Canisius ENG 101 J Spring 2011

Class blog for Canisius College English 101 section J Spring 2011. Taught by professor Jeffry J. Iovannone. Course theme: Outcasts in contemporary American literature.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Extra Credit Blog

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I decided to read "Debbie Land" by Amy Bender. In this story, a school bully picks on Debbie maliciously. The group of bullies hum...
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Extra Credit: Willful Creatures, Jinx

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The short story Jinx by Aimee Bender is about two girls, Cathy and Tina. They are both in high school and good friends. They are walking dow...

Extra Credit: Aimee Bender, I Will Pick Out Your Ribs

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In this short story, Bender writes about a man and his girlfriend, Jane, who constantly is going to the hospital for overdosing on pills. Li...

Persepolis Movie

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In comparison to the book, the movie Persepolis in my opinion had both positive and negative attributes. As we discussed in class, there are...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Extra Credit: The Meeting by Aimee Bender

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The short story The Meeting by Aimee Bender is about a man who meets a woman that he did not plan on meeting. Bender implies that this man...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Extra Credit: Amiee Bender's The Meeting

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After reading Amiee Bender's short story The Meeting I was able to make a clear parallel between its message and one of the messages fr...
Saturday, April 30, 2011

Persepolis Film

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I think that the film did a very good job in telling her story. It was very similar to the book but different in a few ways. I liked how the...
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