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2Bella.Earth

2bella_earth

About Me

Bildungsroman - a type of novel concerned with the education, development, and maturing of a young protagonist. (Dictionary.com)

My Interests

Lots of reading, literary theory, books on writing

I'd like to meet:

Characters who undergo rites of passage throughout time.

Books:

Catcher In the Rye, To Kill A Mockingbird, Red Badge of Courage, House on Mango Street, Lord of the Flies, The Outsiders, Diary of Anne Frank, Candide, The Bell Jar, Their Eyes Are Watching God

Heroes:

Bildungsroman characters

My Blog

Against Happiness

I'm reading a new book called "Against Happiness" by Eric G. Wilson. It's about society's obsession with being happy all the time. The book presents invaluable insights on what makes us human through ...
Posted by 2Bella.Earth on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:07:00 PST

What I’m reading at this moment.....

A novel called "The Flowers" by Dagoberto Gilb.which is a book about a Mexican American protagonist who moves with his mother's new husband, an American, into a residential apartment called Los Flores...
Posted by 2Bella.Earth on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:20:00 PST

So much depends on....

the red wheelbarrow now stuck in the soft moundno wait, so much depends on the narrow-ness of the soft moundwith its healthy mixture of cow manure, stinking up the littleplayground, now littered with ...
Posted by 2Bella.Earth on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:22:00 PST

Carpe Diem!

It is the right moment to seize the day!
Posted by 2Bella.Earth on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:26:00 PST