Delving into Literature

 <The Student>, by Anton Chekhov Rating: 8/10      This story didn't have a dramatic scene or very creative factors, but the meaning was still powerful enough to give us an impact. As a Christian, it was meaningful to read the inner story of Peter's denial and the outer story of Velikopolsky altogether forming a complete meaning. Velikopolsky thinks that the past is linked to the present by an unbroken chain of events. The whole coincidence-like situation where Velikopolsky's preach about Peter's denial reflected the widows' past they don't want to be reminded of, making Vasilisa cry was impressive as it's proof that his thought is correct, and it represented that the message of the Gospels is relatable to people of the present.      "The Student" contained the 8th stage of a hero's journey, ordeal. Velikopolsky preached to the two widows, one of which didn't like his presence. He completed his preach, consequently touching Vasilisa...

<A Sound of Thunder>, by Ray Bradbury   Rating: 8/10         This short story was a decent, enjoyable piece to start off our journey of World Literature. It brought up a classical, yet always entertaining theme: Time travel. I loved how the language and result of the election changed just because of a death of a butterfly. It could seem that the story is too exaggerated, but considering that they traveled way back to when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, it is possible that a tiny change of the past led to a tremendous influence on the future. This is called the "butterfly effect." It was impressive to see the author setting the creature that Eckels killed as a butterfly, relating the situation to the butterfly effect.       It was hard to see Eckels as a hero that we expect. He was a thoughtless and selfish coward, not able to fulfill his responsibility of taking the time travel. He left his teammates and fled from the battle ...