— Anonymous Among all the great works that we have read this semester and, in my opinion, even among all the modernist texts that we have read so far, I feel that Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is indeed a great work and is one of the best thus far. Not only does it check points […]
Continental European
What surprised me the most …
— Anonymous What surprised me the most when I was reading Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio was the amount of times when the characters would knowingly be ignorant or be racist. The first example given to us in the book is the interaction between Benedetta and Parviz. Since they are both […]
Human Nature in “To the Reader”
—Anonymous The first time I read this poem, I was attracted by that. Instead of talking about beauty, it talks about ugliness. I read this poem before my desk at home which place can make me calm and really think of something. Therefore, when I saw the unfamiliar vocabulary, I didn’t feel anxious and I […]
For me, a “great work” is …
—Kelly Leung For me, a “great work” is essentially a work of timeless meaning, which encompasses several important life lessons that can be applied to anybody regardless of what time period they live in. It is also a plus that the story portrays it in a way that can be easy to understand yet deep […]
Ultimately, what makes something great …
— Anonymous Ultimately, what makes something great, in my opinion, is its ability to help or give something to others. It’s the reason that, for decades, great leaders have always been the ones who don’t necessarily make the biggest or most notable decisions, or why the greatest inventions aren’t necessarily the iPhone or anything else […]
