— Anonymous In my opinion, Lu Xun, “In the Wineshop” is indeed a great work. The author was able to convey a complex idea without the active participation of the narrator but through the use of a supporting character. “In the Wineshop”, depicts a scholar’s revisit of his hometown, only to find himself a stranger […]
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“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by T.S. Eliot, is a great work because…
— Abdulla al Sudman “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by T. S. Eliot, is a great work because it comments in a person’s thoughts versus their actions. we as human beings tend to believe that we could do so much in our lives, that our abilities are endless and we have free will […]
I feel like this story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy, is very relatable especially due to our current circumstances…
— Abdulla Al Sudman I feel like this story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy, is very relatable especially due to our current circumstances. It speaks on how human beings naturally follow a specific path and for the longest time they believe that that’s the only path that should be taken. And this routine […]
“Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature…
— Abdulla Al Sudman “Bewitched,” by Ueda Akinari, is an interesting piece of literature for me because it really touches upon something much deeper than a man’s attraction to beauty, instead on how beauty, and as an extension women, are perceived by people. This is a “Great Work” because it illustrates how people thought and […]
I genuinely love how thought provoking the story is…
— Anonymous I genuinely love how thought provoking the story is. It relates to two things that I often contemplate on, time and life. Ivan Ilyich were driven to become successful before he gets ill. He believes that living to the standard of upper class is to only proper way to live a life. Because […]