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Written by the Students of Baruch College

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James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” caught my attention the most…

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—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, […]

Real Life Issues

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— Anonymous The following response will be based on the short story “Adults Alone” by A.M. Homes. The story seemed a bit boring at the start and I did not appreciate the story as it seemed simple. There were many parts in the story, which was self-understandable, but there are many parts were I needed […]

When reading there isn’t much that …

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— Anonymous When reading there isn’t much that will make me question the motives of a character when they decided to do something that I consider questionable. But when it comes to the short story “Adults Alone” by A. M. Homes the first time I read it I couldn’t help but question the reason why […]

The story that I am going to be talking about is …

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— Phillip Rozental The story that I am going to be talking about is called “Adults Alone”. It is about two adults, a husband and wife, who send their two sons to Florida to spend some time with grandma, while the adults have their alone time at home. As I was reading the story, it […]

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