Author Archives: ccooper51

While Nazneen’s perspective is beautifully insightful, I couldn’t help but think of what life was like for their children. As the first generation outside of their previous cultural line, it would be interesting to see how the cultures would develop … Continue reading →

It’s amazing to me how much the description and interpretation of food really reflects where characters and moods are at. I could probably just get a story simply from the food portions of the novel. It changes her opinion of … Continue reading →

Unlike William, I found the beginning of the novel a little difficult to get into. Perhaps it’s because I’m currently way too accustomed to the way a play reads— where you know time,place, characters, and some background before the action … Continue reading →

I found the section describing colonialism in the light of gender particularly interesting. I never saw it quite in that light, but it is now blatantly apparent. It’s interesting to see the shift of masculine/feminine descriptors depending on the POV. … Continue reading →

Something I’ve always found entertaining is how it’s Macbeth who is manipulated by emotion, by appeals to love. Usually it’s a stereotype of a female character to fall to the bid of her lover. However, Macbeth is ultimately the one … Continue reading →

“That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quenched them hath given me fire. Hark! Peace! It was the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman which gives the stern’st good-night.” (1-6) Lady Macbeth is so great. … Continue reading →

I found it very interesting that the tone of the narrator was somewhat detached to illustrate their emotional state. The scene where after trying to identify bodies she was a part of a group who went and visited a lake … Continue reading →

Of course literature and history share deep bonds together. They’re both dependent on each other not only in interpretation, but also by inspiration. Knowing the various historical contexts of a piece, whether it be the author’s history, the time it … Continue reading →

I kept thinking of Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles throughout this chapter, particular about differentiating the waves of feminism. This play uses stereotypes and expectations to tell a contrary story and raise questions of the “sisterhood”. I believe it’s safe to … Continue reading →

I think the psychological aspect of characters or stories are often used today, without even realizing. Often, modern readers try to figure out the motivation for the story’s development. However, with some understanding of psychology this instinct to dig deeper … Continue reading →

I don’t think I could have asked for a better ending. Not only does this echo one of my big concerns while reading the story, but it also causes me to dwell on it. Honestly, I thought about the whole … Continue reading →

“High and preposterous and separate—   Lozenge of love! Medallion of art! O wolves of memory! Immensements! No, One shivers slightly, looking up there.” I think this poem is very familiar to me. Just because there’s something about looking up to the sky … Continue reading →

“The evidence of damage/ worn by salt and sway into this threadbare beauty/ the ribs of the disaster/curving their assertion/ among the tentative haunters.” I love this section of the poem because it not only creates a very clear image … Continue reading →