May 2012
1 post
Persepolis #2
Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis presents a memoir-in-comic-strips about a girl being raised during the revolutionary Iran; in ths story the author articulates the importance of family. Satrapi stresses the importance of family throughtout the memoir by using strong imagery and easy to understand language which resulted in a story that has many universal themes.
Many themes are apparent...
April 2012
2 posts
Last Elephant Vanishes Post
In “The Elephant Vanishes,” by Huruki Murakami, the author uses postmodernism to in order to impair the readers sense of direction so that the reader thinks more about what’s really going on in the short stories. For example, in TV People, Murakami describes an ordinary man that is taunted by “little people” that randomly deliver TVs. I say he is an ordinary man because he works in “…advertising...
The Elephant Vanishes 1st Post
“…people live in the prison cells of their own tendencies”(98).
The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami is a book full of many unique short stories. Most of the stories are confusing since they appear to begin and end at a random point. However, it appears that the authors purpose is to tell the lives of middle aged adults, whom at this point in their lives have careers,...
March 2012
3 posts
Life Before Death; Woman at Point Zero Last Post
Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi, is an Egyptian creative non-fiction novel about Firdaus, a young prostitue who murders her pimp. More importanly, Firdaus was raised in a poor enviornment, therefore her opportunities were limited and she had to work extremely hard for anything she wanted. For this reason the novel is universal, money equals power thus money can dictate how lives will be...
Woman at Point Zero Post # 1
“Who was I?Who was my father?Was I going to spend my life sweeping the dung out from under the animals, carrying manure on my head, kneading dough, and baking bread?” (15).
Firdaus seems unsure about a lot of things in life. She seeks pride but because of how her life began it’s hard for her to rise to the top. Her childhood started with her having a mother and father, although,...
Reyna: Nervous Conditions Prompt #2 →
reyna-m:Reyna’s prompt #2 for Nervous conditions was fantastic. Not only does she make some good points she uses many quotes from the reading to support her thesis. She states how Tambu chooses education to move above and beyond, as she’s looking up to Babamukurus wife. However, as Reyna makes known, his wife was able to get a masters degree and is STILL carrying many burdens because...
February 2012
4 posts
Madison Kuchta's Tumblr: Nervous Conditions Prompt... →
english258:Madison does a very good job in choosing a quote and supporting why she thought this particular quote was important. As we all know, gender is a very important theme in the novel and she is conclusive in explaining how the system in the Zimbabwe culture encourages men to further there success and requires women to remain below them so that they can care after the men.
In the novel...
“Our grandparents largely influence the decisions our parents made thus affecting...”
Third post
In “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga, the main character;Balram, is sympathetic due to his personal life experiences. His grandmother sent him a young family memeber to take care of, and just when you’d expect Balram to fail being a good influence he becomes an amazing role model for Dharam. Also, when Balram manages his own buisness he has true respect for his employees. Even...
second blog:)
The novel The White Tiger, by Aravind Adiga exemplifies how America is glorified in parts of India. The American companies, english liquor, and shopping malls are some of the major aspects of America that India longs for. The narrator Balram explains, “…in this country we have two kinds of men: “Indian” liquor men and “English” liquor men. “Indian”...
January 2012
1 post
“Whether you like it or not, everything that is happening at this moment is a...”
