Category Archives: Literature Humanities

Rating: 8/10 Favorite Character: Penny I think that it might have been just my Lit Hum class that read this, but it was honestly such a good addition to the syllabus. We read this right after the Oresteia, so we could very directly see the references to Greek epics here. However, it subverted and revealedContinue reading “Book Review: Father Comes Home From the Wars by Suzan-Lori Parks”

Rating: 9/10 Favorite Character: Dunya Honestly, I thought this was a pretty good book. It’s really interesting, and each of its six sections has a plot of its own, as well as the overarching plot. The characters are all interesting and complex. It provides an in-depth exploration of society, in particular class and gender. ItContinue reading “Book Review: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky”