Month: September 2021
September 27th: Shuggie Bain
Shuggie: As Shuggie gets older we can see how his difference makes him a target. He is still being bullied in school for…
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September 22nd: Shuggie Bain
Shuggie: We don’t get a lot of time with Shuggie in these chapters, but what we do get is very significant. In chapter…
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September 19th: Shuggie Bain
Shuggie Bain: We meet him in the first chapter of the book. He is 15 and lives in a flat with three (?)…
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September 12th: This Mournable Body
Part 3 of the novel follows Tambu as she finds her way at the Green Jacaranda- an eco tourist business. Here, Tambu still…
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September 6th: This Mournable Body
Parts 1 and 2 of this novel chronicle the journey of Tambu. We see her first in a hostel where she details her…
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August 31st: Gallagher
Gallagher’s article on the formation of pedagogical canons is honestly hard to understand. From what I could grasp, Gallagher is exploring why certain…
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August 30th: Menon, Flood, and Evaristo
The three articles that we read all discuss different elements of the 2020 Booker Prize. While Flood explores the background of how prestigious…
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