Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Empty Hopes of the Wild Man’s Wife, on...
Why won’t he take what is rightfully ours, what belongs to us? She thought as she pondered his stature with her eyes. Would this silent battle continue on forever between the two of...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Empty Hopes of the Wild Man's Wife, on...
Why won’t he take what is rightfully ours, what belongs to us? She thought as she pondered his stature with her eyes. Would this silent battle continue on forever between the two of...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Empty Hopes of the Wild Man’s Wife, on...
Why won’t he take what is rightfully ours, what belongs to us? She thought as she pondered his stature with her eyes. Would this silent battle continue on forever between the two of them? He was older...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, ROOTS, on the site FYS: Border Crossings
Hi Shantau, I love that you brought in yoru flag as your identity object. I think it is very fitting especially with our Faulkner discussion on what shapes national identity and how in turn, it shapes...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, La Musique du Sénégal, on the site...
Christina, Your modeling of Faulkner is well done yet original. You mix short sentences with longer, more drawn out thoughts fluidly creating a similar rythm in your language. I thought it was...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, La Madagascar!, on the site Adrienne...
Adrienne, This is such an interesting perspective- Lion plays such an integral role in killing Old Ben and his effect on Boon that his perspective is worthy. Your opening of “All three fell like a...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, Forgotten Memories, on the site...
Noah, this is a very interesting look inside of Isaac’s mind and the significance of his relationship to Sam Fathers. While Faulkner constantly references Sam Fathers, we never truly understand what he...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, John Grady: The Boy Father, on the site...
While alluded to briefly in the beginning, the time period which McCarthy is writing in is post World War I. John Grady’s father is a veteran of the War who appears to suffer from PTSD and as a...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, All The Pretty Horses: Film...
Aziza, I agree with you completely. McCarthy presents a much more philosophical Western than Billy Bob Thorton’s film adaptation. While as far as film adaptations go (and sometimes they can be a little...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, All The Pretty Horses: Film...
Oh my gosh. Alicia- I am so sorry. Don’t mind me- it’s the cold medicine.
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, All the Pretty Horses: Through a Film...
Hello Bridgette! This characterization of the woman is so powerful. Alfonsa is such an interesting character and a very powerful woman. Her protection of Alejandra is heartwarming yet also harsh and...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, The Queen, on the site Maura-uding
Maura my dear, “She is powerful, commands those around her, she protects the king and she is the most dangerous piece on the board” (Maura, Blog Post). Yes, I did just quote you (not correctly in MLA I...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, All the Pretty Horses screening-...
Hi Aziza! I agree that McCarthy uses Alfonsa as a figure of empowerment. You highlight the use of the camera to exhibit power through a close-up shot which is a very powerful technique. For some reason...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Gigi's Floraison, on the site The...
The female narrative of bildungsroman in Oates and McCarthy, is either not addressed, or developed incompletely by a focus on sexual identity as the only means of growth or...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Gigi’s Floraison, on the site English 200
The female narrative of bildungsroman in Oates and McCarthy, is either not addressed, or developed incompletely by a focus on sexual identity as the only means of growth or...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Gigi’s Floraison, on the site FYS: Border...
The female narrative of bildungsroman in Oates and McCarthy, is either not addressed, or developed incompletely by a focus on sexual identity as the only means of growth or...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, The Giver as Bildungsroman, on the...
Jake, This is a very insightful comparison. I had never read The Giver, but you synthesized the plot well and provided us with integral details to display the bildungsroman genre. This futuristic,...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, Coming of Age: Into the Wild, on the...
Alicia, This is such a unique bildungsroman- one which you argue well for its development. While John Grady experiences the natural world, his coming of age is very much connected to society in the...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, A New Page: A look into facing race,...
Birdie, Your universalization of hatred is so powerful. I think your assessment of the forum and the role of the oppressor is a perspective that is so important. What if blame was left out of the...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, The American Bildungsroman, on the...
Marie, Your ideas about the past and facing it in order to progress are so astute. Rather than the Bildungsroman of our protagonist experience first time trials, Amir’s need to resurface old trials and...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Saturday Solitude, on the site The...
