Looking at a text, I often feel as if insights into its meanings are obvious-- but only in hindsight. Although I'm getting better at reading literature for depth, I still feel as though I miss what's right in front of me. One of my goals for this year is to read a lot and stretch my abilities each time; that's started with The American Dream. Not only did I pick up on some subtleties, I also enjoyed the intellectual commentary on what I see as the consumerism tragedy still befalling Americans.
Though I've already studied Death of a Salesman in a previous class, my goal for this next segment will be on picking out even more layers of meanings.
That is how it seemed to me. After we finisher the play, I wondered why it took me so long to get to the meaning of The American Dream.
ReplyDeleteI feel like Death of a Salesman is more complex than American dream. There are so many levels that its overwhelming, and there is no way we can find them all in an AP lit class - well, we can try.
I think that this is good, your interactions with what is going on shows how great your learning skills are. I think that it will be good for discussion if you have a good understanding of DOS already on a deeper level. You can be the pioneer into the "wilderness of AP English".
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that you're setting goals for yourself throughout the course. I know that it can be hard to search for subtleties in literature, but I think this will get easier as the year progresses.
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