Reading Gogol’s The Nose, I was thoroughly confused. One of my first thoughts were “What is up with these Eastern European guys writing about someone turning into a giant insect…and now about a runaway nose?” (after having read Kafka’s Metamorphosis as … Continue reading
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Words cannot be used to describe how I felt while reading The Nose by Nikolai Gogol. As soon as I read “He poked two fingers in and pulled out – a nose!” I had to stop reading and put my … Continue reading
Confusion. That’s what I felt while reading Nikolai Gogol’s The Nose. The story didn’t exactly follow a logical pattern. One moment there was a man who discovered a nose, a nose that he could hold in his hand. The next … Continue reading
This story is definitely on my list of strange symbolic tales. The idea of my barber accidentally cutting off my nose and then finding it in his bread is a scary image. Then waking up without my nose and seeing … Continue reading
When I started reading Nicholas Gogol’s The Nose, I didn’t know what to expect because it began with a barber, Ivan Jakovlevitch, having a normal conversation with his wife, Prasskovna Ossipovna. The description of Ivan’s cheap and dirty clothing reminded … Continue reading
Nikolai Gogol’s “The Nose” is an intriguing story about a man who loses his nose and struggles to adjust without it. Although I found the plotline quite strange, I was not prompted to question why I was reading the story. … 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
I’ve noticed that with both The Nose and The Metamorphosis, reading closely into each sentence individually reveals… well, not much. I’m a person who is used to a sort of literature in which meanings are discovered between the lines, through clever language, poetic … Continue reading
“The Nose” by Nikolai Gogol was a very strange piece to say the least. While reading this short story, I immediately thought of Voldemort from the Harry Potter series, when Major Kovaloff realized he lost his nose. Over the course … Continue reading
Before reading The Nose by Gogol, I had no idea what to expect. In my mind, I imagined a sophisticated story unraveling because I knew we were going to see it in the Opera. As I started The Nose and … Continue reading