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Written by the Students of Baruch College

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A high-concept story exposes human arrogance and hypocrisy

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— Anonymous I think Flannery O’Connor’s “Good Country People” is a Great Work because it is a high-concept story exposes human arrogance and hypocrisy. We all have our inner self that is against every outward behavior moment, and O’Connor uses Good Country People to imitate all of us. An example from the book, Mrs. Hopewell […]

A terrible moment in history through a woman’s perspective

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— Anonymous I believe that “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” should be considered a work of great literature because of its ability to view a terrible moment in history (slavery) through a woman’s perspective. Whenever I read something about slavery its usually about the general population or about a man’s escape from […]

Both experience inhumanity, but both have been victimized by distinct reasons

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— Anonymous James Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son” and Paul Monette’s “3275” are quite related facts in their life, where Baldwin faces racism and Monette has been deprived from his rights. I think both of them experience inhumanity fact in their life. But both of them have been victimized by distinct reasons. Baldwin is […]

After I read the book I am shocked

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— Anonymous The novel “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” by Harriet Jacobs represent her cruel experienced the evils American slavery. I cannot imagine how cruel slavery can be when I heard from others or seen movies after I read the book I am shocked because the author shows real-life experience in her […]

It is fascinating to read about Paul Monette’s grief and the epidemic situation caused by “AIDS”

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— Anonymous It is fascinating to read about Paul Monette’s grief and the epidemic situation caused by “AIDS” during eighties and nineties. I was not familiar of AIDS until I went to high school. There were many proses, poems, or verses about AIDS. As far I remember from my high school texts, there was a […]

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