Very good post Saikou,
I totally agree that it is important to sympathize with the slaves. As you pointed out, they were taken from their places to be treated without dignity in America. I think there are no […]
In the novel, Don Benito Cereno, I believe that Herman Melville perhaps does not show slavery as either a positive or a negative thing, but rather shows the reality of enslavement. On the one hand, the novel shows […]
I like the way you have approached this post, and I agree with a point you made about the purpose of the stories. Stories bring pleasure. I think pleasure is one of the main purposes of stories, and as you […]
One of my favorite novels so far is The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. I wrote on different perspectives about this novel. Writing and discussing different plots and events about this novel was difficult for me. […]
Good job!
I like the way you have addressed this post. You have explained it in a very concise and precise way. I like the idea, and I agree when you said, “Metaphor leads the reader to imagine and consider what […]
One of the techniques that culler has described in chapter 5 about rhetoric that I find most interesting is the metaphor. As culler discussed, “A metaphor treats something as something else.” Trough meta […]
One idea that strikes me as interesting about language and meaning is the idea of the language and though. As it is mentioned in chapter four, “the language we speak determines what we can think.” I agree with the […]
I want to say that I like the way you have addressed the question of this post. Like you, my favorite angle of literature is literature as fiction. Even though I have addressed the question […]
As we already know, Culler had defined literature from several angles. From these angles, my favorite and the one I find more interesting and useful is the fiction angle. When reading this section of the chapter, […]
Hello Ana, I agree with you when you say that you don’t think we must choose a particular learning style. I think one of the most important things is the knowledge we can gain, no matter if it is from literature […]
1-I think the most important aspect of chapter 2, What is literature, and does it matter? by Jonathan Culler is that he points out that literature has not a single meaning or that there is not a specific […]
Thank you professor,
No, I do not play it, but I want to. When I was in high school, I took guitar classes, and it was difficult for me. Now I want to try with the ukulele to see how it works out for me. It has […]