American Literature - Blog Posts
Effect vs. Affect
I just came up with a fun way to remember when to use effect or affect.
Think about: Affect-ion
You give affection and are thus effected positively.
Affect is the intrusion or the causation and effect is the solution.
The rain affects the garden by watering it. The garden is effected by the rain.
Affect refers to an action that will/is/has interrupted the previous norm. Effect refers to the act of being influenced by something else
Affect is given onto something
Effect is received from something
My favorite part of The Great Gatsby is that it's told through the perspective of this guy who just happens to be around a bunch of rich people so a lot of time it's being described so bluntly
Like it's just a *guy* trying to keep up with and understand all this rich people shit cause his like second cousin once removed or something got married to a rich guy and he moved into the cheapest place he could find which *happened* to be next to a really rich guy
“… you can feel the stars and the infinity of the sky. Since life, in spite of everything, is like a fairytale.”
- Vincent van Gogh
Dark Academia Playlist
a little dark, a little whimsical, tunes to make you feel like the main character in a film.
roslyn — bon iver, st. vincent
the secret history — the chamber orchestra of london
les mémoires blessées — dark sanctuary
into dust — mazzy star
clair de lune, l. 32 — claude debussy
show me how — men i trust
eyes on fire — blue foundation
over the moon — the marías
falling asleep with a book on your chest — lullatone
solo — five mile town
tchaikovsky: swan lake — pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky
altogether — slowdive
cigar & a 78 — five mile town
visions of gideon — sufjan stevens
thinking of you — cosmic child
headache — grouper
if i’m asleep — five mile town
dark — daffodils
“The moon grows out of the hills A yellow flower, The lake is a dreamy bride Who waits her hour.”
— Sara Teasdale, from Stresa; Rivers to the Sea: Poems, 1915
i love discovering the hidden gems in my city!
"He's gotten into you and he knows how to manipulate your limbs with his big naked hands."
Kathy Acker, Florida
got called a shakespeare nerd twice today yes this is becoming my whole personality