Author: Tate
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Essay 2 Draft
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Exit West – An Imperfect Defense In Mohsin Hamid’s 2017 novel Exit West, migration is a central theme. Travelling is of no difficulty for the main characters, Nadia and Saeed. They can step through magical doors and end up somewhere else. However, this is not the real world. As Yogita…
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Essay 2 Introduction
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Throughout the magical realism trope, magical elements have often been used to advocate for political or social change in a modern society. In his 2017 novel, Exit West, Mohsin Hamid uses “magic doors” to transport characters to new places on Earth, many of which are escaping crisis or war, including…
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Secondary Source Blueprint (Goyal)
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I. Goyal, Yogita. ““We Are All Migrants”: The Refugee Novel and the Claims of Universalism.” MFS Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 66 no. 2, 2020, p. 239-259. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/mfs.2020.0019. II. Identify the thesis of the article or chapter, aka WHAT is its central argument?A. “In this essay, I draw on…
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Secondary Source Blueprint (Anam)
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The Migrant as Colonist: Dystopia and Apocalypse in the Literature of Mass Migration.” ASAP/Journal, vol. 3 no. 3, 2018, p. 653-677. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/asa.2018.0043. II. Identify the thesis of the article or chapter, aka WHAT is its central argument?A. “British and French migrant dystopias illustrate the particular anxiety that results…
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Essay 1 – Revised
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AI in Writing: Striking a Balance In our study of AI, one idea we’ve heard many times surrounds the need to dive into AI research as AI is the future of our society and will eventually replace a lot of the menial tasks that people have to do now. In…
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Essay 1 Draft
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AI in Writing: Striking a Balance In our study of AI, one idea we’ve heard many times surrounds the need to dive into AI research because AI is the future of our society and will eventually replace a lot of the menial tasks that people have to do now. However,…
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Believing Game
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Pencils or Pens? The age old debate of pencils and pens has survived generations. Firm believers in pens hold that they have less friction and are altogether a smoother item to write with. This smoothness leads the user to less hand pain and overall a greater stamina to write on…
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About Me
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About Me Tate Hi, my name is Tate and I am from Raleigh, North Carolina. I use he/him pronouns. I enjoy reading and spending time with my six pets (four cats, two dogs). I also have two younger sisters, one starting 7th grade and the other 9th. My favorite books…