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Blog #5 – Liseivet Zapata
I have chosen the Freedom and Imprisonment theme. In William Shakespeare’s adaptation, “The Tempest” Act 1, Scene 2, there is a that portrays the theme of Freedom and Imprisonment. Prospero is the rightful Duke of Milan and he has a servant, Caliban, a native inhabitant of the island. Prospero accuses Caliban of ingratitude and betrayal. Caliban feeling oppressed and enslaved, expresses his resentment towards Prospero. Caliban wants to be free from Prospero’s control. However, Prospero finds a way to justify his actions toward Caliban and reminds him of his past behaviors in which he mentions Caliban’s attempted assault on his daughter Miranda. This exchange highlights the struggle between authority and…
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Blog #4 – Liseivet Zapata
While reading the story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin, I made some annotations of places of the story I was interested in but also in passages of the story where a dilemma in a “perfect” society began to be explored. In my annotations, I focused on identifying key turning points and themes from the narrative. One of the passages I first marked was the turning point where the narrator introduces the darker side of the “perfect” society, revealing the existence of a suffering child. As stated in the story, where the disclosure first stated, “Do you believe? Do you accept the festival, the…
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Blog #3 – Liseivet Zapata
The story “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin is a powerful, touching short story that explores various significant themes and issues such as family dynamics, artistic expression, redemption and hope, drug addiction and escapism, and many more. This story is significant as it explores complex human emotions, societal issues, and the power of art, in this case, music is the art. Based on the annotations I made while reading the story, the patterns that I identified were family dynamics, personal goals, separation, and the art of perceiving music. As some of the themes were mentioned at the beginning of this blog, the patterns I identified relate to the overall significance of…
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Blog #2 – Liseivet Zapata
By the “paradox of literature” at the end of the chapter, Culler means that literature can either be specific, resonate, and feel personal for the reader, but at the same time, the same piece of literature can be something many people understand at different times and places. In other words, it means that literature could only be for one person or everyone. In this week’s readings, in the poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman, there are exhibitions of the kinds of paradoxes Culler describes. For example, the author states, “What is it then between us? What is the count of the scores or hundreds of years between us?” In…
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Blog Post #1 – Liseivet Zapata
After reading Emily Dickinson’s poems, two instances where her writing required me to complete the thought were “The Soul Selects Her Own Society — Then — shuts the Door —” from “The Soul Selects Her Own Society (303)” and “The Brain is just the weight of God—” from “The Brain—is Wider than the Sky.” In the poem “The Soul Selects Her Own Society (303)” by Emily Dickinson, the instance that got my attention was “The Soul Selects Her Own Society — Then — shuts the Door —,” and I interpreted this line as how our soul has the power to choose the people and connection it wants for life, hence…
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Introduction – Lissy Zapata.
Hello, my name is Liseivet Zapata. I am a Criminal Justice student here at LaGuardia Community College, currently in my third and last year, hoping to graduate by June 2024. I am 21 years old. I am Colombian, born and raised, which means my first language is Spanish. I moved to the United States when I was 9 years old and learned English here in the U.S. Currently, I am learning French. A fun fact about me is that I have 9 siblings, with me we are 10 in total, but only four of us share the same mom and dad, the rest are only siblings from dad’s side. I…
