—Anonymous “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe is certainly an interesting book. It is fascinating to see other cultures and lands, especially because I am not to familiar with tribal Nigeria. The Igbo people, Chinua writes about, are described to crisp detail and the social dynamics of their society are illustrated perfectly. Though I enjoyed […]
The short story or the play was not written in the traditional method
—Anonymous One of the literary text that was challenging was the short story, “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett. Furthermore, it was our group’s job to present the story to the class which means that I needed to have a sound understanding of it. However, the short story or the play was not written in the traditional […]
The text that I connected with was difficult to understand at first
—Hugo Rodriguez The text that I connected with was “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Conner. This text was difficult to understand at first, and I had to read through it a couple of times in order to build an understanding of this text. I connected with this text because the main character of the story […]
The reasons I enjoyed this reading may well be reasons for others to avoid it
—Anonymous I consider “A Modest Proposal” to be a “Great Work”. Before I go into specifics as to why I was fond of this particular text, I’d like to mention that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the reasons I enjoyed this reading may well be reasons for others to avoid it. […]
Not a short horror story
—Hugo Rodriguez This semester the text that made me feel uncomfortable was the text called “Ghosts” by Edwidge Danticat. This text challenged me intellectually, as I did not understand why the author of the story, named it “Ghosts”. “Ghosts” despite it’s name was not a short horror story. The short story was about a boy […]
