After reading “ Photograph of My Father in His Twenty-Second Year” by Raymond Carver, I can compare his writing style to Sandra Cisneros in “ The House On Mango Street”. As I read Carver describe his dad, it reminded me when Cisnero was describing her mom. Carver didn’t give us […]
Jontay B
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As I read the prompt, the first immigrant that came to mind for me was my grandfather. My grandfather was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, with his mother, father, and two siblings. His family struggled at times, but he managed to get by. He lived in the Caribbean […]
As I read the prompt, the first immigrant that came to mind for me was my grandfather. My grandfather was born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, with his mother, father, and two siblings. His family struggled at times, but he managed to get by. He lived in the Caribbean […]
In the story “Where Are You Going, Where have you Been” by Joyce Carol Oates, my view is that it’s fantasy against reality. Another view can also be the transition from childhood to womanhood or independence. Connie, one of the main characters, acts and portrays herself as being an adult […]
Reading a poem is part attitude and part technique”. Curiosity can be an attitude that we use when talking about poetry.“ It gets us in the head space to give honest feedback about what we perceived the reading’s meaning was. This then results in us asking questions and using critical […]
Covid- 19 was one of the scariest and unforgettable times ever for many of us. I remember everything happening so fast in March 2020 when the government first placed the city on lockdown. I saw how Covid and the lockdown started to affect everyone after a while. When we first […]
After reading the poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickenson, some themes noticed throughout the story were womanhood, marriage, and the subjection of women during this time period. The main one to focus on in my opinion would be marriage, as Dickenson expresses the feelings many women may have felt as […]
After reading “The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World” by Gabriel Marquez, I’m confused why this was assigned as the first story to read. In the title it says this is a “ tale for children”, but this was a very difficult read. The beginning threw me off completely as […]
