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How Memoirs Help Us Make Sense of Our Own Lives

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

Memoirs have a unique power: they allow us to step into someone else’s life while reflecting on our own. By reading about other people’s experiences, struggles, and triumphs, we can better understand our personal journeys, decisions, and emotions. Memoirs do not merely recount events; they provide insight into human nature, resilience, and the ways in…

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How Dystopian Literature Changed the Way I View Modern Society

Posted on December 13, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

For a long time, I treated dystopian novels as exaggerated warnings—interesting, sometimes disturbing, but ultimately fictional. Total surveillance, rigid social control, mass manipulation, and loss of individuality felt distant, belonging to imaginary futures rather than everyday life. That perception changed gradually, almost unnoticed, as I read more dystopian literature and began recognizing its themes in…

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Finding Myself in The Kite Runner: Reflections on Identity, Guilt, and Forgiveness

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

Some novels stay with you long after the final page, and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is one of them. It is a book that manages to be both intimate and epic, personal and political, deeply emotional yet unsentimental. While the plot revolves around friendship, betrayal, trauma, and redemption, the deeper current that runs…

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What Fantasy Worlds Teach Us About Real-World Courage

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

Fantasy is not just an escape from reality, nor merely a realm where magical powers and dragons decide the fate of nations. In truth, the genre has long served as a mirror of human nature and a laboratory in which we can explore courage, leadership, and moral choices in new ways. Through imagined universes, we…

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Growing Up Alongside Anne of Green Gables

Posted on November 25, 2025November 25, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

Many readers do not simply read Anne of Green Gables – they grow up with it. Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic became more than a beloved childhood novel: it shaped identities, values, friendships, and views of the world. Exploring how readers mature alongside Anne offers a revealing look at why the book has endured for more…

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Why The Book Thief Changed How I See Humanity

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

The Book Thief is more than a bestselling novel; it is a story that transforms how readers understand humanity, compassion, cruelty, and the fragile resilience that endures even in the darkest historical moments. For students, lifelong readers, and anyone searching for books that shape inner perspectives, Markus Zusak’s novel offers lessons that stay long after…

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Lessons in Resilience I Learned from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

The fifth book in J.K. Rowling’s beloved Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is often recognized for its darker tone and complex narrative. Beyond its magical battles and intricate plot, this installment offers profound lessons in resilience that resonate far beyond the fictional halls of Hogwarts. By examining the experiences…

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How The Outsiders Showed Me the Power of Empathy

Posted on November 20, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

Stories do more than entertain. Sometimes they open emotional and moral doors we did not know existed. S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders is one of those books. Written by a teenager for teenagers, it explores class conflict, identity, loyalty, and grief, but beneath all that lies a deeper lesson: empathy can change how we see…

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Finding My Voice Through Maya Angelou’s Words

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

In a world saturated with noise, discovering one’s own voice can feel daunting. Maya Angelou, the iconic poet, memoirist, singer, dancer, and civil rights activist, offers a beacon for those seeking authenticity in expression. Her words resonate not only because of their lyrical beauty but because they embody courage, resilience, and the transformative power of…

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The Day To Kill a Mockingbird Taught Me What Courage Really Is

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Rowan Ellery

Harper Lee’s classic novel has shaped generations of readers, but one lesson often resonates more deeply than others—the redefinition of courage. Far from grand heroism or dramatic self-sacrifice, the book portrays courage as the quiet, principled endurance required to do what’s right even when the outcome is certain loss. This article explores how the novel…

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  • How Memoirs Help Us Make Sense of Our Own Lives
  • How Dystopian Literature Changed the Way I View Modern Society
  • Finding Myself in The Kite Runner: Reflections on Identity, Guilt, and Forgiveness
  • What Fantasy Worlds Teach Us About Real-World Courage
  • Growing Up Alongside Anne of Green Gables
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