ENG 304: Melville & Ellison

I happened to flip through one of the books in the reserve collection that was about the real-life sperm whale that was the inspiration for the Moby Dick whale.  “Mocha…

During class today, I saw the following image and was fascinated by it: I cannot believe that Matt Kish managed to draw a picture for every single page of the…

The relationship between Ishmael and Queequeg is one of the most interesting aspects of Moby Dick so far. Ishmael, although initially portrayed as Xenophobic, very quickly accepts Queequeg as his…

Queequeg is one of my favorite characters so far, partly because of some of my friends who took this course and read moby dick told me stories of Queequeg, and…

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…

As a person who has never really read comics, learning about the history of Wonder Woman was especially intriguing. What I found most interesting about the lecture was the forming…

I found Jill Lepore’s lecture on the secret history of Wonder Woman to be both intriguing and enlightening. I hadn’t realized how complex and historical Wonder Woman was to America…

Before attending Jill Lepore’s lecture on the history of Wonder Woman, I didn’t think it would have much to do with what we discuss in class. However after the lecture,…

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…