— Anonymous I genuinely love how thought provoking the story is. It relates to two things that I often contemplate on, time and life. Ivan Ilyich were driven to become successful before he gets ill. He believes that living to the standard of upper class is to only proper way to live a life. Because […]
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Reading Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich is complementary to the current state of the world…
— Jeremy Ramirez Reading Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich is complementary to the current state of the world. A vast majority of people’s lives were interrupted due to the pandemic. We’ve been for many years in a deep nap of our reality and once in a while we are awakened in a state of […]
For it to be considered a “Great Work,” …
— Anonymous For it to be considered a “Great Work,” in my opinion, the literary piece must have a message that had its fair share of aging through time but is still considered valid today. In that case, Alexander Pope’s “Essay on Man” delivers exactly that. From start to finish, Pope’s philosophical take on the […]
After reading one of the best short stories …
— 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 […]
Great work of literature is …
— Anonymous Great work of literature is something that is able to influence the minds of the people. It teaches a lesson that helps people become better people and live a better life. Tao Te Ching is a list of traditional philosophical teachings of Laozi. It is greatly appreciated and valued in China. Tao Te […]
