—Ana Bushi I had an idea that I would be reading a Homeric work as soon as I knew that I was going to enroll for an English course on “great works of literature”, so The Odyssey did not come as a surprise to me. I believe that it is fair to consider this literary […]
culture
The Last Indian and the Toughest Indian
—Anonymous When I first read “The Toughest Indian in the World” by Sherman Alexie, I thought this is a monotonous story about an Indian’s experience. However, after getting the questions that why the author used first-person narration, I started to try to stand on the leading role’s place to think about the story, and I […]
Culture is what identifies us as a civilization …
— Anonymous Culture is what identifies us as a civilization. The customs, tradition, language and the people we affiliate ourselves with. “Things Fall Apart” provides the beliefs of the Umuofia Clan. We can all agree that we follow certain beliefs and tradition that have been taught to us. My family is Mexican; one of my […]
Reading Things Fall Apart was a nice change…
—Anonymous Reading Things Fall Apart was a nice change from Remembering Babylon since the language was a lot simpler. Things Fall Apart has very real issues in it, which at first are hard to accept since they are almost normalized. It is important for us to learn about these issues and come to the realization […]
