—Kevin Chen Given the opportunity to have read two texts in class so far, the text that resonated with me the most and which I consider “Great Works” is “Life of a Sensuous Woman” written by Ihara Saikaku. I believe that one of the author’s many purposes in writing this piece is to give insight […]
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I feel like this story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy, is very relatable especially due to our current circumstances…
— Abdulla Al Sudman I feel like this story, The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Tolstoy, is very relatable especially due to our current circumstances. It speaks on how human beings naturally follow a specific path and for the longest time they believe that that’s the only path that should be taken. And this routine […]
I genuinely love how thought provoking the story is…
— 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 […]
During this whole COVID-19 pandemic …
— Eunice Ojedele During this whole COVID-19 pandemic, I have been able to learn a lot about the value of time and life itself. The reading of Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich further serves as a great reason or example on why we should make sure that we are living life to the fullest, […]
