Category: Literature
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The Hemingway Story Lost in Adaptation
As one of the most successful authors of the twentieth century, Ernest Hemingway was no stranger to adaptations of his novels. The first book of his ever rewritten for the screen was A Farewell to Arms. It made its debut in 1932, directed by Frank Borzage. Given the awards it received, it stands as a…
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How Relevant is The Feminine Mystique?
Pictured: Betty Friedan. The reason The Feminine Mystique was written was what really influenced me to read it. Betty Friedan’s motivation had been to disprove “fulfillment as a woman had only one definition for American women after 1949—the housewife-mother” (pg. xi-xx). She had recognized how dissatisfied many of her past women classmates at Smith College…
The Human Condition 