​Andréa Agosto

Stereotypes, regardless of the nature of their intent, can be devastating for those expected to not only live up to them, but embody and epitomize them. In Stacey J. Lee’s Unraveling the “Model Minority” Stereotype, she explores how a certain stereotype affects Asian American youth. She conducted an ethnographic study at a prestige high school with a diverse Asian population and what she found was startling. In this paper, I will briefly discuss her methodology and the sch

I finished Gone Girl the book October 3rd, and headed to the theater to watch the movie on October 4th. The book starts off kind of slow and it took me a little bit to really get into. It starts off going back and forth from Amy's past diary entries and Nick's present day thoughts. It reads like a novel about a broken marriage at first and how Amy, the dutiful wife, tried her best to fix it but soon grew to fear her abusive husband. This is very much like the movie in that r

So I have been a wee bit slackerish lately. My sincerest apologies. I started going to school to work on getting into a Bilingual Teching Credential and I've been focusing on that, but I always have time for leisurely reading. :) Book reviews coming up (in no particular order): NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (I keep wanting to write Jonah for some reason. Sorry, Joe!) NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, theNew York Times bestselling a

I finally got to the theater to watch this movie. After reading the book, I can't really say that I had high expectations for the film. I could easily see, however, why the book would be optioned into a film. This past decade has basically been the decade for young adult novels being adapted for the screen, and I am not complaining. It makes sense a book that’s sold more than 3 million copies to be adapted. James Dashner’s series already has a following (I assume since there

I was really excited to see this movie...but was let down. The film tried to tie to way too many things in the first book and tie up the loose strings from the first movie. It was a hot, boring, slow mess. Visually stunning as usual, the sequel did not live up to its predecessor. Casting wasn't as strong either. Eva Green as the femme fatale, Ava, fell a little flat for me. Crowd favorites Marv (Mickey Rourke), Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) and Gail (Rosario Dawson) returned

So I went so see the film adaptation of The Giver last night. While it was not what I expected, I was not disappointed. The movie begins with Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), our protagonist, narrating the rules and giving a little back-story about the community. This sets up the culture that has been established within the Community nicely. Instead of beginning a couple days or so before the Ceremony of Twelve, it starts almost right before what the movie called their graduation ce

One of my favorite and most annyoing things in the world are film adaptations of books I loved. I've started a page to screen series as there are more and more books being adapted to the screen. I'm starting the first one of the series with The Giver, as I will be watching the movie tonight. I was also fortunate enough to co-teach this controversial and previously banned book to seventh grade class with mixed English proficiencies. I just wanted to go over what the book was

In trying to clear my mind, I've taken back to reading. It's amazing. I love it. Do it. There are spoilers after this point. You have been warned. Boom. I recently got wrapped up in reading The Maze Runner by James Dashner. In short, the story is set in an apocalyptic, dystopian future with brain wiped teenaged boy geniuses going through a series of hardships only to discover all of their pain and deaths of their friends were part of an elaborate experiment. The teenagers are