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Slavery
After reading this week’s pieces which included a comical fiction piece by Charles W. Chesnutt “The Goophered Grapevine” and a strong historical reference piece by W. E. B. Du Bois “From The Souls of Black Folk” really had me thinking about the historical context of slavery. Du Bois gives a magnificent, albeit confrontational depiction…
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Bierce & Harte
The readings for this week were interesting and different. What I struggled with mostly this week was that I read everything so quickly in the beginning part of the week, worked on parts of my homework, then went on a three-day vacation where I nearly forgot most of it, then came back yesterday to try…
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry – Walt Whitman
As I was reading this work I was taking notes. By the end of the story, I had made a very strong connection with a flow in this piece. It appeared to me that the author was telling an important story, but was even more importantly describing the transitions through life. Within this story were…
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