ENG 304: Melville & Ellison

I really liked our class discussion on music a few days ago and was especially intrigued by the mention of a country song written and by a black woman: Country…

One of Melville’s poems which stood out to me is titled “Monody” which is defined as a poem in which the speaker laments another’s death. Many scholars have claimed that…

One of the things I liked most about Flying Home was the symbolism behind flight, buzzards, and eagles.  The black men, who wish to gain flight and fly like white…

That I Had the Wings, along with Ellison’s other Riley and Buster stories, presents the black experience through the mundane experiences of two children. What is confusing to me in…

I really enjoyed reading Flying Home the best out of all the other books we have gone through this semester. I know in class we talked briefly about the theme…

One of Ellison’s short stories that we read but didn’t discuss in class was “Boy on a Train”. I personally enjoyed the way this this story, like many of his…

The collected essays of Ralph Ellison give us as readers insight into the mind of this historical American writer. Specifically in the essays assigned for Friday, we were able to…

I was fascinated by Jefferson’s retelling of his time in heaven. It felt nostalgic, like listening to my grandpa talk to me about his life and how hard he worked.…