This blog is a collection of your impressions about the literature you’ve read over the course of the semester. Do you have favorites? Those texts about which you feel you could still use a deeper understanding? Those that you would consider reading again? Discuss
There were many pieces that we were assigned this semestor that I enjoyed. The one piece of literature that really stood out to me was the short story The Things They Carried. I really enjoyed reading the entire piece. It kept me entertained all the way until the end. I am a big fan of war stories, and this one fulfilled all aspects of a good story. There were some poems here and there that I enjoyed, such as Legal Alien which portrays the struggle that immigrants have in the U.S. All together there were many enjoyable texts and pieces that I would read again. For an English course these pieces correlated very well with what we were learning, and I enjoyed most of the pieces we read.
I, too, enjoyed "The Things They Carried." The story was very well written. The author's use of symbolism allowed me to picture in full context the experiences and the hardships the soldiers faced. The story was extremely easy to follow and to understand. As for the literature that was assigned, I agree with you as well that they correlated very well for what we learning. The stories, poems, and plays assigned made it easy to better understand the theoretical criticisms in which we read about and applied.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this story as well. It was interesting to understand that the physical items the soldiers carried were in essence symbolic. Symbolically, the items at times became heavy burdens but also necessary items to help them carry on through the surreal reality of a war life. Getting into the heads and minds of a soldier at war were also things I enjoyed about the story, it felt as if we as readers were actually with them at times. This is what fine literature can do; transcends space and time to bring us back so we see, feel, taste, hear, smell what happens in a story. This is what The Things They Carried did for me.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this story. There was symbolism in the harshness of this story. It was very well written and I enjoyed reading it. If all of our pieces were like that, I think I would have enjoyed reading more in this class.
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