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Blog Post 1
In ENG 101, we also read poetry, drama, and short stories and wrote essays based on those texts. Both courses emphasize the writing process, including drafting, revising, and using MLA format correctly. What feels different in ENG 102 is that the focus on literary analysis seems deeper and more detailed, especially with close reading and […]
Vlog Post 4
Shakespeare shows the conflict between Prospero and Caliban by letting both characters tell very different stories about the island. Prospero says he was kind to Caliban at first and tried to educate him by teaching him language and treating him like a human. From Prospero’s point of view, his control over Caliban is fair because […]
Blog Post #3
The setting of Sonny’s blues shows how the environment shapes people’s lives. Most of the story is in the Harlem, where narrator describes darkness, struggle, limited opportunities and insecurity. Baldwin makes Harlem feel heavy, like it pushes people toward pain, drugs or anger. One passage where narrator talks about students and says, “two darkness, the […]
Blog post #2
The main idea of this poem is how people from different times are connected to each other by their everyday lifestyle, emotions, feelings they experience and observations they make. Whitman shows the everyday lifestyle of people in New York and suggests that people in the future will live similar lives and feel the same emotions. […]
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