First Blog

During these first few classes I have to admit that I am enjoying this class much more than I previously would have thought. I expected to become bored with just reading random stories and discussing them. But fortunately, we have been given a selection of stories in which I am either familiar with the actual story, or the author, and I believe they will all be very interesting reads. Even the first one “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway was extremely intriguing. At first glance and read through it seems to be just a casual, somewhat tense conversation between two people waiting for a train, that are apparently in a relationship. But after reading through the story a few times you will come to realize that there are much more serious hidden undertones and hidden symbolism in the story. The story eventually leads to quite a read when you finally came to realize what the story is about. And I can only hope that all the future stories will come to capture my interest like this one did.