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Written by the Students of Baruch College

Great Works

I’m Dead

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—Anonymous I really wish that somebody warned me the texts I would read in college would progressively f— me up more and more. The Dead by James Joyce was a short story that I don’t think I was fully prepared to read. I’ve spent about 90% of this quarantine reflecting on my failed relationship (sorry […]

Swimming in Circles

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— Anonymous “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett is definitely fitting in the current state of our lives. It’s easy to see how this text is uncomfortable. Endgame shows the crushing repetitive loneliness of life. Constantly moving in a circle, expressing the same emotions, having the same conversations. I thought there was a great thought in the […]

I was appalled by the graphic depiction of the various…

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— Jin Qiu If there is a text that we’ve read throughout the semester that has made me uncomfortable, it would be “Juliette” by Sades hands down. When I first read the text at the library, I was appalled by the graphic depiction of the various sexual acts and murders that Juliette committed in the […]

Deconstructs what we think are the laws of attraction

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— Anonymous Societal beauty standards is a topic that is still very much alive to this day. In “Odour”, Saadat Hasan Manto deconstructs what we think are the laws of attraction. I believe this makes the story a great work. The story details an event in which the character, Randhir, sleeps with a girl from […]

All citizens should have their own perspectives on the society, rather than be controlled in mind

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— Anonymous In my opinion, for Kant’s “What is Enlightenment?” the quality that make it become a masterpiece, is the historical background. Since in 17th century and in 18th century, French was still a monarchy country, the Roman Catholic Church controlled the thoughts. Under the pressure of the autocracy, people are so desired to be […]

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