QCQ 8

Quotation: “she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window”(Chopin). Comment: This quotation was drawn to me based upon the section in Parkers chapter on Feminist Studies where it discussed women being pictured and filmed within frames. It was with the […]

QCQ 7

Quotation: “Monsieur Cuvier investigates between my legs, poking, prodding, sure of his hypothesis. I half expect him to pull silk scarves from inside me, paper poppies, then a rabbit!” (Alexander) Comment : I chose this quotation because it put into perspective the situation of the […]

QCQ 5

Quotation: “Somehow we weathered and witnessed/a nation that isn’t broken/but simply unfinished” (Gorman 13-15). Comment: This line really stuck with me as I read through the poem and I found myself come back to it after reading. This perspective is something I strive to have […]

QCQ 4

Quotation: “People should not leave looking-glasses hanging in their rooms” (Woolf 219). Comment: This is a very interesting piece of “advice” to leave someone. Throughout the piece there is a focus on the reflection that the looking glass has on both Isabella and her room. […]

QCQ #3

Quotation: “Jack Frost had started to paint him the way he always painted the Maple Leaf (Forever).” Comment: I found these two stanzas very interesting because of their relation to the setting, which if taken from the title, is Nova Scotia. Jack Frost is a […]

QCQ #2

Quotation: “Let us look at the matter clearly and fairly. I suppose that you will admit that the action is morally justifiable, though technically criminal” (Conan Doyle 3). Comment: The immediate thing I noticed regarding this short story was the characteristics it shows of a […]