I am a developing researcher who is fascinated with paradoxes. Last year, I wrote a thirty page paper on Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray". In this paper I examined how the protagonist's downfall results from his inability to reconcile the repressive nature of Victorian society with the hedonistic movement that lurks underneath the world of the gentility. This interest in paradoxes also extends to the domain of religious history, which I hope to eventually research extensively. I am interested in understanding the struggle of intellectuals throughout history who had to reconcile faith and reason. I am also intrigued by how Christianity transformed from a secretive cult to a world power.