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Read Great Works

Written by the Students of Baruch College

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I had no idea what I was reading

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— Melissa Chauca I consider a “great work” to be a form of media with a lasting message. Not only should a great work have a lasting message, but it should be widely applicable, and interesting to read. I found the idea’s described in the poems to be important to society, as they range from […]

A Play of Life

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— Anonymous The following response will be based on “Endgame” by Samuel Beckett. The one-act play was very hard to understand after only reading a pdf. When I read the Endgame for the first time, I did not get many of the metaphors or symbolism in it. There were too many dialogues which had deep […]

After reading one of the best short stories …

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— Anonymous After reading one of the best short stories written by James Joyce, “The Dead”, I felt a personal connection with the text in many ways. I read this in my own room a week after the coronavirus outbreak had forced in-class sessions transition to online seminars. The first thing that I admired was […]

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