To reach our goal, are all life journeys equal? Dr Kalpakgian delves into Dickens’ David Copperfield to show that the mode of travel really does matter.
Read More »David Copperfield: How Dickens Humanizes a Heartless World
by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian | In Dickens’ David Copperfield, an autobiographical novel narrated by David based on many events in Dickens’ own life...
Read More »Why We Need to Play More!
In the course of a year, all persons are aware of the weekdays and the weekends, of work days and national holidays like Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Labor Day and ...
Read More »Why the Liberal Arts are Essential
by Mitchell Kalpakgian | It is common to hear students dismiss certain fields of knowledge as useless to their profession and career. Why should students majoring in information technology, accounting, music, or biology study philosophy, literature, or Latin? Surely they will not need this knowledge in their specialized, technical fields of study.
Read More »Dealing with Tragedy: Lessons from Dickens’ ‘David Copperfield’
While it is a most human to desire the ideal, seek the best, and have the highest goals, all human lives suffer damages and require rebuilding. The unfaithful husband or wife, the deaths and illnesses in a family, the rebellion of the prodigal son or daughter, the loss of income or work all inflict destruction of some kind that forces another beginning, a fresh approach, a new idea, or the exercise of a heroic virtue.
Read More »Praise for ‘Ballad of the White Horse’
by Kathy Rinker Great poetry seems difficult to come by these days, doesn’t it? This is one of the many reasons why Seton has carried G.K. Chesterton’s book Ballad of ...
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