Cyrus Chen
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Cyrus Chen
“For the last twenty years, until recently, Jhumpa Lahiri’s stories were the template of ethnic fiction that supports the fantasy of Asian American immigrants as compliant strivers. The fault lies not in Lahiri herself, who I think is an absorbing storyteller, but in the publishing industry that used to position her books as the “single story” on i
... See moresomeone who has low self-esteem is really a narcissist in disguise, because both share the obsession with the self, no matter if it’s awesome or awful.
Alex Dobrenko` • What Does Your Stupid Art Even Do for the World?
A narcissist critiques a person not based on the actual merit or behavior of that individual but rather out of personal interest or a desire to wound someone they perceive as a threat. Their critiques are typically driven by self-serving motives, aiming to elevate themselves or to harm those who challenge or threaten their ego. Additionally, they m... See more
quote from American Childhood (Annie Dillard):
There was joy in concentration, and the world afforded an inexhaustible wealth of projects to concentrate on. There was joy in effort, and the world resisted effort to just the right degree, and yielded to it at last. People cut Mount Rushmore into faces; they chipped here and there for years. People sl
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What Is College For?
Andrew Delbanco discusses the purpose of college, highlighting economic benefits, political importance, and the value of liberal education in fostering individual growth and enhancing democratic citizenship.
files.eric.ed.govBrave New World founded my nascent moral philosophy and became the subject of my college admissions essay,
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
“I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.”
-Charles Bukowski