Mr. Wasowski's Personal Favorites (all written by Kurt)
An in-depth dive into the required reading for AP English
It’s 10:09 A.M. on Memorial Day and I have to write my last AP English blog. Instead of feeling jubilant about the end of my blogging career, I’m actually a bit…surprised that it’s over. I don’t feel sad….but I’m definitely not happy. My senior year has changed course many times and for many different reasons—quitting …
Continue reading “Understanding Each other through my Favorite Novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad”
I won’t attempt to soften the blow: I’m still on chapter 9 of Wuthering Heights. What’s interesting isn’t my lack of work ethic—something I could attribute to covid, a lack of self discipline, and a complete shift in needed preparation for the upcoming AP tests—no, these extraordinary conditions aren’t interesting at all, despite everyone constantly …
Love. Writing about love usually sucks, and I’ll be the first to admit that. Usually books that broach the topic of love do it in a very routine, simplified way. Oh, a character and another character from similar circumstances meet and slowly fall for eachother. Oh wow, they overcame an obstacle and became closer because …
Well I was going to write a blog about marriage and its different definitions for different people….but after scrolling through my reader page, I thought the idea too unoriginal. Instead, I’ll save the 4 or so paragraphs I wrote about marriage and slap them on to the end of this substanceless blog to give it …
Continue reading “The True Hero of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf: The Liver(s)”
A quick glance at the flawed but believable characters in Little Fires Everywhere—their faults—because I’m a pessimist. Lightning round! Mrs. Richardson—Bitch. Well…sort of. She’s kind of like my mom. Helicopter parent, always needing to know what’s going on and bitching if she doesn’t. Unlike my mother, however, Mrs. Richardson is so incredibly quick to judge. …
Continue reading “Flawless Characters of Little Fires Everywhere (Not Sarcastic)”
One of my favorite shows of all time, The Boondocks, crosses the line way too much in terms of humor. Jokes vary from shootouts and robberies performed by cartoon black kids to making fun of people for voting for Obama because he’s black. It features a mainly privileged African American cast and does a great …
Continue reading “Song of Solomon Says a Lot About Something…And It’s Funny”
Today I am going to embark where no man has gone before. Because Atonement is one of Mr. Wasowski’s top five novels, I am going to simplify his opinion into being wrong or right based on a 50 point system that takes into account five major functions of a good book: syntax, plot, characters, themes, …
Continue reading “Predictable Atonement Book Review (Don’t Read)”
Let me be clear: I didn’t read Kite Runner. I had (have) no intentions of reading Kite Runner. Let me also say that from my limited understanding of the novel, Kite Runner is an example of fluff writing designed purely for entertainment and not discussion. If you’re okay with me having an opinion of a …
Nora Helmer is an object. There, I said it. Women are objects…sometimes. To certain people. Like Torvald Helmer, for example. A Doll’s House, a groundbreaking work by Henrik Ibsen, known as “the Big Daddy of theatrical realism” on Shmoop, explores the life of Nora Helmer—a married woman with seemingly the worst husband on the planet. …
Continue reading “The Roots of Oppression: How and Why Some Men are so Possessive”
“Pray God defend me! A little thing would make me tell them how much I lack of a Man.” I know starting my blog with a penis joke is stereotypical, especially for me. Trust me, there is a point. Although veiled as a comedy, Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night raises significant questions about the nature of gender. …
Continue reading “The Predictable, and Late, Blog about Gender”
Mr. Wasowski's Personal Favorites (all written by Kurt)