—Hugo Rodriguez The text that I connected with was “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Conner. This text was difficult to understand at first, and I had to read through it a couple of times in order to build an understanding of this text. I connected with this text because the main character of the story […]
LITERARY PERIOD
These two texts drew me into the narrative and kept me hooked
—Anonymous Moliere’s “Tartuffe” and “Life of a Sensuous Woman” by Ihara Saikaku are both great works of literature. These two texts drew me into the narrative and kept me hooked. Despite how long ago they were written I was still able to connect with these stories that allowed me to understand the ideas Moliere and […]
The reasons I enjoyed this reading may well be reasons for others to avoid it
—Anonymous I consider “A Modest Proposal” to be a “Great Work”. Before I go into specifics as to why I was fond of this particular text, I’d like to mention that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the reasons I enjoyed this reading may well be reasons for others to avoid it. […]
Not a short horror story
—Hugo Rodriguez This semester the text that made me feel uncomfortable was the text called “Ghosts” by Edwidge Danticat. This text challenged me intellectually, as I did not understand why the author of the story, named it “Ghosts”. “Ghosts” despite it’s name was not a short horror story. The short story was about a boy […]
Tan’s Inspiration
—Anonymous Amy Tans writing is a very moving piece. While listening to do background of how the writing was organized, I started to realize how effective one’s writing can be. Tan talks about being good at English as more than just being able to speak a language and understand it. Now this is an important […]
