"Tuesdays with Morrie" sticks with me, too, for its reminder of the importance of being "fully present with the person you are with." That idea seems especially relevant in this age of texting and cell phones!
And from "Phantom" to "The Flea"! It seems that one of the common threads running through the literature you've discussed is what you have termed "alternative paths of happiness" (a lovely line).
What other works would you include in a course or unit taking this as its theme (and staying Gothic?!!)? Maybe the "Twilight" series or Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" or a lovely poem by Sheenah Pugh, "The Pursuit of Happiness" (it can be found on the poetry archive web site).
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"Tuesdays with Morrie" sticks with me, too, for its reminder of the importance of being "fully present with the person you are with." That idea seems especially relevant in this age of texting and cell phones!
And from "Phantom" to "The Flea"! It seems that one of the common threads running through the literature you've discussed is what you have termed "alternative paths of happiness" (a lovely line).
What other works would you include in a course or unit taking this as its theme (and staying Gothic?!!)? Maybe the "Twilight" series or Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" or a lovely poem by Sheenah Pugh, "The Pursuit of Happiness" (it can be found on the poetry archive web site).
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