MeganRitter

COVERAGE
Frost's "After Apple-Picking" Here I addressed the effect of the peom's rhythm pattern.

Oster's "On Desert Places" Here I responded to Oster's claims about the emotional baggage - or lack thereof - that serious writers carry.

Lehman's "The World Trade Center" Was he going for a socioeconomic critique here?

Roberts on Character Isn't literature really all about character development?

Wallace Stevens, "The Death of a Soldier" Here I discussed the personal side of Stevens' assertions about death.

Roberts on Symbolism and Allusion Here I argue that anything can be a symbol if we want it to be.

William Carlos Williams, "Tract" Here I continue an earlier argument about the American way of mourning.

Anger Management Problems, Eh? Questions on my mind about the respective behavior of Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby.

You Are Entering the Twilight Zone Meyer Wolfshiem is one messed-up man.

Depth
"The Adding Machine" Watch me, not for the last time, base an opinion of a piece of literature on the things I'm learning in a special topics class on the history of the 1920s.

A Different Kind of Freedom Here I use research from my 1920s class, and a connection to a totally unconnected novel, to make assertions about Myrtle Wilson's sad fate in The Great Gatsby.

Sympathy for the Devil Here I apply some of Roberts' assertions about point of view to analyze the assorted opinions of thre lead character of my favorite book.

Trimalchio of West Egg And they said three years of Latin would never get me anywhere. Gatsby vs. Roman literature.

Discussions
"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" I don't like Bernice. Some people do. They let me know it, too.

Roberts on Poetic Form Here I argued against the use of rhyme and rhythm in poetry, and a classmate pointed out that it wasn't all bad.

Timeliness
"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" Lots of people came springing to her defense. Don't know why. I hope Bernice falls off a cliff.

Xenoblogging
Brenda Christeleit: William Carlos Williams
Matt Hampton: "The Adding Machine"

The Comment Primo
Onilee Smith: Roberts on Poetic Form
Chris Ulicne: "Trifles"
Terra Stumpf: Lehman's "The World Trade Center"

The Comment Informative
Chris Ulicne: A quick lesson about the craziness of Evangelicals