My initial reaction to The Nose by Gogol was confusion. What was going on? Why are these absurd and impossible events happening? My confusion soon turned to apprehension however when it seemed that there would be no forthcoming explanation for … Continue reading
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Reading The Nose, I had a sudden episode of deja vu, where I read it as the same tired, and sleepy awakening as Metamorphosis as the short story opened- the same mundane suddenly interrupted by the seemingly impossible and extremely … Continue reading
This whole story seemed a bit like the childhood game of “I got your nose!” The whole story was told in a satirical style so that it was easier to accept this silliness, only later upon sinking in can … Continue reading
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 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
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
When I saw the title of the play we had to read, I was wondering if it was similar to a cartoon I watched a while ago. After reading the play, I realized the cartoon was based off of Gogol’s … Continue reading
In my opinion, there are few words and emotions other than weird and confused that one can really use to describe The Nose by Gogol. Upon finding out that Major Kovalev has lost his nose, I decided that Kafka and … 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