Adi’s AP Lit Blog

The two most influential ideas I learned from my research were:   The extent to which Indians are optimistic about their potential to achieve a better life through work. Going into this project, I didn’t have a sense of how

For my final blog, I’ve decided to use this piece I wrote almost exactly four years ago. Despite it being my favorite sport and one of my favorite activities, basketball has not come up often, if at all, in my

Prior to crafting this list, I didn’t know much about a majority of these cities. But as someone who thinks we could all use more knowledge about our great fifty states, I thought it would be valuable to put together

I recently found myself playing a geography speed quiz on Sporcle, sitting at the back of an academic class that will remain unnamed. For those unfamiliar with Sporcle, it is the self-proclaimed largest trivia website in the world, featuring all

  I thought I was prepared to handle death until its cold, sunken eyes were staring me in the face. Driving down Naper Boulevard, I noticed a light come on in my Alabaster Silver 2011 Honda Odyssey: a red rectangle

  One of the few constants throughout human history has been the consistent rise and fall of empires. No matter how powerful, all of history’s greatest dynasties have eventually come to an end. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “Ozymandias”, is a

Top 10 Top 10 Lists   If WatchMojo’s meteoric rise in the early 2010s is any indication, people love top 10 lists. I’m no exception. Today I’ll be going over the best of the best; my personal top 10 list

You’ve probably heard every cliche in the book about needing to take control of your own life, whether by seizing the moment or treating every day like it’s your last. If you’re lucky, you’ve managed to avoid the corniest of

Not based on a true story. It’s painful realizing you’ve spent most of your life in the dark. Like a mouse scrambling through a little maze I’ve been making twists and turns, yearning for the light at the end of

Movies give us a chance to get lost in fictional worlds, and immerse ourselves in the lives of the characters on screen. As great as fictional stories can be, true stories often have the power to evoke stronger emotions.