— Ginna Lopez I consider the novel “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio” by Amara Lakhous a “Great Work of literature.” I felt a connection with some of the characters, specially the immigrants that were able to express themselves without fear of being censored. The text has a big value for me […]
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She finds that things were not as she thought
— Ginna Lopez After all the obstacles Linda had to go through to get to the north, she finds that things were not as she thought. This is most likely what happens when you emigrate, thinking that you are going to solve your life but then you face another reality which is practically the same […]
Caught me on the side of feelings and it didn’t let me go until the end
— 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 […]
The events seemed to be exaggerated or almost fictitious
— Onima Shah Although the book is more of a personal diary for Jacobs, I think that her story often reads as a novel because of the extremities of the events that she describes. While I was reading the book, I assumed it was a novel because the events that she was describing seemed to […]
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 […]
