Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 102 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
Saturday, February 9, 2019
The poem American Dreams kind of reminded me of the movie Charlie And The Chocolate factory with all the talk about candy. When I read the Title American Dreams I expected to hear a poem about some one trying to accomplish their dreams but instead it was about candy . One line I really liked in the poem was when he describes the owner watching him. I He says ( his pale eyes like ice mints behind his foggy glasses, lingering at my chest, as if the swelling buds under my uniform’s white blouse were Candy Buttons .
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