Mad Toy: Greatness limited by circumstance

Hey everyone, This blog post is on this weeks reading “Mad Toy” written by Roberto Arlt, I was personally very excited to read this book, the story seemed compelling to me and was a no brainer when choosing my books for this course, and I have to say it was a great choice and I …

Combray: Obsession with the Past

Hello all, this is my second post for the class, and this one is going to be about my thoughts on certain aspects of Proust’s “Combray”. To start of I believe the way this book was narrated sets it apart from a lot of other books, for some for the better and for other for …

Introducing myself

Hello, My name is Ximena Avendano, I was born and raised in Mexico City and decided to come to Vancouver for university, both cities are quite different so I’ve had to learn how to adapt to all the new aspects of life here in Canada. I chose UBC because I wanted to experience life in …