Weekly Post #2 (Second Term)

Now, I've find out, that Faust isn't as hard as it seems at first, you just have to hang on to its main idea.

Up to now, I've seen some themes such as critics from a point of view from "above" to mankind. Some of them are related to corruption, evilness and hate.

One motif (a theme that is repeated various times through story) is the deep desire of Faust to own the Spirit's higher knowledge.

Weekly Post #1 (Second Term)

Since formalism is literary criticism which helps analyze structure and certain other features of literature, it helps to analyze Faust and the way it is written. By analyzing its structure it is much easier to understand it because now we have more of a clue on how it is composed and why is it composed like that, this causes a better comprehension of the text.

Currently, I don't really like Faust because in a certain way I don't feel like I'm fully understanding it. This also relates to what I like about it that is that since I'm not fully understanding it, a curiosity towards the book develops in me.

Weekly post #5

So far this semester in English Literature class, I have learned many different things, most of them related to writing and its improvement.

I have improved the way I write by using new words and increasing the amount of words in my vocabulary. I have also learned how a well structured paragraph should be and put it into practice not only for this class assignments but I've also used it for other classes. I've tried to look after things that I should do and the ones that I should not do while writing

I hope to learn more about how I should write and how to avoid making common and uncommon mistakes. I also look forward to expand my knowledge and having a more stable opinion to worldwide literature.

Weekly post #4

During this term, my perspective towards literature has changed totally, for example, I did not consider Naruto as literature eve though I liked it. I did not use to consider popular literature as literature, but I have learned that even this kind of literature can leave you great knowledge as long as you study the culture from where you're reading, the author's life, the context in which the work has been created and many other attributes important to fully understand literature. I pretend to read more but know considering this attributes in order to enhance the understanding, interpretation and enjoyment of the reading.

Weekly post #3

While reading Naruto, I have been able to found some "themes" in the story, I can mention some among these such as friendship and the constant satisfaction of gaining more and more power. 

By analyzing this themes I can see that the author encourages to be ambitious, but not like in a bad way but instead, to be ambitious in being each day better persons, better human beings, not so frightened by our own actions and instead, being certain of our own. Also, at the same time, sometimes as I read, I found courage to be each time a better person, but not as if I was selfish, but instead being a better person in the pursuit of a common benefit. 

Naruto also shows us a different perspective of human nature. While reading, we can found in some parts in which the author describes our "inner us" as a part of us which is divided by two; our evil part and our good part. However, power isn't represented by how big each of this divisions are but instead of how good can we control each of them.