Comments on: Flashback Monday: Life Lessons in Literature http://mightygirl.com/2011/02/14/flashback-monday-life-lessons-in-literature/ Famous Among Dozens Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Martina Lynne http://mightygirl.com/2011/02/14/flashback-monday-life-lessons-in-literature/#comment-1222689 Martina Lynne Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:42:44 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=12410#comment-1222689 I'm working on my Ph.D. in English literature and, well, sometimes (like when it's really excruciatingly hard or I'm not getting through to my students or I fear that I'll fail and become a great big loser) I wonder why I want to do this thing, this thing where I talk to people about books for the rest of my life and hope that they'll love them, too, and think that they're important, too. And those are the times when I kind of wonder if any of what I do really matters. Reading things like this makes me stop wondering. It helps me know that what I do is important. It helps me remember how books have changed my life and how much I want to be a part of that. Thank you for that reminder. So much. I’m working on my Ph.D. in English literature and, well, sometimes (like when it’s really excruciatingly hard or I’m not getting through to my students or I fear that I’ll fail and become a great big loser) I wonder why I want to do this thing, this thing where I talk to people about books for the rest of my life and hope that they’ll love them, too, and think that they’re important, too. And those are the times when I kind of wonder if any of what I do really matters.

Reading things like this makes me stop wondering. It helps me know that what I do is important. It helps me remember how books have changed my life and how much I want to be a part of that. Thank you for that reminder. So much.

]]> By: Liz http://mightygirl.com/2011/02/14/flashback-monday-life-lessons-in-literature/#comment-1222099 Liz Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:24:34 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=12410#comment-1222099 Sorry - a little late to this but just have to add - Flowers in the Attic. Lesson: Mom kicks ass! Read the series betwen 5th and 6th grade while watching my baby brother in the back yard. 6th grade teacher calls to tell mom that my reading material is not appropriate. Mom tells her to call if my grades are bad! My mom has been gone for 10 years. Your article just made me feel so close to her. Thank you. Sorry – a little late to this but just have to add – Flowers in the Attic. Lesson: Mom kicks ass! Read the series betwen 5th and 6th grade while watching my baby brother in the back yard. 6th grade teacher calls to tell mom that my reading material is not appropriate. Mom tells her to call if my grades are bad!

My mom has been gone for 10 years. Your article just made me feel so close to her. Thank you.

]]> By: Sommar http://mightygirl.com/2011/02/14/flashback-monday-life-lessons-in-literature/#comment-1222047 Sommar Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:15:36 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=12410#comment-1222047 [this is good] [this is good]

]]> By: TRS http://mightygirl.com/2011/02/14/flashback-monday-life-lessons-in-literature/#comment-1222042 TRS Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:22:17 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=12410#comment-1222042 Book: The Great Gatsby Lesson: Literature is Art I'm 14 years old, lying on the banister of the deck, reading The Great Gatsby for school on balmy spring night. The sky is clear and sprinkled with stars. The narrator, Nick looks above West Egg and describes the silver pepper that dots the sky, and I look up and see the same silver pepper. I always loved reading, but I was enraptured by Fitzgerald's ability to describe my sky and Nick's sky the same way and place me at the same swanky party in West Egg. Book: The Great Gatsby
Lesson: Literature is Art
I’m 14 years old, lying on the banister of the deck, reading The Great Gatsby for school on balmy spring night. The sky is clear and sprinkled with stars. The narrator, Nick looks above West Egg and describes the silver pepper that dots the sky, and I look up and see the same silver pepper. I always loved reading, but I was enraptured by Fitzgerald’s ability to describe my sky and Nick’s sky the same way and place me at the same swanky party in West Egg.

]]> By: Shay http://mightygirl.com/2011/02/14/flashback-monday-life-lessons-in-literature/#comment-1222007 Shay Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:18:04 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=12410#comment-1222007 Oh mylanta. I would have turned into a crazed she-wolf if you had made me give away my books as a kid. Or you know...now. Sheesh, I want to travel back in time and give mini-you a giant hug. Great post and great way to mark time. Love it! Oh mylanta. I would have turned into a crazed she-wolf if you had made me give away my books as a kid. Or you know…now.

Sheesh, I want to travel back in time and give mini-you a giant hug. Great post and great way to mark time. Love it!

]]> By: Lindsay http://mightygirl.com/2011/02/14/flashback-monday-life-lessons-in-literature/#comment-1221980 Lindsay Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:14:55 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=12410#comment-1221980 That last line convinced me that maybe I should have children too. I loved reading this. I'd like to go through my childhood bookshelves as well now. That last line convinced me that maybe I should have children too. I loved reading this. I’d like to go through my childhood bookshelves as well now.

]]> By: Sarah http://mightygirl.com/2011/02/14/flashback-monday-life-lessons-in-literature/#comment-1221941 Sarah Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:25:56 +0000 http://mightygirl.com/?p=12410#comment-1221941 This was so beautifully written. It makes me want to go through my bookshelves and remember where I was when I read them. Lovely. This was so beautifully written. It makes me want to go through my bookshelves and remember where I was when I read them. Lovely.

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