Kevin Gallagher

Writing & Literature

Writing and Literature

Guidance from lecturers and interacting with my classmates in various artistic mediums have nurtured my creative abilities to write meaningfully about these subjects. I believe that in a complicated, alienating world it is the job of writers to speak truth to power. This course has opened my eyes to the truly crucial role writing holds in a society.

The Poverty of Ego Under Conformity

Ever since I started this course, my work has gone in a more concrete direction, with the focus being reconciliation. Reconciling the personal and the political, reconciling the innumerable contradictions of life, and personally, reconciling who I was before the course versus the person I am now. This course has taught me to have a sociological view of the world regarding pressing topics like: economics, mental health, drug use, sexuality, religion and bigotry. Studying the academic side of literature has strengthened my understanding of these issues.