To me, it felt that Robert Arlt’s “El Juguete Rabioso” (“Mad Toy”) provides an interesting tale into the life of an adolescent as he struggles to fit in within the society that surrounds him. While the protagonist Silvio Astier is certainly a genius bookworm, his environment barely has a place for academic pursuit of any […]
Upon the first reading of the text, I did find Proust’s book to be confusing to read at first. It took me a while to do a few rereads before getting a general understanding of what is going on since I found the prose to be quite complex. Whenever I’m reading a work of fiction, […]
Hello to everyone here! My name is Arella Ng and I’m a second year student at UBC (though this is my first year here). I’ve declared my major in Psychology, and I intend on pursuing grad school in the future (thinking of going into clinical or research) and declaring a minor in Ancient Mediterranean and […]
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