Final Blog Entry Matt Khoury

Matt Khoury

AP Literature

Final Project Reflection

1. I learned a lot about the different perspectives authors can create within literature. Although an author might have one opinion, they can create a character that has a near opposite idea on something.
2. There were more differences than similarities between the two books. There is a very strong sense of racism in both books, but I believe Huck Finn had a stronger sense of it than Song of Solomon. Song of Solomon gave a perspective not offered in Huck Finn, which was the perspective of African-Americans after slavery.
3. I found a lot of different undertones throughout both books. You could tell how different characters felt about different situations in the book.
4. I missed a lot of the enjoyment you get from reading. Instead of being taken out of the real world and being immersed in the book, I was just reading it like I had to. It wasn’t all that fun.
5. There are many positives to reading through a critical lens, but there are also a lot of drawbacks. You can read the book multiple times, each time trying to read it from a different perspective, You can understand different perspectives, and you can understand what the author is trying to say. There is one major drawback, however. Reading it objectively takes out the subjectiveness of literature. Literature is supposed to be enjoyed as art, but it is very difficult to do so when you are reading it with a purpose other than enjoying the book.
6. My beliefs didn’t change, but reading through the lenses increased my belief in what I believe, especially after reading Song of Solomon.