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Category Archives: Christa Wolf
I was coming
Janelle Morris Christa Wolf, Accident: A Day’s News (Creative Assignment) The morning sunshine brings a warmth to my face. Its gentle touch tells me its time to wake up. I roll over to wrap my arms around you, but your … Continue reading
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Busy Day
Ja’lessa Morris Christa Wolf’s Accident/A Day’s News Creative Assignment On a day like to today I need to keep busy. The more I stay busy the more I don’t think about what’s happening. If I think about you then it … Continue reading
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My experience of an accident
Eri Pinto Christa Wolf, Accident The Georgia Japanese Language School exists only on Saturdays when the public middle school is unoccupied. In another time, such a place would not exist, and someone like me wouldn’t be there, half-bred and acculturated. … Continue reading
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Attack
Jordan Stanley Christa Wolf, Accident, Creative Assignment Attack None of the characters in this blog is identical with a living person. They have all been invented by me. J.S. The sun is shining brightly through the bedroom window. I feel … Continue reading
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Father’s Surgery
Christa Wolf: Accident based The white sheets covered with blood filled my vision. Oh my gosh! Will he make it through? The thought becomes like a photograph still and permanently implanted. The soft tears rolling down his cheeks soften my … Continue reading
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Utopia verses Reality
Christa Wolf, Accident: A Day’s News In this book Wolf asks a very important question. She asks whether the “utopias of our time necessarily breed monsters?” (30). This question, in the context of this book, is extremely interesting because … Continue reading
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Down With the Sickness…and Trigonometry
Jessica Keaton Christa Wolf, Accident: A Day’s News (Creative Assignment) And its daylight in the mists of Septemer. Enter blankets and moons during the morning sunrise. Enter bus stops and calculating seating charts unbeknownst to the reader. Hello father. Where … Continue reading
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Brother Dearest
Linda Budd Christa Wolf Accident: A Day’s News (Creative Assignment) You I have loved from birth. The love of the others was conditioned or learned slowly, and though I love them, you were the one I chose when we paired off. … Continue reading
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Brainwaves
Ashley McClure Christa Wolf Accident: A Day’s News While reading the first several pages in the book, I could relate a similar situation I have had to one of Wolf’s situations. While she was concerned with the thoughts that were … Continue reading
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Roots
Heidi Sherlock Christa Wolf, Accident/A Day’s News, pages 24-26 Author Christa Wolf draws interesting parallels between her brother’s brain tumor and weeds growing in her yard. Wolf makes an effortless transition between references to the medical issues at hand regarding … Continue reading
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