Thoughts on Literature and Literature Analysis

Interesting enough, I can’t answer most of the questions being asked for this blog assignment.  I attended high school in Puerto Rico in 1994.  It’s no secret because I’ve said it in past discussions and maybe even a past blog but I am almost 35 years old.  English classes in Puerto Rico were more so conversational and didn’t require us to read literature.  I don’t remember ever having to write an essay or even a research paper.  In fact, I’ve never done more writing than I have done for this class.  I’ve truly enjoyed every bit of it because it’s not only helped me to learn but it has also helped me in the other classes that require essays.  With this being said, my first encounter with literature was when I read the short stories posted recently.  My favorite was The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.  I personally had to read it twice before I understood what the writer wanted to get across which was that the main character never really made the escape that he made the readers believe took place.  The annotated bibliography was a little challenging for me.  I had to keep reverting to the instructions and to the example given by the professor because I had never don’t anything like that.  While I enjoyed reading the short stories, I don’t think that reading literature and more importantly, analyzing literature will become a passion of mine.  I’ve never enjoyed reading fiction in the past.  I am more of a “true story” kind of gal.