ENG 304: Melville & Ellison

Chapter 17 was a really interesting chapter to me. Ras the exhorter’s speaking to Clifton was something that stuck with me. He was trying to rile him up with his…

I am writing my essay about the 1956 film of the novel, Moby-Dick; and what I came to notice was how important of a character the film portrayed Starbuck to…

Last week in class we discussed the chapter in which Stubb ate whale for dinner. When I first read this, I too thought that it was a bit much for…

When reading through the chapter on the whiteness of the whale I was a bit surprised about the connotations that went along with its color. I understand that white versus…

I went to South Carolina for spring break this year and wasn’t quite sure what to expect in terms of racism. I figured that it would be very tame compared…

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…

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…

When first viewing the film Dear White People I was appalled at the end scene of the blackface party encouraging students in attendance to “unleash their inner Negro.” I couldn’t imagine that…

When reading Melville’s poetry at first I was reminded of the types of poetry that we are reading in my class on the Romantics. But I then figured I was…

In class a lot of people criticized Delano for being so blind to events that were taking place before him. And in class I too agreed that he did seem…