Author Archives: gracearumlee

Yes, I concur with what Wykemanm says about cultural strife playing a big part in this book. I think it starts becoming important once we get to the chapters that involve the Tigers and how strife happens between. This is … Continue reading →

I agree wholeheartedly with this post. Sometimes, people would discriminate against others due to culture clash. I think it’s quite similar to America in the 60’s where civil rights was severe. Blacks were discriminated against and feminism started to take … Continue reading →

I like how the letters sent by Nazneen’s sister were all  listed in chronological order, which is shown how much time passed. It was a bit hard to read due to the poor English, but it shows the time that … Continue reading →

I agree with her. From all the Shakespeare plays that I know of, I think that the females are the ones that emotionally manipulating and usually are the ones, not all but some, to have tragic fates in the end, … Continue reading →

There are many things I’m curious about the play regarding the witches. Are they pure evil? Are they bored? Why do they do these things to Macbeth and not to another character. If they didn’t manipulate Macbeth, would the plot … Continue reading →

I don’t really know much about Indian culture, but after reading his post, I think the whole story makes sense. The narrator’s actions were all part of grief due to the loss of her family and the comparison the narrator … Continue reading →

There are many important factors for Historicism, but the one thing I found most intriguing (and possibly very important) is the idea of presentism. Because we are a generation born in an era where there wasn’t anybody like Shakespeare or … Continue reading →

Although I don’t know much of Islamic culture, there were a lot of things that made the portrayal of the women different in the story. It seems as if the father was the patriarch of the house and he was a … Continue reading →

“Critics thus try to draw on psychoanalysis as a way of thinking without actually doing psychoanalysis.” I think this is true because critics believe they’re doing psychoanalysis based on their interpretation on things like a character’s actions, or why the … Continue reading →

I like how the red convertible was akin to Henry like if it were his soul. It reminds me of an old Asian tale regarding a red thread that bounds people to their fated people. Since the convertible is red, … Continue reading →

As I finish reading this short story, I realize that I do not understand what race the main characters are. I know from reading the story that Maggie is white, but disabled. What are the races of Twyla and Roberta? … Continue reading →

I think the most important portion of the Deconstruction chapter is the portion about double reading. Double reading is very important, especially with poems. Reading a poem only once can mislead people of the poem’s true meaning. It makes it … Continue reading →

In Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy”, the poet is basically talking about the negative feelings she had towards her father. She uses a lot of metaphors to describe him like calling him a black shoe in the first stanza and an engine in … Continue reading →

After reading this twice, I have a few questions to ask: Is this a story about psychotic love? If so, who is the crazy one in this story? When I read it the first time, I thought the narrator was … Continue reading →

This poem is quite intriguing. I think the first stanza where the author is startled by the moon’s brightness after he “took a piss” (line 1) was vulgar but very normal for what an adult man would say. Staring at … Continue reading →