— Ginna Lopez In the previous assignment [my professor] posted three videos which I watched and enjoyed. Thanks for those videos I did not see the reading so difficult to understand. For instance, the magic of the puppets was inexplicable. It was not just a fantasy and adventure. The puppet play, “The Love Suicides at […]
She got the freedom, but it was not exactly what she was expecting
— Onima Shah Linda being hurt by Mrs. Hobbs words is an important scene, as she is free but still experiences the effects of slavery in the North, a place that should have been free. She got the freedom, but it was not exactly what she was expecting. Although Ellen was really not a slave […]
It seems that there is no way out
— Onima Shah When I first read Act I, it was extremely confusing for me to read. I had a difficult time comprehending what I was reading. However, after reading it again for the second time, I think it started to become more clear to me. I thought it was interesting when someone in their […]
Is the Odyssey a Great Work?
— Anuradha Rampersaud In my opinion, a great work has several meanings. For a story to be a great work it should connect readers to the characters and at the same time inspire them. Additionally, it should keep the reader’s attention hooked, and the themes and messages that the story is conveying is of some […]
Life wisdoms and society problems
— Anonymous Tolstoy’s “The Death of Ivan Ilyich” impressed me significantly since he narrates the thoughts, feelings and experience of death so vividly, and more importantly, he reveals life wisdoms and society problems beneath Ivan’s death. It reminds me of Cao Xueqin’s words about what is a great work “a grasp of mundane affairs is […]
