Outline final essay

Introduction

In this essay I would discuss how Literature exposes relevant topics that should be discussed in EFL classes. Therefore, in order to illustrate my arguments with examples, I will cite some quotations from different poems.

Body

-Definition of Literature.
-mention some important topics that can be found in Enlglish Literature and give examples by using some quotes.
-Analyse and discuss those topics.


Conclusion


By way of conlcusion I must say that….

September 1, 1939 by W.H. Auden

After reading this wonderful poem, and after analysing it with my classmates, I realized how powerful it is since the author criticizes many issues trying to show the truth, the hidden truth.

The way Auden wrote this poem called my attention. He makes us look for more information that is implicit in the poem. For example, when he mentions Luther. To understand this part it is necessary to know why he mentions that name but for that it is essential to research about Luther, and then we can see the relation of this person to the poem. Also, this poem was catching because of the way he expressed through it; for example, when he refers to the hidden truth he says, "where blind skyscrapers use their full height to proclaim the strength of Collective Man". I liked this metaphor because it makes me see what he means.

Another aspect that I really liked is the strong critique to society, especially to government and religion. Auden says that those are powers that dominate people, and I totally agree with his ideas.

To conclude, this is the poem I like the best because the author's thoughts are very similar to mine.

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I totally agree with this post. I liked the way you connected the two short stories and at the end you came up with a conclusion that includes both of them.

I have the same point of view about what really makes people happy, and I am sure that it is not money, but it is your values as you mentioned. However don't you think that more than values, it is love others what makes you appreciate what you have, and also your life?

Good reflection Salo G. keep it up.

The Waste Land: "The Burial of The Death" by Eliot.

The Waste Land is a difficult piece of art to understand. The mixture of ideas is what makes it complex but interesting. That is why in this post I will refer to just one part of it, which is titled "The Burial of the Death".

The speaker starts defining the seasons from what she feels about each one of them. This is her point of view and her feelings through the words because she refers to winter positively by saying: "Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow...". From my understanding of this quotation, I believe that she feels safe when winter comes. Maybe it is the only moment that makes her forget bad memories and feel happy. It is also expressed in another line of the poem, which says, "In the mountains, there you feel free", and it is related to what winter produces on her, because in that season she and her cousin use to go to the mountains.

What I liked from this, how awesome the expression of thoughts can be. It is great the way the author mixes many aspects that makes a short poem very complex. So that is my understanding of "The Burial of the Death", it is my point of view and I still do not get exactly what he means even though I read it many times.

Two stories, one issue. The Rocking-Horse Winner and Odour of Chrysanthemum, by D.H. Lawrence.

Through literature, writers express their ineer personalities and let the readers imagine what is going on in their minds, or think about their lives. This is the case of D.H. Lawrence, in his pieces of art titled “The Rocking-Horse Winner” and “Odour of Chrysanthemum”.

Because of the historical context, which was during the War World I, the author shows us money and death as the main issues in both short stories. In “The Rocking-Horse Winner”, death is caused because of desires of money. This is a story in which interpersonal relationships within the family are not more important than money, let’s say that money makes people forget love and it changes people’s mind to the point of getting mad, just as the child did. In the other story, “Odour of Chrysanthemum”, we can see that the relationship between the main character who is a woman, and her husband was broken. She even did not show some respect to him when he was taken dead to the house, she asked to the other man not to put her husband over the carpet. In this point we can see how materialism is over love.

After reading both stories, I could realized how D.H.Lawrence expressed what he was living. I think that through writing he released all his feelings that disturbed his mind.

A room of one's own

A room of one’s own by Virginia Wolf is an interesting essay in the sense that different social issues are developed in this piece of art. One of those important issues is the diferences of gender.

As it is known, since ancient times until now, society has made differences between women and men, where women are underestimated. In “A room of one’s own” which takes place in 1929, Virginia Woolf used to write her books by using another name. She invented the name Judith Shakespeare so that people think that it was Shakespeare’s sister who wrote, and in this way, she could see if society would value her works just because of the name. However, in such a chauvinist society from that time, her works did not have the same impact as Shakespeare’s.

It is hard to me to understand how an entire society can be so narrow-minded that a book written by a woman was not important as the ones written by a man, even though they had the same level of reflection. Fortunately, it has been changing over time, but we still have a lot of work to do.

Oliver Twist

The film Oliver Twist is one of the saddest movies I have ever seen in my life. In fact, I would dare to say that it is almost imposible that someone could hav such a miserable life.

In this movie, romanticism is demonstrated by features such as the setting where the story takes place and the emotions it transmits us. What is strongly shown, it is the assumptions that existed in that time when population began to expand throught the construction of cities. People used to be judged by others just for the appearance or for the place they lived in. That is why Oliver was arrested. He did never robbed however he was blamed for that because of the way he was dressed.

It is a film which clearly demonstrates how society imposes ideals and how those impositions become a part of us that is hard to control. It is a pity that something as prejudices will always be in the inner of men, because to judge others does not let this world progress.