Author Archives: wykemanm

I think that the cultural strife that is depicted in Brick Lane is the most important aspect of the story to modern day readers. Here we have something that is still going on all over the western world, a culture … Continue reading →

I agree with jdavis. I think that too often we assume that cultures that are foreign to us are completely different and cannot have anything in common with us. I think that Ali showing that there is a division among … Continue reading →

I agree with hcoutinho1 . I find it interesting to look at the story from a feminist critique. Here we have a culture that’s all over the news, that we still know very little about. It is interesting to read about … Continue reading →

I found the chapter on Post colonialism interesting mainly because we talked about it at length last semester in my British Literature class. It’s interesting to see how people like the British honestly thought that they were doing the countries … Continue reading →

The play of Macbeth plays around a lot with traditional gender roles, especially considering the time period that the play was written. Lady Macbeth takes a much more active role for a woman. Almost becoming the head schemer for the … Continue reading →

This story reminded me of the discussion that we were having on Tuesday in class about feminism. In the story the main character is a very subservient wife in a Western country. Even after her husband dies, she remains very … Continue reading →

The story of The Red Convertible shows how a relationship changes during the period of the Vietnam War. The main symbol in the story is the red car itself. It is used as the symbol of the relationship between Lyman … Continue reading →

Toni Morrison’s story brings up the issue of race by saying nothing about it. Throughout the whole story we are given no indicator to the race of any of the characters in the story. By not saying anything Morrison is … Continue reading →

To me deconstruction seems to take a throw everything at the board and hopes something sticks approach to literary analysis. To me it seems like that it might be reading too much into something and desperately looking for something that … Continue reading →

The poem “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath gives the reader a look at female rebellion against a male dominated world. While the poem itself is directed at Daddy it could be argued that it is directed at male supremacy in general … Continue reading →

Robert Browning’s use of dramatic monologue is brilliant in the fact that it truly creates an unsettling picture of the mind of a psychopath. By keeping the focus of the poem on the narrator and not on Porphyria, Browning creates … Continue reading →

In Larkin’s Sad Steps the narrator displays a envious and almost cynical attitude towards moon. In the poem we are told how the moon is wonderful, a Lozenge of love! Medallion of art! We are also reminded that even though … Continue reading →