The readings for tomorrow seemed to have an overall theme of different corruptions of the government in China. Both short stories detailed wrongdoings of the police as an authority figure. In the short story, “Saboteur”, the police officers who arrested Mr. Chiu took advantage of their power and disrespected Mr. Chiu, his wife and his …
Author Archives: Alex Gutzweiler
Letter About Divorce
I thought that the letter from the man divorcing his wife was very interesting. I think that Professor McGrath brought up an idea that definitely didn’t cross my mind when I read this piece the first time around when he said the wife could have had depression. There were many expectations of women during this …
Different Music Tastes
I really liked exploring the idea of how different genres of music may sound the same to one person while also being diverse and interesting to another and why that may be. I think that Professor McGrath input that was along the lines of “with familiarity comes noticing those kinds of differences” helped me better …
The Bridegroom: Alive
As I saw someone else comment in a blog, I really enjoy reading the stories in The Bridegroom. I find them interesting and easy to understand. The story “Alive” had some intriguing (and somewhat sad) twists and turns throughout the short plot. The main character, Guhan, was very hardworking as well as loyal to his …
Chuang Tzu: Letter H
I thought that section “H” from the reader in Chuang Tzu’s part was very interesting and related to the tree section we talked about in class. In the tree section, we talked about how the lack of perfection of the tree allowed it to live a long peaceful life rather than being cut down and …