Jamie O'Connell, M.F.A.
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Jamie is an educator and writer residing in Bend, Oregon. As a private tutor and academic coach with an MFA in Writing, she uses an imaginative approach when working with students to address their academic goals. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, Factory Globe and Moon Tourist, and her work has been published in over twenty literary journals.
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Answered a Question in Derek Walcott
Considering that Derek Walcott’s “A Careful Passion” navigates the dissolution of a relationship, the poem centers on the theme of heartbreak. Specifically, he uses dense images of the sea to... -
Answered a Question in Never Let Me Go
Two central motifs in Never Let Me Go are art and music. In navigating themes of death, innocence, and eternal recurrence, Ishiguro illustrates how creativity embodies the practice of the soul... -
Answered a Question in The Road
Hope is a fascinating theme to explore in The Road, especially considering the harsh world that the characters navigate, in which the remnants of hope disintegrate like dust in the post-apocalyptic... -
Answered a Question in The Road
Authors throughout history employ situational archetypes to effectively portray the structural elements of a good story. Several of these prominent situational archetypes in literature include The... -
Answered a Question in Into Thin Air
John Krakauer conveys his alluring yet devastating quest to summit the highest peak on Earth in his personal account of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, Into Thin Air. His first-person narration... -
Answered a Question in Poetry
Gillian Clarke’s poem “Catrin” navigates the changing relationship between a mother and her child as she watches her child grow into an adult. In analyzing the poem, it is important to consider how... -
Answered a Question in As I Lay Dying
Considering how Faulkner’s use of language makes each of his words feel seeped with meaning, there are multiple arguments to consider when formulating a thesis on As I Lay Dying. When crafting your... -
Answered a Question in Seamus Heaney
Shakespeare’s influence on Seamus Heaney’s poems—written centuries later—is evident not only in style and form, but also in their mutual exploration of how mortality reflects earth’s cyclical... -
Answered a Question in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Throughout One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey uses Chief Bromden’s narration to illuminate how humor becomes a unifying, empowering force among the patients in the novel. When McMurphy...