The Russian names (patronymics included), the common Russian expressions, the Russian humor that only other Russians find funny, and the Russian emphasis of social status featured in Nikolai Gogol’s “The Nose” made me feel like I was in high school … Continue reading
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Gogol’s “The Nose” is about a nose in only the most literal sense. While I was reading, I didn’t immediately get the overarching symbolism that the nose represented throughout the novella. The nose isn’t a nose, or at least it … Continue reading
Just like Metamorphosis, I knew that “The Nose” would not be a typical read. Unfortunately, the first image that came to my mind was a little cartoon of a nose running away. At first I was angry that my thoughts … Continue reading
The Nose was just another in what seems to be a series of unorthodox (yet oddly interesting) stories. At face value it seems, as Gogol himself says, ridiculous and pointless. Yet there is a little something more behind this seemingly … Continue reading
Immediately after finishing “The Nose,” I felt the same feeling in my gut as I did after completing “The Metamorphosis.” I lay back in my bed and thought to myself, what did I just read…? Why are our teachers making us … Continue reading
As I was reading Shostakovich ‘s “The Nose” I couldn’t help but think of the men and women who return home from war injured or missing limbs. As the Opera portrayed Kovalyov’s struggle to regain his nose all I could … Continue reading
No Nose ? What a weird topic for a story. The narrator even goes through the trouble of putting himself into the piece and telling the audience that it’s all nonsense. I agree with him, but enjoyed this tale nonetheless. … Continue reading