The opening scene of “Agostino” sets the tone of the text: toxic male jealousy. As a 13-year-0ld boy, Agostino loves the attention of his mother. Whether or not this was incestious, it demonstrates how important his mother is to him, and when she gives attention to other men, Agostino gets marvelously jealous. This “jealousy” fades […]
Posted in Blogs, Moravia | Tagged with boyhood, broken family, jealousy, Mommy Issues, sexuality
I loved this book so much, and I will have to read the next ones. I can’t be left in such a cliffhanger! Of course, this book is an coming of age story, a common theme in the course. It takes us on a journey where we can see how a small neighborhood in Italy […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with childhood, COA, coming of age, Elena Ferrante, family, friends, identity, Italy, jealousy, life, love, My brilliant friend, Personal Growth, poverty, Teens
I feel like I say this every week, and I always mean it, but this is now my favourite book we have read so far. First of, I’d like to say how much I hated Quimet. He took advantage of Natalia’s naive personality and trapped her in a marriage. He was toxic, had major jealousy […]
Posted in Blogs, Rodoreda | Tagged with freedom, Hunger, jealousy, love, war
Agostino by Alberto Moravia was a very interesting read. This young boy who is completely infatuated by his mother’s presence and longs so dearly for her love becomes evident in the rest few pages of the book. Right at the beginning of the book, Agostino states how much it means to spend time with his mother. Going boating every day, laying on the beach, and being in her presence fills his pride and identity but when her presence is shared with others he becomes jealous. An interesting theme that came…read more
This novel definitely had some interesting characters, however, it made me so unbelievably angry at men. Agostino is a young boy, despite having the privilege to attend school, he doesn’t know much about life. When he meets the group of boys, he starts to discover things about a part of the world he isn’t part […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Freud, humiliation, jealousy, love, obsession, oedipus
Hey Everyone! I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did. I found this novel an easier read and more interesting than Proust. I liked that I could read about femininity and how the story focuses on the lively women’s perspectives rather …
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Ana Maria, Femininity, jealousy, loneliness, love, Maria's beauty, quotes, short life
Hey Everyone! I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did. I found this novel an easier read and more interesting than Proust. I liked that I could read about femininity and how the story focuses on the lively women’s perspectives rather …
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with Ana Maria, Femininity, jealousy, loneliness, love, Maria's beauty, quotes, short life
The themes I thought of after reading Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” were love, death, memory, and jealousy. I also thought that the point of view of the narrator was very interesting as it looks through her memories in a unique way. I found myself gett…
Posted in Blogs, Bombal | Tagged with death, jealousy, love, memory
The themes I thought of after reading Bombal’s “The Shrouded Woman” were love, death, memory, and jealousy. I also thought that the point of view of the narrator was very interesting as it looks through her memories in a unique way. I found myself gett…
Posted in Blogs, Bombal | Tagged with death, jealousy, love, memory
“The Shrouded Woman” is definitely my favourite book so far. I absolutely love the way it was written. In her death, Ana Maria showed us her life through her memories. Out of all the characters Ana Maria interacted with, I was most struck by Maria Griselda. How Maria explained that her beauty was a curse, […]
Posted in Blogs | Tagged with death, Femininity, frustration, jealousy, life, loneliness, love, woman
