Author Archives: kalynhardman

I also thought it was interesting that Ali included 9/11. I also have never thought about it outside the context of the United States. I was in class (first grade) when we found out and I remember the teachers all … Continue reading →

I also had a difficult time reading this letter format in chapter seven (an a little in ten). Being the grammar Nazi that I am, I have a hard enough time reading my peers’ short stories in the creative writing … Continue reading →

I also found Dr. Azad’s “going home syndrome” to be very interesting. It made me contemplate whether one’s identity is shaped more by his origin or the places to which they acclimate (or don’t acclimate). Similarly, what constitutes a home? … Continue reading →

I think it’s interesting that Parker immediately creates a distinction between settler colonies and occupation colonies. Occupation colonies or colonies of conquest represent a very important theme in culture and literature: othering. Settlers were able to conquer these lands and … Continue reading →

I think you bring up a good point about Lady Macbeth feeling overwhelmed by what she had to do in order to gain power. Such internal and external struggles for power are often present in tragedies. However, I think the … Continue reading →

I am responding to gracearumlee‘s question about the witches. I agree that it is unclear as to what the witches’ motives are. It is possible they are merely predicting the future in a non malicious manner and it is possible that … Continue reading →

Peer Response to ” akugaczewski”  I have also studied feminism as a lens through which we can study cultural texts. I’m sure the analysis of an Axe commercial generated some interesting discussion. In my Theories of Popular Culture class, we … Continue reading →

Like some of my other classmates were saying, it was very interesting to read this chapter after having learned about psychoanalysis for so long. I’ve learned about it in a couple psychology classes as well as a literary theory class … Continue reading →

Last semester I studied structuralism, post-structuralism, and deconstruction in my Theories of Popular Culture class. Without the previous understanding of structuralism and post-structuralism (or without going back and reading all of chapter three), I think I would be hard to … Continue reading →

One thing that I find truly beautiful in “Sad Steps” by Philip Larkin is the way in which he plays with each of the senses. Take the fourth stanza for example. “Lozenge of love” appeals to the sense of taste, … Continue reading →

In a strange (or morbid) way this poem seems to be about love’s ability (or lack thereof) to conquer the boundaries of social class. Upon close reading, I began to suspect the narrator was in the lower or working class … Continue reading →

I really like the quote “her hands on the flowered hips/ of a cotton meal-sack dress” (16-17). It creates a cyclical affect in that the poem begins and ends with “hands on the flowered hips” while also establishing a connection … Continue reading →