Victim of Colonization – Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Arguedas

 Theme : Finding One’s SelfCompared to the other books that I’ve read so far throughout this course, Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Arguedas was harder for me to get into. I think it’s because there’s no concrete ending or structure to the story, which…

Victim of Colonization – Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Arguedas

 Theme : Finding One’s SelfCompared to the other books that I’ve read so far throughout this course, Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Arguedas was harder for me to get into. I think it’s because there’s no concrete ending or structure to the story, which…

Agostino : You Don’t Think This About Your Mother

 Theme: Love?!I feel like in this course, I have read about the most unusual characters and that says a lot because I read A LOT of books. Agostino by Alberto Moravia was such an interesting read which says a lot because I have never read a book t…

Agostino : You Don’t Think This About Your Mother

 Theme: Love?!I feel like in this course, I have read about the most unusual characters and that says a lot because I read A LOT of books. Agostino by Alberto Moravia was such an interesting read which says a lot because I have never read a book t…

The Shrouded Woman : When in death is when one becomes the wisest

 The Shrouded Woman by Maria Luisa Bombal is such an interesting read because the main character is a woman named Ana Maria who is dead. It centers around how she’s lying down at the funeral wake and people from all walks of her life come to visit…

The Shrouded Woman : When in death is when one becomes the wisest

 The Shrouded Woman by Maria Luisa Bombal is such an interesting read because the main character is a woman named Ana Maria who is dead. It centers around how she’s lying down at the funeral wake and people from all walks of her life come to visit…

Nadja : Love or An attachment to survive the lows of life?

 I found Nadja interesting because I felt that it had some similarities with Proust in how the story utilizes a lot of internal monologue and internal thought processes. This parallel of self-identity and figuring out memories is intriguing. Putti…

Nadja : Love or An attachment to survive the lows of life?

 I found Nadja interesting because I felt that it had some similarities with Proust in how the story utilizes a lot of internal monologue and internal thought processes. This parallel of self-identity and figuring out memories is intriguing. Putti…

Marcel Proust Edited Version Because my formatting was wrong :(

 I found Marcel Proust’s “Combray” to be really interesting. It made me think about how dreams can be intertwined with memories. The opening of the story portrayed how the author was walking through memory lane and how dreams are associated with r…

Marcel Proust Edited Version Because my formatting was wrong :(

 I found Marcel Proust’s “Combray” to be really interesting. It made me think about how dreams can be intertwined with memories. The opening of the story portrayed how the author was walking through memory lane and how dreams are associated with r…