Grey Skies and Little Lies

A blog for the Spring 2023 ENGL 1102 H7 section about Dark Academia that includes the reflective work of students on class discussions and the novel itself.

Idealization & Deception

Reading the Secret History causes some students to wonder- who is Julian and why is he so controlling? What about Henry makes him so alluring? These essays seek to answer these questions using a theme of Idealization and Deception. Read them below!

“Those Primitive Impulses”
“Melancholic Foreshadowing”
“Negligence of Identity”
“Aesthetics Above All”
“Don’t Trust Me”
“Fatal Beauty”
“Two Sides of the Human Condition”
“Illusion of Identity”
“Richard’s Reflection”
“Down the Rabbit Hole”
“Refining Richard Papen”