I did have some struggles with choosing to take this class asynchronously, but being able to write my posts whenever, and having time to make up that work definitely helped. This will be my last weekly post of this class and I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed the books and stories and… Read more Some wrap up thoughts
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The Love Suicides, Act 2 and 3
Personally, act 1 and act 3 have to be my favorite, but act 2 wasn’t all that terrible. I got confused a little when family came to visit and talk, but overall I just thought it was kind of boring. It all seemed so dramatic, whether it was trying to save the mistress, selling his… Read more The Love Suicides, Act 2 and 3
The Love Suicides, Act 1
I know I am behind on weekly posts and I submitted my final project before I did the weekly questions for the Love Suicides, but I want to talk about it now. In one of my posts before this I talk of the piece as a whole, but now I am going to do three… Read more The Love Suicides, Act 1
The Scenery of a Love Suicide
I had a hard time deciding what I was going to do for this assignment, until I reread the dreadful scene and I realized how beautiful the scenery had been throughout the love story. I wanted to create a collage, a way to show how I pictured everything in my head. Though I had my… Read more The Scenery of a Love Suicide
The Overly Used Topic
I know a lot of other people already talked about Romeo and Juliet, along with the disturbing star crossed lovers that only have suicide has their choice, but I want to talk about it again. What is matter with people and this trope, why are people so fascinated by this ending, how can someone say… Read more The Overly Used Topic
An 18 hour documentary
For this week I want to talk about “This Fucked me up: Ken Burns’s The Vietnam War“, by Kevin Nguyen. I know this isn’t the required text of the week, but it was recommended and I really enjoyed the article. Kevin talks about how mostly/all war movies are from the point of view of Americans,… Read more An 18 hour documentary
The Connection between Pain and Change
When thinking of pain we always think “this will pass”, “it won’t last long”, but what about the pain that does last. Not the physical, the one that causes all the aches, but the pain that is mental. Mental pain can stick on for a while or even forever. The topic of pain can go… Read more The Connection between Pain and Change
The Life of Olaudah Equiano
I want to start by talking about the word “Slave” because I do not particularly like using it. Throughout all my schooling, every teacher used the word slave and every time I heard it, I hoped they would use a different word, or bring up how it isn’t a good word to use. “A debate… Read more The Life of Olaudah Equiano
Danticat Reflection
Though I haven’t been to many of the synchronous classes, after reading other peoples questions and reflections I just want to say WOW. Everyone has really put some thoughtful questions out that had me thinking for a while about what I read. Two questions stuck out to me most and they were “what makes someone… Read more Danticat Reflection
Let’s Talk Danticat
I want to start by saying that I am thoroughly enjoying this book so far, it is written creatively and it’s really drawing my attention in. First, I want to bring up the approach that Danticat took in her writing. At first I was slightly confused because I didn’t realize that she was going back… Read more Let’s Talk Danticat