I read the libretto version of The Nose first, and I was in two moods the whole time: confused or amused. Sometimes both. The entire opera was rather confusing—I mean, it started off with a nose baked into bread. How … Continue reading
Daily Archives: October 8, 2013
As I read The Nose, the first scenes that formed in my mind were similar to those in dramatic, slap-stick sitcoms. I envisioned a gaudy yellow room with a primly dressed Prascovia Osipovna sweetly pulling a rack of fresh rolls … Continue reading
The Nose: When I was reading this short story the only thing I couldn’t understand was why? Why would Gogol write a story about losing a nose? But then again why would Kafka write about a man awakening one morning … Continue reading
I really don’t know what it is about this story but I really liked it. It was simple, fast paced and there are a few ways to interpret the story. I thought that their were definitely some… strange, parts. Once … Continue reading
As I continue to read all these bizarre and outrageous stories like “The Nose” and “The Metamorphosis,” I can’t help but think about how there must be a hidden meaning to everything! When reading “The Nose”, and trying to find … 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
When I first started reading Gogol’s “The Nose,” I thought the description of Ivan Jakovlevitch’s morning was pretty typical. However, once I reached the part where he discovered the nose in his bread, I realized that this story would be … Continue reading
Ivan found a nose in his bread. It did not surprise me. “What’s the big deal?” Gregor woke up one morning as a giant cockroach. Clearly, these Eastern European writers, (Gogol and Kafka) don’t value a realistic storyline very heavily. … Continue reading
I felt that “The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol was just as strange as “The Metamorphosis”, but in a much different way. I liked “The Nose” a lot more than I liked “The Metamorphosis, for the simple reason that it wasn’t … Continue reading
My first reaction to reading “The Nose” was “What in the world…” Wow, this class never fails to hand out reading assignments beginning with a spiral of confusion. After reading the first couple of paragraphs of “The Nose” by Nikolai … Continue reading