Prejudice in The House in the Cerulean Sea: How Fiction Mirrors Reality

By Daria Husni In The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune weaves the story of a social worker, Linus Baker, who oversees the care of orphaned magical children. Through a special assignment from his organization, DICOMY, Linus comes face to face with his own prejudice, and begins to question his loyalties towards DICOMY and

Annotated Bibliography: The House in the Cerulean Sea

Map of the plot of The House in the Cerulean Sea: Here is a map of important plot points in the book, The House in the Cerulean Sea. I have mapped them by their positive and negative charges in regard to the plot and themes of the book.  Linus’s supervisor approaches Linus, gives him demerits,

Understanding Rhetoric: How Submitting to this Story is Beneficial

When I first read The House in the Cerulean Sea, I was immersed in Linus’s life as a case worker for magical youth. Though he leads a dull life, any reader could tell that he cared about the children in the orphanages and made sure they were properly taken care of. His gray, gloomy world

A Tale of Love and Finding Who One is Meant to be

The House in the Cerulean Sea, written by TJ Klune, is a book I thoroughly enjoyed. I was executing a light read, with themes of conquering fear and love being the answer, and was met with these and satisfied, but I was also given so much more. I absolutely adored the characters and how different

Monsters in Humanity & Humanity in Monsters

While reading The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune, I attempted to take a step back and look at the words on the page, more so than the general narrative. Given that this book felt like it was tailored specifically to my tastes in literature, it was difficult to avoid getting sucked into