Tiffanny Shell Blog Post
March 27, 2011
Hello Laura.
One of my biggest challenges in this class so far has been managing my time. If my time were better managed I think I would be more productive. I think one of my biggest successes has been the reading; I love to read and comprehend it very well. Sometimes when I am reading one of the passages it’s like I am actually there and can see what is happening.
Out of all the classes I have taken, the readings in this class have affected me the most. I was shocked and horrified by some of the readings. Some of the poems were so brutal and yet so beautiful and touching. I was offended by some of the material, but in a good way if that’s possible and I think it is. People need to be shaken up and take notice of things around them, pleasant or not.
Most of the writing I have had to do in college has been summary this far. In this class it’s different and the literary analysis is a more in-depth method. A person must put themselves in the story and try to see the symbolism.
When I was a young girl I saw the motion picture The Handmaiden’s Tale and it haunted me for years. The story was so tragic and the things they did to the maid, with the wife right there was horrific. I still can’t bring myself to read the book, the movie gave me nightmares. But in life one must look past that and do what you have to do. I will read the book and take from it all that I can, and that is what I hope to accomplish in the near future.
Sincerely Tiffanny Shell