My name is Ethan Spencer and I am a student at Hawai'i Community College in Hilo, Hawai'i. I am presently a Liberal Arts major making my way towards a double major which consists of both English and Philosophy. After taking English 103, a class which incorporates reading, writing, critical thinking, and the Internet, a classmate and I elected to further our studies by taking a directed studies course from Professor Birch Robison called English 299. I was challenged to create a semiotic dictionary, examine the semiotic and symbolic meanings of different alcoholic drinks, write a short story using semiotic references, and finally publish it all on the web. The links below will take you to each assignment. I hope you will enjoy yourself while learning something new.
 
 

A Dictionary of Signs and Symbols in Contemporary Culture

• Word Criteria
• Bibliography

A Blossoming Rose
    This is a creative short story based on the movie Citizen Kane.
 

More of my Work
    This is a compilation of my different writing assignments most of which will always be "in" progress.

• The Ideal Home is in the Heart
• Pepe Le Pew and the Little Pussy Cat
• Let's Go Barbie (poetry)

Cheryl's Semiotic Home page
    This is a link to Cheryl Berg's home page, my classmate, whose research into semiotics is both informative as well as intriguing. Visit her site for a better grasp of signs, symbols, and semiotics.
 
 

I hope you have enjoyed the different links I have provided. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or complaints, please email me at espencer@hawaii.edu.