The Necklace

This short story classic The Necklace is a popular one in classrooms. It teaches some pretty hard life lessons that, if learned the hard way, can leave you in a rut with much regret. The protagonist, Madame Loisel, is a woman who doesn’t come from wealth. She didn’t have a dowry of any kind when sheContinue reading “The Necklace”

What Does Interpretation Do?

When I was taking literature courses in college, my professors always wanted us (the students) to interpret what was going on inside the story or interpret a sitation something one of the characters said. My professor would ask, “What did he (the character) mean by that?”, or “What is this actually saying?” My classmates knewContinue reading “What Does Interpretation Do?”