The Good and The Bad

This semester the class read many works that were very good and some that even after discussing them in class I felt indifferent about. The first three works of the semester I really enjoyed. The obsolete man was a very good video and the first two stories out of the anthology were very good. Honestly after that most of the stories chosen from the anthology did not interest me that much. All of the poems chosen this semester were very good. I did not understand all of them and had trouble when reading them for the first time, but they did all bring up very interesting discussions and by reading several poems from one author I could really get into the insight of the author. I believe that the novels chosen for this class did allow the class to view several different types of literature that all fall under the category of contemporary literature. I enjoyed reading Sula, Atonement, and the Watchmen. The only novel I did not enjoy was Streetcar and I am really not sure why. I guess I just never got involved in the story. My personal favorite was the Watchmen and my only regret is that we did not have more time to discuss the novel. My suggestions for the class would be to remove Street Car and the anthology from the syllabus. I think a few short stories from the anthology would be nice to read such as Rudy Elmenhurst and Man from Mars, but as a whole the anthology was not a great collection of stories.To fill this gap I would add an adventure story such as a Clive Cussler novel or Harry Potter book that involves a little more imagination and a different perspective on contemporary literature.