— Anonymous The following response will be based on “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett. The one-act play was very hard to understand after only reading a pdf. When I read the Endgame for the first time, I did not get many of the metaphors or symbolism in it. There were too many dialogues which had deep […]
Postmodern (1945–2001CE)
More complex than the naked eye showed
— Anonymous After reading “Good Country People” written by Flannery O’Connor, there were many things that I found to be interesting, appealing, and comparable to things we spoke about within the classroom. The protagonist of the story Hulga was an interesting character, who was more complex than the naked eye showed. She was a character […]
I did not thoroughly understand, and therefore could not thoroughly enjoy
— Alexandra Shyklo One text that we’ve read “in class” that I feel as though I did not thoroughly understand, and therefore could not thoroughly enjoy, is “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett. I put “in class” in quotation marks because my class analyzed this text as a portion of our distance-learning curriculum, during the pandemic. It […]
Usually, when we read something for English class…
—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 […]
The most important thing is voicing their opinions in hopes of a change…
—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 […]
