It had been almost a full year on Mars before I realized there must be something else. I had not questioned the work – I had not questioned my purpose. But – then I did. One day I had been lifting an item for my superior being, and I asked, “Do you need me […]
In the early pages of Invisible Man, the narrator describes going to a horrifying fight club of sorts, in which young Black boys are forced to beat one another for money and for the amusement of the rich, white men of their town. The narrator thinks he is there to read his valedictorian speech, but he […]
Every time I googled ‘Invisible Man’, option for ‘The Invisible Man‘ popped up. I read a summary of ‘The Invisible Man’, and it sounded interesting, so I thought it would be fun to imagine these two characters meeting. This short story is very short, so I hope it makes sense. The picture I found is […]
David pursed his lips and his cheeks pinked when I told him I didn’t drink while working. I wasn’t sorry for it – I knew what had come of drinking while serving in the past– but I was sorry for the fact that he had to pay for the drink himself. The wrinkled men were […]
Aimee’s earlier blog post recreates Faulkner’s narrative style and how he uses it in characterization, particularly with younger characters. I wanted to focus more on perspective and grief around a single scene. The theme of grieving and how each character addresses it is a major aspect of the novel. Each character has their own way […]
It’s almost the end of summer. Daddy says it’s the year of our Lord, 1934. I say it’s the year of dust kicked in the Mississippi River, turning things as brown as our daily oatmeal. He says to be thankful. People got it harder than us. We have shoes and we have oatmeal. But we […]
Steve was born in San Francisco, California, in nineteen fiftyfive; San Francisco that for a while was home to the Gold Rush and the population boomed during the Great Depression the banks never crashed and San Francisco built the Oakland Bay Golden Gate bridges. During the fifties San Francisco’s Treaty ended war with Japan and […]
THE BOOK I’m not exactly sure how I feel about The 42nd Parallel. While I do think it is very engaging and daring to an extent, I also feel like it tries too hard (or maybe it’s just over my head). As we’ve talked about in class, the randomness of his different sections, in particular […]
il y a dix ans things were not this way she said holding a cigarette to her lips the boy coughed but no one thought twice he just kept doing his homework legs swinging off the chair and his grandmother and mother talked about how the economy was in shambles no use in trying to […]
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