The entire novel Good in Bed makes the reader feel sympathy toward Cannie. The stories told aim to relate the reader to her, as she struggles with a broken heart, her career, family issues, and then an unexpected pregnancy. Until the end of the book,…

While many children grow up watching lighthearted sitcoms with their family, I grew up watching Law and Order. For some reason my mother thought that her love for the show needed to be forced upon me. After binge watching all 20 seasons (456 episodes) in…

“I was not wicked when I was young,” she thought, as she stared gloomily at the fire, “I was only thoughtless. I never did any harm- at least, never willfully. Have I ever been really wicked, I wonder?” mused. “My worst wickedness have been the…

Graham’s idea of a “uniformly satisfying” conclusion is definitely present in Lady Audley’s Secret. Michael Audley and Alicia travel through Europe, Lucy is sent to a mental institution and then dies, George returns, and Robert and Clara get married. These “safe” plot elements surprised me…

To begin class on Tuesday, we discussed some of the reading questions assigned for the day. We reread the passage on page 62 when George and Robert are trying to get in to Lady Audley’s dressing room. We questioned why Alicia said no at first,…

Before we are even given a chance to be told George Talboys’ library inventory, it is described as “no very brilliant collection of literature.” The narrator starts by describing the contents of the trunk, which all seem old and random. Robert Audley treats the items…

As young adult literature becomes increasingly popular, the genre expands and changes along with the change in readers. Melanie D. Koss and William H. Teale examine what trends and characteristics are present in YA literature by conducting studies using over 50 books and sharing their…

The Fault in Our Stars is narrated by Hazel for many reasons. As we discussed in class, readers get to know Hazel from the first sentences of the book. We noticed her dry sense of humour, her hostility and sarcasm towards her mother, and her…

In “Let’s Talk About Love” Wilson gives reasons for his tastes and distastes, followed by different reasons to support both. In chapters six to eight, the concept of taste is examined through the ideas of Hume, Kant, and Bourdieu. Does Wilson seem to favour one…