Free Write 10/31/24
Eli For the long-read final project I was thinking about writing about what makes letters so emotionally special. What is the reason behind the difference between hand-written letters and texts and…
October 2024
Changing your voice.
After watching Can You Ever Forgive Me, I was faced with the question why Lee Israel was not able to change her voice in her own writing. If she was…
Lee Israel’s Can You Ever Forgive Me?
What I found most interesting about the cinematic adaptation of Can You Ever Forgive Me is how detailed Lee Israel’s life was. The movie gave her a very unique personality…
The Unknown about Jackie Robinson
This week in class, we individually read historical letters of note and shared them with each other. While this may seem like a basic activity, it was actually very interesting.…
My Pecha Kucha Presentation
This week in class be used pecha kuchas to do our presentations. These are a unique method of presentations where there is a select number of slides, in this case…
Letters in the Summer
After over a month of this class, the themes of letter writing can be applied in my personal life. Letter writing has a huge importance to me as that is…
A Brave Resistance
Upon the formation of the Warsaw Ghetto, many Jews believed this would be the last phase of the increasing antisemitism in Europe. They believed the Warsaw ghetto and others were…
Class Discussion Rings Familiar
This week in class we read love letters from World War Two. These letters are between soldiers fighting in foreign countries and women back on the home front. We read…