“And I didn’t know if I was sleeping or awake but I saw the doves. I saw them like before. Everything was the same: the dovecote painted dark blue, the nests full of straw, the roof with the wires getting rusty because I couldn’t hang the clothes up, the trapdoor, the procession of doves marching […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with birds, children, class, dove, entrapment, gender, grief, growth, love, melancholy, metaphor, peace, symbol, war
This week’s reading by Mercè Rodoreda’s novel “The Time of the Doves,” was interesting since I can’t say I liked the read but at the same time, I can’t say I didn’t like the read. The book overall was a relatively easy read with pretty much standard formatting making it easy to follow, however, it’s […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with family, growth, motherhood
Entering the world of ‘The Time of the Doves’ by Merce Rodoreda was like stepping onto a rollercoaster of emotions, navigating the already difficult life of Natalia, turned upside-down due to the Spanish Civil War. This literary journey becomes a captivating search for identity, belongingness, growth, and transformation. Natalia’s alienation From the beginning we can […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with Belongingness, Colometa, Domestic Abuse, doves, growth, identity, merce Rodoreda, pain, Personal Growth, Spanish Civil War, Survivor, Time of the Doves, Transformation
This week’s reading was one of the better reads I’ve had, where “Black Shack Alley” by Zobel is a story about figuring out who you are and where you fit in. The main character, José, goes on to understand himself and the world around him. Right from the start, José feels pressure to do well […]
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The reading for this week was definitely not your average reading, for me, this book is practically screaming the Oedipus complex at me, although reluctant but I still tried to give the book a fair chance and it went similar to what I expected. Similar to the first book we read Proust’s Combray, it starts […]
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After reading Alberto Moravia’s book “Agostino,” I began to reflect on the term ‘adolescence.’ From childhood to adulthood, adolescence marks one of the most significant psychological transformations we undergo. I believe that adolescence education reinforces the self-awareness of teenagers. Self-awareness refers to the subjective experience, self-recognition, and self-evaluation of a sentient and thinking entity, namely […]
Posted in Blogs, Moravia | Tagged with adolescence, growth, Relationship, Teenagers
In contrast to Proust’s “Combray,” which I found to be longer and more difficult to read, this week’s reading was Roberto Arlt’s “Mad Toy.” I connected more deeply with “Mad Toy.” I couldn’t help but consider the difficulties individuals, particularly those from the working class, experience on a daily basis. I had the impression that […]
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This week’s reading was Roberto Arlt’s “Mad Toy”, compared to Proust’s “Combray” it was much easier to read and a shorter read for me. However, “Mad Toy” was a much “heavier and more serious read for me since it dives into topics such as social inequality, the struggles of the working class, and the impact […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with equality, growth, poverty, Roberto Arlt
This week’s reading material Marcel Proust’s “Combray” was very confusing to me, it felt like taking a stroll down memory lane. At first, the writing seemed a bit confusing, with long sentences that felt never-ending. But as I kept going, the vivid descriptions painted a picture of the author’s past, and it made me think […]
The Time of the Doves by Mercé Rodoreda is definitely a heart-wrenching book, and challenging to read at times (well, I mean basically all of the time). There is little to be happy about in this book, and the times that are happy, you can probably count on two hands. Nevertheless, I think that the […]
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