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Eva Pellegrino wrote a new blog post Unraveling in Parable of the Sower in the group American Studies: 7 years ago
Throughout this course, something that we have discussed in depth if the idea that everything has to go somewhere. The terms buildup and pressure have become essential to this course, in the idea that our act […]
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Eva Pellegrino wrote a new blog post Space in Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House in the group American Studies: 7 years ago
I had never before seen Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House, but after watching it in class I was struck by how much it related to my own upbringing, specifically in the context of space. In the movie, it is […]
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Eva Pellegrino edited the blog post Why 13 Siblings in the Turner House? in the group American Studies: 7 years, 1 month ago
As I was reading the turner house, something that I wondered was why Angela Flournoy decides to include 13 Turner siblings in the novel, when only about 3 of them are heavily focused on and given a POV. Why have a family composed of so many siblings when some aren’t even accounted for? Did Flournoy just want to show the dynamics of a big family,…[Read more]
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Eva Pellegrino wrote a new blog post Wall Street and Stereotypes in the group American Studies: 7 years, 2 months ago
As I was discussing the fictional elements of “The Big Short” in a small group, my group talked a lot about how many of the characters in the story are presented as “quirky”, not like how we would imagine someone […]
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Eva Pellegrino wrote a new blog post King Lear and “Hysteria” in the group American Studies: 7 years, 2 months ago
In class we have discussed King Lear’s supposed “madness”, which many of the other characters in the play seem to term him as, and wondered what might have brought on this sudden bout of madness. Although the co […]
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Eva Pellegrino joined the group American Studies 7 years, 2 months ago
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Eva Pellegrino became a registered member 7 years, 3 months ago