Literature: Such Complexity
I am currently taking my Hum1 this semester. The course is all about literature, literature and literature. Last semester, one of my roommates was taking the same course I am taking now and he always told me that Hum1 is such a pain in the ass. All those poems, novels and short stories were literally killing him due to the fact that the texts were difficult to interpret let alone, understand. Exams were approaching fast during those times and 15 out of 35 students (i think) were to interpret a poem and to report it in front of the class the message of the poem or the short story. Unfortunately for him, he was one of the 15 students to do the special exam. He sought me for help hoping that somehow I could enlighten the abyss where he is in now. Fuck- the first word that came out of my mouth the moment I finished reading his short story. I tried to help him but all our tries were futile. We were hitting dead ends after dead ends as we try to interpret his story. He consulted his professor about his story and his prof advised him to first translate the story as literal as possible. Thats what he did. After his report, he interpreted it wrong. That was the time I decided to take Hum 1 as seriously as possible hehehe honestly. And here I am now taking my very own Hum 1. Honestly speaking, it was not that hard. Another factor that his Hum 1 was as difficult as a dog identifying the colors of the rainbow was because of the professor. Phew* Luckily, my professor was not as difficult as his. I am having fun in my hum 1 course. We had tackled lots of short stories lately from different renowned authors. All the meanings and interpretations were damn deep. Tomorrow, we will report about a story entitled: Six feet of the country. The story tackles about racism in South Africa. Sure, nowadays, people do not mind whether your black, white or coppered skin but during those times when black people were not treated fairly by white people, this story really helped the African Americans to unite against such prejudice. Okay dito nalang po muna... sa internet shop lang po kasi ako... hahaha mahal na ata ung babayaran ko... hahaha bb.
