When reading the first parts of Gogol’s The Nose I immediately thought of incidents in the past where people have found actual human fingers inside their fast food orders. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/05/17/152923061/a-history-of-human-fingers-found-in-fast-food The thought of human body parts in food is both … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
To me, Nicolai Gogol’s The Nose comes even more peculiar than Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. Although it is possible to lose a nose, the notion of talking to one’s own nose sounds not only strange, but also grotesque. How are you … Continue reading
Ever since I acknowledged the title of the piece I have been curious about the contents of Gogol’s short story “The Nose”. I mean, doesn’t it make you wander what a short story named after a body part is about? … Continue reading
After reading Kafka’s Metamorphosis, I wasn’t really surprised or disturbed by Gogol’s The Nose. In fact, I found the story to be very interesting but also very confusing. When reading the short story, many questions popped into my head. It … Continue reading
When I was reading Nikolai Gogol’s The Nose, I wasn’t sure what was happening. From just the title, I didn’t expect a literal story of a nose character. When Ivan Jakovlevitch found the nose inside his bread, I thought that … Continue reading
I found this reading of The Nose very interesting. It isn’t everyday one reads a story about a man missing his nose, which happens to magically become highly ranked in the government system. Compared to Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Gogol’s The Nose … Continue reading
Bizarre and Questionable The Nose is even more bizarre and questionable than Metamorphosis. My rant begins with the nose in freshly baked bread. How does the baker not notice this disturbing obstruction when kneading the dough? How does Kovaloff’s nose … Continue reading
While reading The Nose by Gogol, I had several thoughts running through my head. Initially, I was extremely confused as to what was happening. I mean honestly, how do you not make a bigger deal of finding a nose in … Continue reading
I love “The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol. Last year I read a biography on Gogol and an excerpt of his short story, “The Nose.” The readings were mandatory assignments in the Russian class I took and yes, both texts are … 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