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This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz Most of the time I found myself asking Yunior, “are you really upset or are you just upset you were caught?” I truly want to believe that he does feel sorry for his actions and at times I feel that he does but then statements likeContinue reading “The sadness of being caught”

This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz In our class Monday we got to talk about Junot Diaz and that gave me a lot of insight toward himself as a person but also how that reflects in his writing. To give you a little backstory Junot faced allegations of sexual misconduct and misogynisticContinue reading ““And that’s when I know it’s over.””

When I first picked up this book I was excited (before I knew what it was about). I always enjoy reading from a males point of view because usually you get to understand the side of themselves that they don’t show to others. It feels like you’re apart of a secret. A few pages intoContinue reading “This is how you lose her”

When I think of birds I automatically think of either the feeling of freedom or the feeling of being trapped. Birds are especially prominent in “White Tigers” and “Shaman”. In White Tiger a bird helps to lead a seven year old Kingston to discover her mentors. In this story the bird represents bravery and theContinue reading “Wallet like Wings The Woman Warrior”

We often hear that stories are part of the way we are shaped and formed. As we learn new things, meet new people, and start to create our own stories it not only leaves an impression on those we meet but ourselves as well. We know from the book The Women Warrior that there areContinue reading “Shape of you The Woman Warrior”

One thing I found really interesting was the different ways ghost are represented within cultures. I am super into paranormal stuff so reading about it made me excited. I thought it was very interesting how Brave Orchid, outside of Chinese culture saw white people as white ghost and black people as black ghost, which IContinue reading “Girlhood among ghost The Woman Warrior”

Love in Beloved is chaotic and definitely controversial. Love is a necessity for life. Without love we can have no hope for something more. It is difficult to find where the love lies in Beloved due to its dark elements. I find myself wondering, is there a limit to love? Sethe fears that her childContinue reading “Love can kill Beloved”

Some can argue that you don’t need an actual house to have a home. How does one find a home not only with those around them but also within themselves? How can you find a home when you are a slave, when you are owned and told you are nothing but property? These are questionsContinue reading “Sweet Home Beloved”

If you have read Absalom Absalom, then you know how much of a difficult read it is. We are soon to find out how chaotic everything feels and how each character is complex and difficult to understand. At times it was hard for me to keep track of Sutpen children along with their thoughts andContinue reading ““Dark House” Absalom , Absalom!”

One question that continued to run through my mind as I was reading The Great Gatsby was “does the green light symbolize Gatsby himself?”. The green light sits at the end of Daisy dock in the East Egg. It is barely visible to Gatsby, who lives in the West Egg, but every now and thenContinue reading “Gatsby and the green light”