I mean really, Claudio is such a jerk. He never goes to discuss the accusation or hear Hero’s story. Just sees something shady and is like, ‘I’m going to shame her in front of everyone’ in thatday and age when a woman is completely RUINED by that. Yeah, he’s young, but the Prince, Don Pedro, … Continue reading
It’s relevant today because any child you label with a negative (or positive) noun/adjective constantly eventually turns into that very thing. The monster becomes a monster purely from being named and treated as a monster. Frankenstein, the man, is more monster for playing God, and then abandoning his creation (which God would never do), and letting the events play out without more than just ravenous guilt. Is science and the pursuit of higher knowledge always the best choice in our world so desperate to make things better, easier, and more self-sufficient? Can justice be done in a world so full of broken and fallible creatures? Continue reading
Goodreads blurb: It’s New York in the 1940s, where the martinis flow from cocktail hour till breakfast at Tiffany’s. And nice girls don’t, except, of course, Holly Golightly. Pursued by Mafia gangsters and playboy millionaires, Holly is a fragile eyeful of tawny hair and turned-up nose, a heart-breaker, a perplexer, a traveller, a tease. She … Continue reading
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Blurb from Goodreads – Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series … Continue reading
These are my thoughts as I was reading. I’m not sure they’re very deep or profound or impressively analytical, but sometimes I forget my first thoughts and I wanted to record them. — “A Perfect Day For Bananafish” – was not predicting that ending. Though in hindsight, not surprising. “Poor Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” – … Continue reading
My review on first try: Franny: This was pretty much my thoughts: Holy cow, this is really good, like how does he write such great sentences, it isn’t like he overuses words or crafts really ornate phrases, but it’s perfect anyway, and i don’t even mind that paragraphs are so long that an entire page … Continue reading
The first time I read this was in ninth grade and most of it was covered while in class (I don’t believe we read a lot at home). I remember it being difficult and it taking a really long time, so long that we had to rush through reading Romeo & Juliet to end the school year. … Continue reading
I finished my reread of Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye quite awhile ago, but waited until I’d gotten through it with my American Lit classes before posting on it. Part of the discussion they engage in seems to help me take the books I read a little further that just my own reading of them. If … Continue reading
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (who was not from Tennessee, by the way). Another reread. And also again for teaching it in my American Literature class. I finished it awhile ago, but wanted to get through the discussion with my students before I posted. I don’t have a group of adults locally to … Continue reading
