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Written by the Students of Baruch College

Samuel Beckett

Who’s Playing Chess

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—Anonymous The most absurd text I have read so far this semester is the “Endgame”. It’s really difficult to understand because it’s my first time to read a drama script in English and it’s super illogical. The characters keep repeating same or similar words and behaviors. When the first time I read this text, I […]

The dark side…

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— Anonymous The dark side During this semester, I’ve read many different types of literature. They all give me different feelings and inspirited me in different ways. among those reading, I found one text that I didn’t understand and makes me feel uncomfortable. The “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett talked about four people with disabilities living […]

Throughout the course of the semester …

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— Elizabeth Nguyen Throughout the course of the semester while reading the play, Endgame by Samuel Beckett, was first to understand at first because I didn’t really understand what was going on in the play. After reading it a second time and responding to the questions asked by my other classmates, I started to realize […]

Family affection—Revenge or Gratitude

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—Wenyi Luo The literary text that makes me feel most uncomfortable, whether intellectually or emotionally, is Samuel Beckett’s play — Endgame. From the scenario, I feel really uncomfortable to see the background of Endgame is set in a narrow and dark room. The characters have ugly and strange outlooks and wear dirty and ragged clothes, […]

disrespect for the old

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—Anonymous First, the reason why I not understand the text is that I can not get what the author want to explain the main idea. What I get is that the story structure of the work. Here is what I get in reading before discussion. The relationship between Clov and Hamm is a mutualism, they […]

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