Saturday, December 21, 2013
My deepest sympathy to the family and many friends of Meghan Sager. I had the privilege of having Meghan in my English 10 Honors class last year, World Literature. This morning I have been re-reading her essays (literary criticism), every one passionately expressed and effectively constructed: the first, on fatal character flaws in Homer’s The Iliad and Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns; one on Frank McCourt’s Irish memoir Angela’s Ashes; another on a biography of Christian Dior; a research paper on Antigone about just and unjust laws, using MLK,Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” as a critical lens; one on Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina; and a first-person journal through the voice of Paul Baumer on Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. I am also remembering the outstanding script Meghan wrote for her performance group during their multi-media presentation of a creation myth from around the world. Most of all, I am remembering her friendly, positive presence, day-by-day in Room 109, her thoughtful contributions during class discussions, and her beautiful smile. This year, every time I’d see Meghan in the hallways, she had that smile for me and, now and again, a friendly bit of conversation. She touched so many of us at GHS, and the light she brought to each of us will shine on. We will not forget her.
