Hey everyone! I finished reading Roberto Arlt’s “Mad Toy” this week and it was so interesting to see the life of Silvio Astier unfold. It is a classic story about wanting more while stuck in a troubled space such as poverty. This is an old piece of literature and I believe it is also Arlt’s […]
Hey everyone! I’m so excited to do this first blog entry and get started with the course! This week’s reading, Marcel Proust’s “Combray” was genuinely like stepping into a whole new universe and was so different compared to anything I’ve read before. It was tough and there were moments of difficulty reading the text but […]
Hi everyone! My name is Sam Makkar and I am a fourth year at UBC studying Sociology! I was born and raised in Abbotsford, BC, so not too far out from Vancouver. In Abbotsford, I was raised by immigrant parents who worked so hard to give me the life I live now. My mom was […]
