— Anonymous In my catholic high school, my English teacher praised Walt Whitman yet never once mentioned anything regarding his sexuality. I was surprised to find out how openly gay he was, and how I had never known. Finding out Whitman’s sexuality only enhanced his poetry to me and added a more personal level. Looking […]
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Both experience inhumanity, but both have been victimized by distinct reasons
— Anonymous James Baldwin’s “Notes of a Native Son” and Paul Monette’s “3275” are quite related facts in their life, where Baldwin faces racism and Monette has been deprived from his rights. I think both of them experience inhumanity fact in their life. But both of them have been victimized by distinct reasons. Baldwin is […]
It is fascinating to read about Paul Monette’s grief and the epidemic situation caused by “AIDS”
— Anonymous It is fascinating to read about Paul Monette’s grief and the epidemic situation caused by “AIDS” during eighties and nineties. I was not familiar of AIDS until I went to high school. There were many proses, poems, or verses about AIDS. As far I remember from my high school texts, there was a […]
A lens for analyzing the world and how women in general are perceived by Society
— Anuradha Rampersaud For the final reading response, I chose to write and reflect on The Arabian Nights. The beginning of this story with the two Kings; Shahrayar and Shahzaman. I felt like I connected well with this story because of the turning of events between the Men and the Women, something that has been […]
Finding the right balance
— Anonymous In this day and age where a lot of actions and behaviors are based upon public opinion, people doings starts to get very premeditated. Having to always deal with the thought that people may or may not judge the things that have been done can cause a rift in your “everyday norm”. Finding […]
