Author Archives: gabriana94

I think it was brilliant for Ali to put the 9/ll attack in this novel. She showed an entirely different perspective on it. Ali putting 9/11 in the novel from a non- US citizen point of view can actually speak … Continue reading →

I think Tiffany’s post is so interesting. I had never even thought about it that way. I went back and re- read the scene with her post in my head and it changed the entire scene for me. Nazneen is … Continue reading →

I definitely see why Ali received criticism about her stereotypes in the novel with characters like Chanu. He is exactly the way one thinks a South Asian man would be. He is selfish, thinks higher of himself than he ought … Continue reading →

I agree with ccooper51. The beginning of the novel was hard for me as well. I had trouble understanding which character was which and who was talking to who. However, once I got it, I was able to really get … Continue reading →

In the “Race Studies” section of the chapter, Parker uses an excerpt from W. E. B. DuBois’s book to show how people of the Black community were split between being a Black person in America and being an American in … Continue reading →

Almost everyone knows the story of Adam and Eve. When God created Adam and Eve, God forbade Adam to eat from the Tree of Good and Evil. The two could continue living in the Garden of Eden as long as … Continue reading →

In The Management of Grief, the speaker, Shaila Bhave, is describing the events that follow a traumatic plane crash. It is later confirmed that it was actually a terrorist bombing. Shaila lost her two sons and her husband in the plane crash. Throughout … Continue reading →

Because I was missing a page, I wasn’t able to fully understand the story. However, in the pages that I did have, the writer is very descriptive. In every sentence, one could find at least one adjective to describe each noun … Continue reading →

The moment I started reading, I almost immediately heard a young girl’s voice narrating the story. Although the poem is written by a grown woman, it’s very evident that the speaker is a litte girl. She uses words like, “The … Continue reading →

The tone of Phillip Larkin’s “Sad Steps” is definitely nostalgic. However, the tone at the beginning of the poem is bitter. The diction in the first stanza is pretty vulgar. The speaker is angry about his or her aging. He … Continue reading →

The poem, “Porphyria’s Lover”, ends with the speaker strangling Porphyria. But he didn’t do it because he loves to kill women. The speaker felt as though he was doing Porphyria a kindness. In the moment before he killed her, he knew two things … Continue reading →