Author Archives: Vincent Fripp

After reading or watching “Bust Down the Doors!” and “Bust Down the Doors Again!” multiple times, I became slightly annoyed with it. The first time that I saw it, I felt that the poem wanted me to try and figure … Continue reading →

After reading the first chapter of Lot 49, I found the book difficult to comprehend initially. As someone pointed out before, the very first sentence is a run-on that is seven lines long. With this being just the first sentence … Continue reading →

Natasha Trethewey’s Incident is a retelling of a story that was seemingly passed down over the years in her family. The story itself, is an incident which involved the Ku Klux Klan or “white men in their gowns” (line 13) … Continue reading →

After reading the Deborah E. McDowell I would have to slightly disagree with some of the claims that she makes. I disagree with her claim that sexuality, and not race, is the center of the novel. I believe that while … Continue reading →

After reading, “In Another Country,” by Hemingway, I was intrigued by many things in the short story. First I felt as if Hemingway was using the speaker as a way to give the reader a better insight on how war … Continue reading →

After reading the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est,” I saw the poem as a way to contradict its title. The title of the poem and the last two lines are derived from a poem of Horace. The full line, when … Continue reading →