A common occurrence in the 17th, 18th and 19th century literary pieces read in this class, was the theme of society. Piece after piece in all different ways and forms, there would somehow be a connection that lead to society and the views of societal classes. In most cases this was done through the subject of money and the role of women. This theme of society was just constantly running through my head, forcing me to think back to those times and read more in depth about the views of each author.

Here is what I have touched upon in this short time:

-Bartleby vs Modern Day

-Du Tenth- Money and Society

-Hedda Gabler- Money vs Power?

-A Modest Porposal- Satire- Society

-Leo Tolstoy’s revelation of the Russian middle class

-Quotes- Hedda Gabler and Ivan Ilyich

-Questions- Bartleby

-View of Women from the eyes of society

-Hero’s

-The Garden of Forking Paths

-Modern Society

My original goal for this blog was to be able to express my thoughts and ideas about the literature we have read in class, in hopes of some feedback from others. I feel I have accomplished this goal and more. What this blog and research for the blog have taught me is that this idea and theme of society goes a lot deeper then these specific pieces of literature. These authors had an idea and a problem with society and they expressed it the best way they knew how, writing.

Thank you for reading!