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Who Says That, Cat The Cat?, Liz Kazandzhy Sep 2016

Who Says That, Cat The Cat?, Liz Kazandzhy

Children's Book and Media Review

Energetic and spunky Cat the Cat visits his many animal friends and asks them what sounds they make. Hound, Chick, and Cow happily make their sounds for Cat, but Bunny finds that he has no sound to make! But no worries—Cat and friends gather around to give him a hug so he doesn’t feel so bad.


The Magic Garden, Rebeca Wallin Sep 2016

The Magic Garden, Rebeca Wallin

Children's Book and Media Review

A young boy named David and his football team has just lost a game to the local team sponsored by the candy factory. David and his team have been eating candy before dinner and then avoiding the vegetables they are served. David discovers a cast of characters in his garden including Dandy Lion, King Onion and other vegetables. The vegetables are worried about the nationwide disdain for vegetables and love of sweets. They decide to visit the Queen of Sweets to discuss a solution. The Onion King is trapped by the Queen of Sweets and narrowly escapes. Leaving an oniony …


Deconstructing O'Connor's Grace Through Marxism, Aubri M. Devashrayee Mar 2016

Deconstructing O'Connor's Grace Through Marxism, Aubri M. Devashrayee

BYU English Symposium

The works of Flannery O’Connor deal greatly with the concepts of grace and religion and how they save the lost characters in her stories. O’Connor’s works are very violent, as well as religious. Story after story shows that God “terrifies before He can bless,” as Robert Drake asserts in his article “The Bleeding Stinking Mad Shadow of Jesus” (185). There are many instances where it is doubtful that grace has been received, and when it has been, the characters are distinctly worse off than they were before. This is prevalent in all of O’Connor’s short stories, and when looking through …