Colin Mahar

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

scary how similar Race and Hall of Mirrors are in depicting the grim reality of race relations in Nola #litnolaweek14

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

Haven't heard anything from CWB in a while now, not sure what to expect going forward #LitNOWeek13

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

As a force of destruction #LitNOWeek13

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Geraldine talks about wanting to drown herself in book 2 echoing the ending of the Awakening and continuing the theme of water

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

Rhinehart shows parallels to Zach in down by law, a deadbeat yet intelligent radio DJ who's searching for something vague #LitNOWeek13

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Jack often seems removed from the people he meets due to his constant philosophical analysis much like Binx in the moviegoer #LitNOLAWeek11

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In the bible #LitNOLAWeek11

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ATKM is full of veiled philosophy references "the end of man is to know" stands out as a reference to eve eating from the tree of knowledge

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

Jack Burden reminds me a lot of Doug Stamper from House of Cards, another example of a noir inspired political drama #LitNOLAWeek11

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My buddies were absent but had fun meeting other students and helping with papers at KIPP today #LitNOLAWeek11

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

Kim is the exact opposite of binx but similarly finds absolute singularity by getting her story told #LitNOLAWeek10

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Kim's bro's description of prison parallels OPP in down by law as place of total chaos where individual life has no meaning #LitNOLAWeek10

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In the slave market pens described in soul by soul #LitNOLAWeek10

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

The scene in trouble the water where Kim raps about her experiences shows how trauma can be overcome through song like the slaves singing

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

Helped my buddies work on making paragraphs focused and easy to read #LitNOLAWeek10

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

My buddies did a good job with their edits on the last paper but nothing new to report #LitNOWeek8

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

Of their lifestyles is revealed #LitNOWeek8 #LitNOWeek8

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Blanche in streetcar is similar to violet venable in her bourgeois attitudes. Both collapse once the hypocrisy

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Although different in many ways Sebastian seems to embody the hip New Orleanian depicted by Faulkner thru Charles Bon #LitNOWeek8

[Colin Mahar @cmaharLitNOLA]

Ondaatje's fragmented prose mimics Jazz music in the same way that trethewey's lyrical imagery mimics bellocqs haunting photos #LitNOWeek7