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Written by the Students of Baruch College

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A terrible moment in history through a woman’s perspective

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— Anonymous I believe that “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” should be considered a work of great literature because of its ability to view a terrible moment in history (slavery) through a woman’s perspective. Whenever I read something about slavery its usually about the general population or about a man’s escape from […]

Dear Future Student

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—Syed Junaid Dear future student: I believe “The Cry of the Children” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to be a great work because of how it made me feel and its pursuit of societal impact. Firstly, as someone who hates poems, I often get lost in my own thoughts while reading them, but this however kept […]

Great English work can relate to our daily life experience

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—Anonymous I think great English work can relate to our daily life experience. “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, tells a story about Tan and her mother. The essay relates the differences and conflict between Chinese and American cultures. She uses her own way, which is writing to make a bridge between these two cultures, because […]

Amy Tan is writing her story, and she wasn’t supposed to be a writer at all

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—Anonymous After reading “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan I realized that it was a great work of literature. The reason I thought so was because of the whole concept of why Amy Tan is writing her story, and that Is because she went supposed to be a writer at all. She explains how her parents […]

Love is Love …

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— Anonymous Love is Love After reading many different types of literature, I found most connected to “A Carcass” by Charles Baudelaire. Even though the poem talked about a rotted dead body throughout the whole text, but somehow, I found out the poem itself might be talking about love. At the beginning of the poem, […]

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