I could remember coming to class the first day thinking I'm going to be the odd one out because I'm probably the only one who wasn't born in this country, but I've met a few people i now talk to frequently. My first thought was that it is English so it is going to be easy compared to my other classes but when i got the syllabus, i realized it will take more time than i was hoping for because i have many other classes that requires great deal of time too.
We've covered a lot and i have learnt a lot, even though we didn't do much on writing, i have better understanding now, of how to analyze poems and stories and also interpret them in my own way, Most of all, the biggest thing i have learnt is to always to get as many information as possible about the author of the work I'm reading because, it gives a lot of clue as to why the writer frequently talks about a certain topic for example people who fought in wars write many things based on it and so on and so forth .
furthermore, we discussed Hemingway, Faulkner, Jackson, Langston, Owen, Blake and so many others and interesting stories such as "A Rose for Emily", "Oedipus" which is my favorite because it was straight forward and '"a doll's house" by Henrik Ibsen that emphasized self actualization have all opened my minds to a new way of looking at literature.
In a nutshell it has been an interesting class so far and also a hard one too, but i know more now about literature and also how to read to understand.
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