One of the most undermining tones between females and males in this novel is the presence of patriarchy. Even in the very beginning of the novel, the little boys force a little girl to watch them do something quite disturbing … Continue reading
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http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw070816helena_maria_viramon In this interview with KCRW’s Book Worm host Michael Silverblatt, Helena Maria Viramontes notes that Their Dogs Came With Them was a project spanning a 12 year period, even antedating her debut novel Under the Feet of Jesus. Viramontes discusses the influence … Continue reading
Hello class! Here’s a link to the blog I’ve created for this project: http://shadownarrator.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/maria-cristina-menas-the-vine-leaf-and-an-re-interpretation-of-this-story-from-the-painters-view/ In this post I briefly introduced Mena since sadly not many people have heard of her. Also I included the first part of the short story … Continue reading
“What You See In The Dark” and the famous film Psycho have an abundance of similarities which makes it even more interesting that they are interweaved in the same story. It is interesting to see the “behind the scenes” of … Continue reading
After discussing some of the most prevalent themes and motifs that serial killers often demonstrate in today’s class, I thought it would be appropriate to investigate this matter further, and examine the lack of masculinity in the traditional white, heterosexual, … Continue reading
In the YouTube video posted above, the author Manuel Munoz speaks on his book What You See In the Dark. Manuel describes the reasons behind writing such a book and the influences of the movie, Psycho. He explains how Psycho … Continue reading
Manuel Muñoz’s What You See in the Dark makes effective use of symbolism. Muñoz manipulates one particular symbol – the darkness – in such a way that it further engages readers into the text. The novel, pertaining to the mystery genre, closes … Continue reading
In class we will be watching Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock and many questions started to pop up in my mind. I wanted to know, what is wrong with Norman Bates? I’ve seen the movie and it is truly scary and … Continue reading
As I read “What You See in the Dark” I did not feel like the book was overly Gothic. Though I noticed some gothic elements in the beginning of the book, it wasn’t till the second half of the book … Continue reading
Public Defense. As a searcher this week, I thought it would he appropriate to close out my reading of Gods Go Begging by Alfredo Vea by a posting a New York Times video in which public defenders are analyzed in … Continue reading