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Read Great Works

Written by the Students of Baruch College

LITERARY PERIOD

Usually, when we read something for English class…

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—Anonymous Usually, when we read something for English class, the text would always be in the most difficult English language. It would be hard for young adults to understand and really take it the meaning of these works. Looking at the readings that we did over the semester so far, they have all been very […]

When reading a text from school, I want it to be interesting and fun for me to read…

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—Anonymous When reading a text from school, I want it to be interesting and fun for me to read. At the same time, I also want it to be relatable. Some of the readings that I found to be meaningful are the Kant and Sade readings. Our very first reading was meaningful in ways where […]

Dear Future Student

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—Syed Junaid Dear future student: I believe “The Cry of the Children” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to be a great work because of how it made me feel and its pursuit of societal impact. Firstly, as someone who hates poems, I often get lost in my own thoughts while reading them, but this however kept […]

A great work of literature is a piece that prompts the reader to think beyond their beliefs…

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—Justine Galvan For me, a great work of literature is a piece that prompts the reader to think beyond their beliefs, and “Tartuffe” does just that. Especially with the play being published in 1664, Moliere truly offered revolutionary ideas in his French drama that made people back then, and even people of today, question their […]

The most important thing is voicing their opinions in hopes of a change…

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—Joseph Jacobs It is always sad to read about humanity taking turns for the worst with judgemental and hateful feelings towards one another. Here, we see the saying that “Grief is a sword or is nothing” being used perfectly as people either use judgment cast towards them to benefit them later on or let it […]

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