Silence. A rare finding in a place which hums delightfully in so many different ways- with laughter of friends, the angst of students, and of course, the infamous (famous?) bagpipes. All I hear is...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Saturday Solitude, on the site English 200
Silence. It is a rare finding in a place which hums delightfully in so many different ways- with laughter of friends, the angst of students, and of course, the infamous (famous?) bagpipes. All I can...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Haiti Cholera Epidemic, on the site FYS:...
On October 12th, 2013, the United Nations was charged with a negligence lawsuit over the cholera epidemic in Haiti. This epidemic began in 2010 killing more than 8,600 people, sickened over 650,000...
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Rachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Haiti Cholera Epidemic, on the site Global...
On October 12th, 2013, the United Nations was charged with a negligence lawsuit over the cholera epidemic in Haiti. This epidemic began in 2010 killing more than 8,600 people, sickened over 650,000...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Water Holds No Peace, on the site The...
They say the Antibonite river flows through more than just the land of Haiti, but through the veins of its people. We came here to provide help to your lost people, to save your country from itself as...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Water Holds No Peace, on the site...
They say the Antibonite river flows through more than just the land of Haiti, but through the veins of its people. We came here to provide help to your lost people, to save your country from itself as...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, Wooster as My New Home, on the site...
Hi Marie! I completely agree with you. There is something so comforting about Scheide- its sounds, it aura, and that fabulous red carpet which many like to snag a nap on. My mother plays piano and...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, The Night Escape , on the site...
Maura, this is such a lovely post. I love what an out of body experience this is which is appropriate as a complete escape. I agree in the amazing sense of clarity that accompanies the night or early...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, La Madagascar!, on the site FYS:...
Hi Aziza! I love you sharing this new experience in your time here at Wooster- this really embodies what college is all about! Your link of physical changes such as bruises to the mistakes and lessons...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, La Madagascar!, on the site Ben...
Hi Ben! Thank you for sharing your experience with us. As we all can see in our posts, there is a certain amount of solitude missing for us at college which we each find in our own way. Golf is such a...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, the last letter, on the site Bridging...
Hi Bridgette! The voice you give Danticat’s female narrator in “Children of the Sea”- she is much more vulnerable in your post, a quality which you highlight well due to the death of her lover. The...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, My dream, on the site Ben...
Hi Ben, I am thinking that this is piece is an abstraction from Danticat’s story Wall of Rising Fire? Potentially the little boy rising to his dreams but wondering what there actually was once he...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, Border Crossings: Cultural Indeterminancy...
“For they all recognize that the problem of the cultural emerges only at the significatory boundaries of cultures, where meanings and values are (mis)read or signs are misappropriated … The time of...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, FYS: Border Crossings 2013-11-03...
Alex, I think this is a great idea. This project is an opportunity for you to explore your identity is several forms. I think a creative writing project, potentially a creative non-fiction piece would...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, A Lost Dream, on the site FYS: Border...
The climatic moment in the play emerges on page 50 when Sam, Hally, and Willie are collaborating on Sam’s essay for school. For the past few pages of dialogue, Sam and Hally are developing a fictional...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, Des Langues Sénégalaise, on the site...
Shantanu, I think you have identified a very significant turning point. Your use of bilingualism to represent cultural bilingualism is astute- something Homi Bhaba would certainly agree with! As...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, FYS: Border Crossings 2013-11-11...
Alex, I thought this was an interesting choice as the climax and you certainly make a legitimate argument for this as the climax. Sam’s mooning acts as a physical representation of the racism Hally is...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Helping Hands, on the site FYS: Border...
As a little girl I remember running my clammy hands through my mother’s fabric basket. Voraciously I pulled out boutiques, florals, polka-dots, and endless masterpieces of calico and gingham from the...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner wrote a new post, The Helping Hands, on the site The...
As a little girl I remember running my clammy hands through my mother’s fabric basket. Voraciously I pulled out boutiques, florals, polka-dots, and endless masterpieces of calico and gingham from the...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, on the...
Jake, it is so wonderful to hear you have found an important skill which you can foster an grow that brings so much joy into your life as well as those around you. Music holds such duality, in its...
View ArticleRachelle Brenner commented on the post, My Family is Me, on the site FYS:...
Christina, this is such a wonderful post. I loved hearing about your family and your connection with them. It warms my heart to hear that you understand and appreciate that love and support only a...
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