ENG 304: Melville & Ellison

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.…

Ralph Ellison’s essay Tell It Like It Is, Baby was inspired by a letter he had received ten years prior to the essay’s publication from his friend Virgil Brannam. Brannam…

In our discussion today the topic came up of what we were supposed to take from a passage where nothing really is done or accomplished in a traditional storytelling manner…

One of the most interesting and innovative aspects of Dear White People, among films that tackle issues of race, is the emphasis it places on individuality.  I think that this…

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…