Pages 29-31 “Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream—making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity,… Continue Reading →
“The edge of a colossal jungle, so dark-green as to be almost black, fringed with white surf, ran straight like a ruled line, far, far along a blue sea whose glitter was blurred by a creeping mist.” – Page 14… Continue Reading →
What I think I did well: One positive aspect of my writing was that I was able to create a solid plan before beginning the writing process. Of course, time management during the test is extremely important and sometimes an… Continue Reading →
John Keats’ poem, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, depicts a knight loitering on a hill having imagined an encounter with a beautiful woman. The knight has a vivid dream with the woman of pale kings, princes, and warriors who all… Continue Reading →
Gatsby and Daisy’s inevitable encounter had been built up for a long time throughout the book, though it is not until page 83 do we, the reader, actually see them finally meet – almost halfway through the book. Gatsby’s smooth-talking… Continue Reading →
The Great Gatsby is often regarded as a book that cynically deconstructs and conveys the American dream, centred around wealth and money, exposing how the whole ideology breeds a generation of greed. However, this is contrasted by its romanticised aspects. Nick’s… Continue Reading →
Today in class, having read some Hemingway short stories, it was interesting to contrast his writing to Fitzgerald, a writer we are also reading right now. I read “hills like white elephants” which is a story that ‘literally’ depicts a… Continue Reading →
In today’s class, we looked into the short story “what we talk about when we talk about love.” The book details two couples afternoon, drinking and talking about their thoughts on the concept of love. The text is narrated in… Continue Reading →
The Clover, The Dog, and The Tree When examining each card one by one, starting with the clover, the association with luck and good fortune stands out, however, this is often a short burst of luck and not necessarily a… Continue Reading →
The poem Parable of the Hostages depicts the struggle of the Greeks at war, likening their personal conflict of deciding whether or not to spend their future at war or at home, to being held “hostage” by the allure of… Continue Reading →
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