—Brian Mangal While reading throughout the course, James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” caught my attention the most. When first reading it, what I got from the story was a story between two brothers. With this came the failure of one brother to protect another, and as a result, Sonny ends up getting hooked on drugs. However, […]
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Family no matter what
— Anonymous I consider James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues” to be a great work. This story conveys a message and gets people to rethink their lives and how we treat others as well as family. The underlying message in this short story is also relatable to us in 2020 and will be relevant to us […]
The opposite of the princess stories that are commonly known
— Anonymous My perceptions on the text “Hedda Gabler” as I read it were that this play was portrayed the opposite of the princess stories that are commonly known nowadays. I read this in my house, instead of reading this at school. I read this during quarantine due to the Corona Virus in 2020. I […]
“The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by T.S. Eliot, is a great work because…
— Abdulla al Sudman “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” by T. S. Eliot, is a great work because it comments in a person’s thoughts versus their actions. we as human beings tend to believe that we could do so much in our lives, that our abilities are endless and we have free will […]
In my opinion, good literature is timeless and placeless…
— Anonymous In my opinion, good literature is timeless and placeless. It does not matter when it was written and created. On account of being timeless and placeless, I am trying to imply that the themes of the work and therefore the messages communicated by the story are what matter more, irrelevant of what time […]