The necklace was fake. The ten years were real.
Hannah
The necklace was fake, but the debt, the work and the wish to be seen were real.
Literature
The same word appeared three times and changed meaning each time
In Thursday’s World Literature lesson, we read a short story about a girl who kept returning to the same window. The teacher asked us to count how many times the…
The gap between two lines in the poem held more than the lines themselves
We were reading a short poem in World Literature class on Tuesday evening. Fourteen lines, and I understood every word on the first read. The teacher asked what the poem…
The summary filled the page and left the choice untouched
Monday night, and my World Literature essay draft looks very busy. There are names, scenes, and also a timeline about who came in and who left. But it still does…
The line only counted when I copied it exactly
Saturday night, and my World Literature notes are open to a page where I think I already finish the hard part. I have a point. I have a feeling about…
I could not write about their feelings until I asked who kept the secret
Friday night, and the Romeo and Juliet notes are open again, the ones that earn me a C in English. Not because I skip the reading. I know the plot.…
The cheaper copy came with answers I did not ask for
Friday night, and I finally buy the anthology I have been borrowing from the library in pieces. The shop have a new one with a stiff spine, and a used…
The family in the play cannot afford to keep the trees
Sunday night, and I finally open The Cherry Orchard. It is on the World Literature list I stare at two days ago and do not close. Chekhov. A house, a…
The Nightingale and the Rose is a story about price
I read Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose on Thursday night, which was a mistake only because I then couldn’t fall asleep. It’s on the IGCSE World Literature list…