The vignette from ” A House on Mango Street” that resonated with me the strongest is “Hips”. In “Hips” Esperanza talks about her blossoming into a woman as she has developed hips. She talks to Rachel and Lucy about what to do with them. The idea of babies, boys, and […]
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As the saying goes “what is done in the dark, will come to light”. That’s what the tragedy of Oedipus the king embodies. The timeless human experience and behaviors evident here are acts of betrayal and forgoing the elders’ warnings. Jocasta knew of the ill fate that was set out […]
In Oedipus the King, lines 205 to 210 talk about how the lives of young children are taken by this mysterious disease. As their bodies are rotting exposed, the disease further spreads to in the city.” Those children that are born lie dead on the naked earth unpitied spreading contagion […]
The story “Araby” by James Joyce is about a young boy whose admiration for his crush rivals that of a saint. Joyce’s contrast of light and dark represents the bleak, somber environment while looking for hope for the future. The older narrator speaks from the perspective of his younger self. […]
