#ECL220 “Shipping Out” by David Foster Wallace, to summarize, is the idea that there’s something really sad about mass-market luxury cruises. It’s ironic because looking at the cruises from a “This is Water” perspective, there should be a lot of beauty on the boat.Contradicting…
#ECL220 “This is Water” is a good perspective on life. I wish I could think like that, I give advice for others to think like that. But I think it’s way easier said than done. To actually live out a hard day with an optimist, everything’s good if you look hard view, difficult.
#ecl220 I never know that visual poetry could be just singular letters or really anything before. I always thought of poetry as an in the box format but Im realizing there’s so many different forms.
#ecl220 After learning about what visual poetry is, I really think it would be a useful thing to have people practice when they have emotions they have bottled up and need to express
#ECL220 It’s interesting hearing Gregory Curso’s perspective on marriage because he is completely repulsed by it and thinks it’s horrid. Completely opposite of me, I think it is so beautiful and one of the most amazing things in life finding love and committing to one another
#ECL220 “This is Just to Say” got me thinking of plums so much I bought some. I put them in my fridge so they were cold like the poem. They were good…but I realized they were so good to the person in the poem because they were someone else’s. People always want what others have.
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reading “The very old man with enormous wings” the first time through, I didn’t understand the purpose. I read it 3 times to understand the complexity, which I actually really enjoyed. Once I realized what it was about it meant a lot: let life take its natural course,
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My favorite reading this week was “Pair of Tickets”. It caused a lot of emotions for which was surprising because I was not expecting it from this reading. I think it is very relatable to feel as if you aren’t who you’re supposed to be, or don’t even know at all.
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Was about to go all “Cask of Amontillado” on my sister when she made a mean remark about how I am a bad cook and insulted my dinner. Then I remembered revenge gets you no where…then I remembered he did the revenge anyways… and made her do all the dishes.
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My sister was actually recently engaged. She was talking to my mom about how she doesn’t love her ring. I was able to tell her and “The Necklace” story and how unimportant material things are and it really helped her! Remember to be grateful for what you have!