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Draft: For major project 1, I looked closely at how the world’s geographic borders influenced the cultures within them. I examined other writers’ texts about geographic borders and what they may influence, in order to try to answer ways in which they shaped cultures. In short, I believe that geographic borders drastically affected cultures, andContinue reading “Week 13 friday post”

Annie McClure Professor McLaughlin World Literature 27 April 2020 Final Reflection  My name is Annie McClure. I was born and raised in Columbus Ohio. I’m currently living at home with my mom, dad, cat, and our new puppy, instead of in Cincinnati because of recent circumstances. I consider myself to be fun and outgoing. IContinue reading “Major Project 4”

For my major project 3, I decided to do book reviews on some of the books we’ve read in class this semester. I wanted my book reviews to be meaningful and strictly opinion based. I also wanted to make my book reviews helpful for anyone who may read it.  I wanted to provide my readersContinue reading “MP3 Reflection”

Book review rating system: For each book I rated them out of 5 stars. All of my ratings were strictly opinion based. The more stars the better I thought the book was. I really based these ratings on whether or not I enjoyed the book. If the book was easy to read. If I learnedContinue reading “Major Project 3”

A comparative literary analysis of “Wide Sargasso Sea” and “The Best Place On Earth” “Wide Sargasso Sea” and “The Best Place On Earth” are two very different books but they ultimately share similarities. The two books are written very differently from another, but both seem to share a common ground with the theme of identityContinue reading “Major Project 2”

I found “The Paper Menagerie” to be a captivating read. When I first began to read the story it seemed very weird to me and I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it. By the end of the story, I ended up loving it. The story was filled with many great details makingContinue reading “Friday post 1”

Focus on how a text option for MP2 reflects and / or shapes the culture/s depicted. Consider how your own cultural background shapes your reading of that text and your approach to and understanding of the culture/s in the text. The text I choose to look at was the first short story “Tikkun” for theContinue reading “Friday Post 8”

The first story I read was “King of the forest” which was a Chinese Story. It was about making others believe you are better than everyone else. I thought this wasn’t a good story. It didn’t have an overall message to learn from. The story was saying that it’s okay to believe you’re better thanContinue reading “Week 2 Friday Post”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.