Lauren's Blog

  Hi everyone!  This weeks reading was “The Shrouded Woman” by Maria Luisa Bombal. I found this reading to be more enjoyable compared to other books we have read so it has definitely become one of my favourite books I have had as an assigned reading, it was also much easier to follow and understand. Throughout the book, I learned about the multiple complex relationships she had with all of the people who are introduced to us. From her children to her husband, there are unique circumstances that have shaped their relationship and how they feel about one another. It also amplifies how maneuvering relationships with both family members and romantic partners can be difficult because you may never truly know how one another feel until it is too late.   This leads me to a couple of quotes from the book that I wanted to mention that stuck out to me while I was reading this book that I think both resonated with me on a more personal level while at the same time, highlighted some themes in the

  Hey everyone!  The assigned reading for this week was “Combray” by Marcel Proust. Before I started reading, I didn’t think it would be as difficult as it was to get through this reading. I found it to be a bit hard to read because of the longer sentences I found myself struggling to stay focused while reading. I would also notice my mind wandering when I was reading it so I ended up having to read the same parts over again before moving forward. I also think that one of the reasons I may have struggled initially a bit more than usual on this reading was due to the fact that this was the first reading of the semester and it’s always difficult to get back into doing assigned readings. As I progressed through the reading, it became easier to read as it felt like a familiar feeling of going down memory lane. I became more interested to learn more about his childhood and meaningful moments that were being explained throughout the book. Another part of this book that stuck out to me was th

RMST 202 - Introduction  Hey everyone!  My name is Lauren and I’m currently in my 4 th  year at UBC. I’m in the faculty of arts and I’m majoring in Sociology. I live in Richmond so I’m able to live at home and commute to school since it’s not too far of a drive. One interesting fact about me is that I Irish dance and have been doing it since I was 3 years old (so over 20 years). In 2020 I made the difficult decision to stop dancing, but after only a year I realized I didn’t enjoy any new hobby in the way I loved Irish dance, so I decided to start dancing again. I’ve been lucky enough to travel all over Ireland, the UK, Canada and the United States for competitions.    I enrolled in this course to fulfill my literature requirement. I left these courses to do towards the end of my years at UBC because I don’t usually enjoy English and literature courses. I used to really enjoy reading but I found that once I started going to university and I was assigned multiple readings to do each week