I chose to “complete” Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet How Do I Love Thee. I had to read this sonnet a few times over and over again before I was really able to make sense of it. In “How to Read a Poem”, Edward Hirsch says, “This act of completion begins […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
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Wealth Disparity in “The Lesson” “The Lesson” is a short story by Toni Cade Bambara. The story revolves around African American children from Harlem, exposed to a new world beyond their impoverished community by a volunteer teacher, Miss Moore. She takes them to an exotic toy store on Fifth Avenue, […]
Welcome to Week 2 of our online course. This week will be exploring one of the great tragedies of Western literature, Oedipus the King. I look forward to your comments in the discussion board as you examine the complex character of the doomed king and ponder timeless questions about the […]
“The Lesson” is a short story by Toni Cade Bambara that revolves around African American children from Harlem, exposed to a new world beyond their impoverished community by a volunteer teacher, Miss Moore. She takes them to an exotic toy store on Fifth Avenue, mainly for whites. This trip is […]
Hello everyone, In “Salvation”, the main character open mindedly is attending a church’s function where sinners, meaning young children, witness Jesus Christ and become saved. Being a young boy, he had believed everything the wise adults in his life had told him about God, Jesus, and religion. Hence, he attended […]
Welcome to Week 3 of our course. I’m sorry about the problems with OpenLab over the weekend. This week will be focusing on the genre of Poetry. You’ll be exploring the themes and structure of Shakespearean and Italian sonnets, and will be reading three different types of poems: lyric, dramatic, […]
Wealth Disparity in “The Lesson” “The Lesson” is a short story by Toni Cade Bambara. The story revolves around African American children from Harlem, exposed to a new world beyond their impoverished community by a volunteer teacher, Miss Moore. She takes them to an exotic toy store on Fifth Avenue, […]
“The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara takes place in New York City. It follows a group of black kids and their young leader Sylvia. Sylvia is prideful, rebellious, and opinionated. She loves being in charge and making her own choices. When a woman who goes by Miss Moore moves into […]
Welcome to Week 2 of our online course. This week will be exploring one of the great tragedies of Western literature, Oedipus the King. I look forward to your comments in the discussion board as you examine the complex character of the doomed king and ponder timeless questions about the […]
The story “Salvation” speaks about teenage Langston’s opinion on religion and reality based on his quest to be saved from sin. The event took place at his Aunt Reed’s church revival night that was held specially for children like himself, unsaved. Langston who is young and probably vulnerable, believed the […]
