— Anonymous After reading “The Toughest Indian in the World” there were a few aspects of the short story that made me feel uncomfortable while I was reading. When I had started reading the short story I thought that it would be about the Native American culture and teaching the readers about culture. However, during […]
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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 […]
Sometimes I feel that I need an escape from the realities of life
— Anonymous After reading the “Bar Napkin Sonnet #11” written by Moira Egan, I felt a personal connection to her writing. Even though alcohol is thankfully not something I consume, sometimes I feel that I need an escape from the realities of life. Weather it would be a great book, or a funny Adam Sandler […]
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 […]
