Lectures

Love:

One of my favorite lectures was when we were analyzing poems about love.  This group discussion on the poems evoked a lot of strong feelings from all of my fellow classmates.  When we were asked what defines love, no one could give one answer.  By reading the love poem “My Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet was one of the many works that we read that I had a big connection with.  This poem made me realize that I one day would like to have the love portrayed in this piece.  Building a connection with literature is something that Professor Brady has been trying to teach us the entire semester, and this was definitely a lecture that I can absolutely relate to. 

Tone and Theme:

The last lecture that we had together as a class, is one of the memorable lectures.  We were given a quote from “Winnie the Pooh” that we had to all interpret.  By analyzing the theme and tone, everyone had different ideas as to what the quote actually meant.  It was great seeing what everyone’s thoughts were on the short quote.  After analyzing, we were asked to read and interpret “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco.  Exploring Noboa’s poem in groups, and then in a class discussion gave us the chance to brainstorm what his poem was about.  All in all, we were able to interpret what the poet was trying to convey.  I will take what I learned in this lecture and utilize it in my future readings.

“Hills Like White Elephants”:

“Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway was part of our short story segment.  I enjoyed this lecture because we (the students) were able to voice what we thought on the piece.  We were able to find out the meaning behind this extremely short story.  Hemingway brought in a touchy topic – abortion.  This evoked a lot of different feelings in the classroom.  He also brought life as a whole at a crossroads.  The decisions that we make one day, may have different consequences later on to come.  This story allowed me to further study into what I was reading, and gave me the practice I needed to analyze more stories to come.