Category Archives: Adult Fiction

The Fight for Equality: Animal Farm

Posted on February 26, 2018 by

Animal Farm by George Orwell “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Although I enjoy reading fiction and read a fair amount of it (I earned my degree in English, after all), I recommend more … Continue reading →

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Understanding – the First Step Towards Compassion: Ender’s Game

Posted on January 27, 2018 by

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card “…it did not occur to them that this twelve-year-old boy might be as gifted at peace as he was at war.” Well, I’m not a huge Sci-Fi reader, but I had seen the movie Ender’s … Continue reading →

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Black & White & Red All Over: Lessons from The Scarlet Letter

Posted on May 19, 2015 by

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne “He to whom only the outward and physical evil is laid open, knoweth, oftentimes, but half the evil which he is called upon to cure. A bodily disease, which we look upon as whole and … Continue reading →

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“Christian” Books Every Christian would be better off NOT Reading, Part One

Posted on September 15, 2014 by

“ I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;  which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of … Continue reading →

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Is Huckleberry Finn Racist?

Posted on July 21, 2014 by

Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain “You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,’ but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark … Continue reading →

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The Making of a Perfect World, Part 2: The Giver

Posted on February 10, 2014 by

The Giver by Lois Lowry “We don’t dare let people make choices of their own…We really have to protect people from wrong choices.” In my previous article, I talked about Utopia by Sir Thomas More and the concept of utopian … Continue reading →

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