— Afshara Choudhury Dear Best Friend, As you know I just transferred to Baruch and I am taking a course named English literature 2800. In the beginning when I registered for this class, I didn’t think I would like the reading material and the process of reading these gigantic plays or stories but after 4th […]
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The television show I’m currently binging is Californication…
— Anonymous The television show I’m currently binging is Californication. The show follows David Duchovny, who portrays Hank Moody, a morbid and intensely lax writer, through his struggles with alcohol, women, and writing. The man is the definition of a jerk. Charles Baudelaire’s tone in Fleur Du Mal resonates with the character of Hank Moody. […]
Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man is one of the most profound poems I’ve ever read…
— Jeremy Ramirez Alexander Pope, An Essay On Man is one of the most profound poems I’ve ever read. It left me feeling confused and unsettled because it hit on topics that I always been curious about. Pope argues that man shouldn’t be poking their noses into nature, leave nature as it is because then […]
History often represents the greatest indicator of things to come…
— Anonymous History often represents the greatest indicator of things to come. If we do not learn from the past mistakes people make, then we are destined to make it once again. Every so often humanity is faced with challenges that we see once every couple of generations. In our case in our current time […]
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 […]