“A Country Doctor”
This photo reminds me so much of “A Country Doctor” for many reasons. Beyond the fact that it’s an obviously old photo of a man on a horse, there is an eeriness that is very similar to what I felt while reading the text. The graininess makes the man and the horse look as if […]
“The Bluest Eye”
The photo above reminds me of the school that Claudia, Pecola, and Frieda all attended. Though it is known that the school is integrated and has other ethnicities, when it came to things like playing and social interactions there was still a big separation. When Claudia talks about the children playing, I imagine a group […]
“Sonny’s Blues”
While reading about the bar that Sonny plays jazz in, this is almost exactly what I pictured in my mind when thinking about the area. The lack of people and emptiness of the photo signifies the melancholy that seemingly envelops Harlem all throughout the story. I could see the last scene where the narrator finally […]
“Black Cat”, by Edgar Allan Poe
This photo is close to what I pictured when the protagonist’s house burned down. The fire in the story was extremely destructive and I imagined flames bursting from the window. Also, the general darkness of the photo is similar to the darkness in his mind.
