— Anonymous I felt that the book “Remembering Babylon” by David Malouf shouldn’t be considered a great work. It was a hard book to decipher, and I had to use other sources to help get the true meaning of the texts. This ruins the whole purpose of reading a book if at the end of […]
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With just words you feel all these emotions
— Anonymous One of my favorite readings so far is “This Way For The Gas, Ladies And Gentlemen”, by Tadeusz Borowski. It is an easy to read text that is about events that happened, not this specific story but the history around it. It gives us, with plenty of details, about how those people lived […]
As I read these chapters, it pains me to repeat the thoughts of what these poor people had to go through…
—Joseph Jacobs As I read these chapters, it pains me to repeat the thoughts of what these poor people had to go through. For enslaved Africans, freedom is a challenging word mentally and physically during this time. Linda being stuck in that space for seven years does not feel like it should be real. Her […]
Reading Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl…
—Anonymous Reading Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was a real eye opener. I have never read a piece of work that was written by a former slave. In school we learn about the history through stories and textbooks, but never as blunt or as real as Harriet Jacobs does in this book. […]
Remembering Babylon, I remember as a tough read…
— Anonymous Remembering Babylon, I remember as a tough read in which it was written for a group that can fully grab the topics in such a way that would show true appreciation of what was being read. I read this test before the whole pandemic started and discussed it during class. This story brings […]
