CUNY Academic Commons | Brandon Sookhoo | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/brandonsookhoo13/activity/ Activity feed for Brandon Sookhoo. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 88d60541ebe43a4c5ef54b1f82156c9b Brandon Sookhoo created the site Brandon Sookhoo's Teaching With Technology E-Portfolio https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/617860/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:59:43 -0400 55601fbfacdda2b3885d2fcdaa7d6f37 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1738 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:38:25 -0500 Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 and died in 1506. Columbus is considered to be ‘the principal European discoverer of America.” He was born in the Republic of Genoa. Nowadays, it is known as pre […]

]]> 8e46f510648fcb162770f10532a09767 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1745 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:38:08 -0500 The city of New York plays a vital role in the story. New York is not only where the protagonist Sara Smolinsky lives with her family but it is also the place that makes Sara grow into the successful […]

]]> 24aa97bf66f6e9c32928f647e5f02986 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1755 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:37:49 -0500 Throughout the novel, Sara has a desire to attain an education to become a school teacher. Instead of adhering to the cultural norms of education, Sara has a few outburst instances where she critiques the […]

]]> 44b8219b5939308baaad8e8b1187c332 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1765 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:37:13 -0500 Excerpt: “I studied myself in the mirror. I examined, one by one, the features that gazed back at me. Tired eyes. Eyes that gazed far away at nothing. A set sadness about the lips like in old maid who’d given up a […]

]]> ae729768e764be01c44695ba05bdf960 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1772 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:37:00 -0500 Excerpt: “How strong, how full of life and hope I felt as I walked out the bakery. I opened my arms, burning to hug the new day. The strength of a million people was surging up in me. I felt I could tu […]

]]> c6e360ada22c58479aac40f8492a0eed Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1799 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:36:39 -0500 The Torah plays a significant role in Reb Smolinsky. Throughout the novel, Reb Smolinsky (Sara’s father) references the teachings of the Torah to dictate the actions of his family. The Torah also has s […]

]]> 666532ee98c2ab1fd59f58e0bb3a8f1a Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1741 Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:34:27 -0500 As stated in the Cambridge English Dictionary a pilgrim was “a member of the group of English people who sailed to America and began living in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620.” The Pilgrims were a gro […]

]]> 2aa1cd26a542ad058fcce6bdc56d6f21 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1065 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:22:38 -0500 “How strong, how full of life and hope I felt as I walked out the bakery.  I opened my arms, burning to hug the new day. The strength of a million people was surging up in me. I felt I could turn the earth upsi […]

]]> eff6832234dc1b111a66425a27dee287 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Reading Cities https://readcities.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1030 Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:38:56 -0500 Quotation: “That burning day when I got ready to leave New York and start out of my journey to college!  I felt like Columbus starting out for the other end of the earth. I felt like a pilgrim fathers who had le […]

]]> caf714176567aca5c38812cba6172d19 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=191 Mon, 15 May 2017 14:47:06 -0400 In this song, I try to give the speaker of the sonnet more perspective and context of who he is as a person.  Since the sonnet revolves around how he felt (‘being”) with, I wanted the song to show why he felt […]

]]> 9c4d78c5e4015fe8faf85295d963b242 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=184 Sun, 14 May 2017 02:38:39 -0400 Hi all!

The moment you all been waiting for!

Please check the following link provided below for my original remix and dramatic interpretation for Sonnet 45 and Sonnet 97.  Feel free to leave feedback and […]

]]> efedbc5902eb4ebe1859b2ffa7cceb7f Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=156 Sat, 13 May 2017 19:46:02 -0400 Before I begin, I would like give special thanks to my friend Josh Samuel (Remy Represent) for recording this song for the project.  Josh and I wrote the lyrics.  He performed and recorded it.  The beat that wa […]

]]> 21ecf061144040d56b0fdbfaee643c27 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=86 Sat, 13 May 2017 18:27:43 -0400 Lines 1-3: Explain how he loves how beautiful the girl is and how he feels comforted by her, he does not see her without becoming happy and calm, all of his grief.

Lines 4-5: Show how he can see her feelings […]

]]> f40b07a3bdc484a91995f7f652435f40 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=90 Sat, 13 May 2017 18:22:33 -0400 When I first read this sonnet, I tried to picture the speaker going through a bad break up with the one he once loved because the word “renounce” was used in the title.  However, when I reread it a couple times […]

]]> b700a3b4b59aeb4c157dfdfe8a31d446 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=82 Sat, 13 May 2017 18:18:10 -0400 Lines 1-4: The first couple lines show how much he loves her lively and adorable eyes.

Line 5-6: Show how even though this woman is sweet and beautiful, she shows defiance and a strong sense of will.  She is […]

]]> f9348d91a089a9e3fad9fbe5aad0e7ae Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=55 Sun, 07 May 2017 00:35:11 -0400 The song Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars is a perfect pop culture reference for sonnet ninety-seven A description of such a one as he would love because the lyrics that Bruno Mars uses to describe the girl […]

]]> 6271e722e4bba0c97a20084c7c1aa657 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=60 Sun, 07 May 2017 00:32:41 -0400 Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Reading for Sonnet 45: The lover describeth his being striken with the sight of his love

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) cleared up some confusion I was having with this […]

]]> f9dd816bdb8c941a52c72dca3129b753 Brandon Sookhoo wrote a new post on the site Brandon Sookhoo's Commonplace Book https://brandondh17.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=51 Sat, 06 May 2017 22:35:47 -0400  

Commentary

After I finished reading sonnet ninety-sever A description of such a one as he would love by Sir Thomas Wyatt, I interpreted it as the speaker telling and describing […]

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