I am beginning to love my World Lit class. I got the results back from the first half of my first test and it was an A, so yeah! The essay portion I will receive my grade on Monday.
Anyway, the first thing we read was The Odyssey, I got a kick out of reading the epic poem about a man struggling through great trials to get back to his wife after the war in Troy. I could imagine myself as Penelope staying at home with her son, waiting, waiting, waiting. Now I haven't waited for twenty years without so much as an email but I could sympathize with her, I think, a little more than the average college student.
Imagine my delight when we started Dante's Inferno today. As we begin to descend into the various levels of hell, it was all I could do to not laugh out loud.
Today we entered the first circle of hell: Limbo. Let's move on, huh? I've been living in this circle long enough.
By the time we get to the next circle, I should actually be missing class, due to picking my husband up for R&R, what circle will be be entering then? The second circle of hell: Lust. he he he.
I wonder if by the time I get back we'll have moved on to the third circle: Gluttony, which I plan to do a lot of while Dan is home, especially since I haven't eating in about five weeks.
This begs me to ask to real pertinent question? What circle of hell will we be in when Dan has to go back to Afghanistan?
"Abandon all hope ye who enter here." - Inscription over the Gate of Hell, where all the damned must go through on their way to eternal punishment, those with no hope of redemption.
2 comments:
Great job on the A!!!
Hahaha! I put that quote on the door of my Senior English class on Finals Day! I still think I should have recieved some extra credit on that one.
Woohoo for An A, Lots of lust and gluttony, and Dan coming home!
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