Essays and other writings

A full listing of the essays, stories, etc. that were deemed worthy of this website, organized roughly by time written and subject matter. An asterisk (*) is placed by essays which I consider most interesting (for those of you who don't want to read everything, not that I can imagine why you would.)

Essays and other non-fiction, non-research

(mostly based on works of literature, as noted)

First-in-a-never-seconded series c. 2001

Religion Essay #1 What, exactly, is religion? (1 October 2001)
Mini-Essay #1: You wouldn't think I'd had a religion... (10 September 2001)

Freshman Year, Caltech (1999-2000)

Alone in the crowd About cities and their pyschology

Random Meanderings c. 1999

* Manifesto of an AP Student
* Why I hate standardized tests

High School English Essays:

Senior Year (1998-99)
* Valedictory
"This quintessance of dust..." On Hamlet and Crime and Punishment
Extraordinary Men: a comparison of Meursault and Raskolnikov based on Crime and Punishment and Camus' The Stranger
Cabaret based on the movie
Dying Idealism from William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
AP Government Summer Assignment Relic of an incredibly cynical ERA

Junior Year (1997-98)
** A Few Fish: An Essay on Time How I saw my future from 14 May 1998
the millionth lemming: dissent, dreams, and the meaning of life

Sophomore Year (1996-97)
Portfolio of my best sophomore works (contains a dozen or so different essays)
See especially:
* The Hundredth Dream, based on A Raisin in the Sun
* The End About, you know, the end.

Stories

** Tessie A girl, a cat, some very bad physics. Sequels perpetually in the works.
* C'est ca, le tourisme (It's in French, however...)

In-depth researched reports

The Physics Multiverse
Everything I didn't know about physics as of senior year in high school.
A John Stark Home Page
Everything I didn't know about the Revolutionary War hero as of junior year in high school.