Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Review Part 2 – Movie Impressions

And now for the movie! First, let me say this: I loved it. I thought it was a fantastic film that was full of charm and wit and humor. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the film that I went in expecting to see. What strikes me the most odd about this is that I thoroughly enjoyed it,… Continue reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Review Part 2 – Movie Impressions

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Review Part 1 – Expectations

I had planned on writing this prior to seeing the film, but I got sidetracked with other things and couldn’t find the time. Instead, I will do my best to write my most unbiased opinions of what I expected from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince based solely on the novel, which I haven’t read… Continue reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – Review Part 1 – Expectations

The Death of the Author in the Information Age

The idea of “death of the author” primarily means that once a work is created that the author’s influence on it is non-existent, that it is solely in the reader’s hands to place meaning in a text. This is to say that whatever intentions a writer has for a book (or a director for a… Continue reading The Death of the Author in the Information Age