscar De Los Santos for your guidance.) Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 examined the […]
Read More Commies and Hippies: Fahrenheit 451(This critique was originally written for course credit at Western Connecticut State university and the format reflects that. However, it is my expectation that the subjects and content appeal to readers of this blog, so here it is! Thank you to Dr. Oscar De Los Santos for your guidance.) Harry Bates’s 1940 short story Farewell […]
Read More The Earth Didn’t Stand for the Master: Two Unique Stories with Shared Elements (Farewell to the Master and The Day the Earth Stood Still)“Baelor” contains a mix of some of the most important plot points of the series and some of the most mundane. Naturally, let’s start with the mundane ones.
Read More Game of Thrones 1.09: BaelorThis is something interesting: an episode directly written by Song of Ice and Fire creator George R. R. Martin. Whether this means it was actually written by him or is a pseudonym for a council of writers is another question, but it catches the eye nonetheless.
Read More Game of Thrones 1.08: The Pointy EndEpisode 7 starts off with another major character (wow, it’s not until you break it down into episodes that one realizes just how frequently characters are introduced in this series). Tywin Lannister appears straight off the bat and…he looks nothing like how I pictured him. This is particularly noteworthy because while reading the novels, I […]
Read More Game of Thrones 1.07: You Win or You Die
Insomniatic 