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Being able to respond every week to a blog made me feel connected with class that was half online and half in person. Being that in class we would always discuss what till we on the homework the following Friday, … Continue reading →

Differences between first, second and third person:  Chi points out that we have the tendency to switch from the present to the past, when going to the third person (and Zeyu agrees) and of course in the present tense there … Continue reading →

Hi everyone! This is our presentation on Saikaku’s Life of a Sensuous Women.    

Original text-” You sleep soundly until a flood of light wakes you up at six in the morning that glass roof doesn’t have any curtain. You bury your head under the pillow and try to go back to sleep. Ten … Continue reading →

Original Text (Page 848): “But while you’re drying yourself, you remember the old lady and the girl as they smiled at you before leaving the room arm in arm; you recall that whenever they’re together they always do the same … Continue reading →

Original( Page 840): You tried to find out where it’s coming from: you open the door to the hallway, but you can’t hear anything from there: those cries are coming from up above, from the skylight. You jump up on the … Continue reading →

Theme: Aura Group Members: Radia, Elizaveta, and Mel     Comment #1 – Radia (Page 841, second to last paragraph)     I can’t remember the date because now the Senora is talking in that sharp voice of hers. I listen to … Continue reading →

Part 4: Original: “You clim up to your room, go in, and brace yourself against the door as if you were afraid someone would follow you: painting sweating, victim of your horror, of your certainty. If something or someone should … Continue reading →

Second person: And if Aura wants your help she’ll come to your room. You go up there for a while, forgetting the yellowed manuscripts and your own notebooks, thinking only about the beauty of Aura. And the more you think … Continue reading →

ORIGINAL: You push the door open: you don’t expect any of them to be latched, you know they all open at a push. The scattered lights are braided in your eyelashes as if you were seeing them through a silken … Continue reading →