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Articles by Eric Marcy

Eric Marcy is a student of English at Union University and resides in Mooresville, North Carolina. An avid reader, writer, and filmgoer, Eric reviews film for The Cardinal & Cream and writes on a variety of topics for the blog he co-founded, Pulling on the Push Door. Eric finds most of his inspiration from a combination of Star Wars, William Wordsworth, and the New York Yankees. For more of Eric’s work, visit pullingonthepushdoor.wordpress.com or follow him on Twitter @eric_marcy.
Aug 17, 2015

An Unlikely Knight of Faith: Roy Neary’s Religious Journey in Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Spielberg provides a story both of spiritual and evolutionary significance for the entire human race.

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