Final Reflection for World Literature 2020-2021

    This semester was unlike any other semester since we had to switch to online classes and not seeing each other in person for months. I think what made this course different than any other course i've taken was that we all had to create our own blogs in order to turn in assignments you gave to us. At first I thought it was really embarrassing because usually we just write our assignments and essays then turn it in to the teacher. But no, we have to post it on our blogs for everyone to see and critique. But it was also good because we could take those comments to better our writing.

    Something meaningful to me was that even if we're learning online, you still helped us like asking if we had any questions or we could ask what a certain word meant because some teachers they get mad and just tell us, "you should know this already". Also I appreciate that you let us message you in chat instead of talking because I know some people are shy to talk. Then most teachers turn off the chat or get mad when you message them in chat and most students just end up not asking their questions which makes it really difficult for them to do their work.

    I glad that I was able to bring up some of my grades in other classes. At the beginning it was kinda difficult because I was trying to get use to the change and managing with the online classes and whatever was happening in my home in August. Of course my grades for most of my classes weren't that great at the beginning. I think I was able to manage at the end and bring most of my grades up.

    I wish I could have turned in my work on time instead of doing it at the last minute. Its really hard doing all of your missing assignment at 3 am. I also wish I could had used social media less often or just manage the amount of time I use it. The last thing I wished I could have done differently was to check the course blog more often. I used to find out what assignments we had to do the day we had class.

    One thing i learned in this course that will help me in the future is we should judge people based on their pass. Like in Les Miserables, the Bishop didn't run Jean Valjean away like everyone else simply because he went to prison.

    The book i'm currently reading "I want to eat your pancreas" used paradox right at the beginning when the protagonist finds a journal call "living with dying" from another character. The book also uses a lot of imagery throughout the book as the protagonist describes the places he and the other character went, to the food they ate. The book also uses mood because in the 3rd chapter, the protagonist and the other character often talked about how they would spend their last moments of life if they knew they were going to die soon.

    I think this semester was pretty hard, for me, but i'm glad that we're done and that maybe I will be able to manage my classes better next semester.

Literature Analysis (Fiction)

 1. The book I decided to do for this assignment is called "I want to eat your Pancreas" by Yoru Sumino. The plot of this book is about two highschool students, one who isn't named throughout the book but is the protagonist and we read this book through his point of view. The other student, Sakura Yamauchi, is classmates with the protagonist and later on they become really good friends. In the beginning of the story, the protagonist comes across a journal while he was waiting in a hospital waiting room. Once he read parts of the journal he discovers that it was a diary that was kept by one of his classmates, Sakura. Sakura reveals to him that she has a pancreatic illness that is fatal. So she has been writing in that diary to just express her thoughts since nobody knows she will pass away soon, besides her parents and the protagonist. The protagonist and Sakura eventually become really good friends and go to places she always wanted to go before she dies. Spoiler!!!!: One night when the protagonist was watching the news, he finds out that Sakura was stabbed on her way home and she died. He breaks down and doesnt attend her funeral but at the end we became more open to people he meets and that it was all thanks to Sakura for changing him.

2. I think the theme on this book is that no matter the situation you're in, you should live the moment because you never know when it will be gone.

3. Based on Yoru Sumino tone throughout the book, I think their morning routine consists of getting up early up in the morning and starting off their day with a cup of tea. Maybe coffee sometimes and drink their tea or coffee with a healthy well rounded breakfast. They probably meditate too. I think Yoru Sumino is organized and really neat.

4. Right at the beginning of the book, they used paradox when the protagonist was reading out the title of the diary he found in the hospital. -"living with dying". Throughout the book, they also used a lot of imagery whenever the protagonist and Sakura went to the places she wanted to go before she died. Lastly, the author used mood from whenever the protagonist and Sakura were talking about her passing away soon.