—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 […]
Zarour Zarzar
We come to learn of the difficult situations each character is placed into…
—Joseph Jacobs In the first Act, we come to learn of the difficult situations each character has been placed into. I find it interesting how Chikamatsu was able to get the reader to ask many questions throughout the act, allowing them to form their own opinions about each character’s personality. In my opinion, I feel […]
It is fascinating to see other cultures and lands
—Anonymous “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe is certainly an interesting book. It is fascinating to see other cultures and lands, especially because I am not to familiar with tribal Nigeria. The Igbo people, Chinua writes about, are described to crisp detail and the social dynamics of their society are illustrated perfectly. Though I enjoyed […]
acceptance or confrontation
—Mazidul Ahmed James Baldwin’s two approaches to hatred he discusses can be associated with a broader view of the world’s injustices. All things that provoke anger within us lead up to these two approaches: acceptance or confrontation. In Baldwin’s situation, he had to face these very two paths, but he realized that taking either path […]
When we were beginning to read Incidents…
—Sanjna Puri When we were beginning to read Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, I had absolutely no idea what it was about. I knew it had something to do with slavery but I didn’t know that it would be from the perspective of a slave. I thought it would […]
