Author: jeremy chan

  • Poor Moll

    So the other day I was reading “Moll Flanders” by Daniel Defoe. I still am because it’s a hard read for me. In the story the start of Moll’s Ruin (old English writers tend to capitalize everything) begins with a secret affair with the elder brother of the reputable household she is working in. Now…

  • “Dangal” made me cry.

    I hate crying in movies. Especially in a cinema. Especially when I’m next to my mom. But Dangal made me do all that. Twice. I had a discussion with my mom afterwards. After-movie discussions are great, especially when you get the view of a parent on a movie that’s about a father forcing her daughter…

  • “Cat’s Eye” and truth

    “Cat’s Eye” and truth

    I recently finished reading Margaret Atwood’s novel “Cat’s Eye”, published in 1988. Honestly, this novel is one of the most profound and inspiring book I’ve read. Written as a sort of autobiography of the main character, which in a lot of aspects reflect Margaret Atwood herself, the novel follows the life of Elaine Risley from…

  • Fairy tales: Horror stories for children

    I recently joined YMCA Camps as a volunteer staff for part of my summer, so you can imagine the time I spent dealing with kids. One of the main things that children like is singing. It’s nothing much, just catchy chants with easy actions that kids find easy to follow. We normally sing about “fishy-wishy”,…

  • Shakespeare’s “The Hobbit”

    Shakespeare’s “The Hobbit”

    Just before I begin: SPOILERS ALERT Recently I finished reading Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” (I know it’s a bit late, but took me quite a while to get back to the world of fantasy after studying lots of “literal” works) and I couldn’t help notice a certain similarity it bears with Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure”. Just…

  • Cross my fingers

    Hello there! Whether you arrived here by clicking on the link I posted on Facebook or Instagram, or simply by wandering through the vast and amazing Internet, it is now my responsibility to keep you entertained and make you stay. My blog, Literally Left-handed, records all my ideas as I read. I love reading, and I…