Marvolo
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Quiet simply I want to discuss this amazing piece of literature.
I've always been interested in this book or epic you could call it, but I have never set down and actually read it. I tried a few times to read the Longfellow translation, but it justw asn't doing it for me. And this disappointed me, because I love the idea of this story and desperately wanted to read it. So after two years of searching for the time to read it and a translation I liked, I have finally begun my journey through this tale.
A little extra tidbit that I'm sure no one cares about, but I'm gonna bring it up anyways so here goes. I've always loved reading and have always had an interest in old literature. I have been struggling to decide what I want to major in while in college. I knew I wanted to be a teacher, but deciding on the subject I wanted to teach has went from Physics to History to Medicine. I also have a love of language. And recently I decided I wanted to learn Italian. As I was looking for the edition of the Divine Comedy I wanted to buy, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I have been fretting and struggling and freaking out trying to decide what I wanted to major in and later teach when my passion has always been literature and history. It was right there and I was just to close to see what was right in front of my eyes. Some of the most obvious things seem to be the hardest to realize. So thanks to this man who lived over 600 years ago I finally found my calling. I want to major in Literature, particularly European, and minor in Italian. I don't know why I never thought of it.
So let's discuss Dante's Divina Commedia.
I've always been interested in this book or epic you could call it, but I have never set down and actually read it. I tried a few times to read the Longfellow translation, but it justw asn't doing it for me. And this disappointed me, because I love the idea of this story and desperately wanted to read it. So after two years of searching for the time to read it and a translation I liked, I have finally begun my journey through this tale.
A little extra tidbit that I'm sure no one cares about, but I'm gonna bring it up anyways so here goes. I've always loved reading and have always had an interest in old literature. I have been struggling to decide what I want to major in while in college. I knew I wanted to be a teacher, but deciding on the subject I wanted to teach has went from Physics to History to Medicine. I also have a love of language. And recently I decided I wanted to learn Italian. As I was looking for the edition of the Divine Comedy I wanted to buy, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I have been fretting and struggling and freaking out trying to decide what I wanted to major in and later teach when my passion has always been literature and history. It was right there and I was just to close to see what was right in front of my eyes. Some of the most obvious things seem to be the hardest to realize. So thanks to this man who lived over 600 years ago I finally found my calling. I want to major in Literature, particularly European, and minor in Italian. I don't know why I never thought of it.
So let's discuss Dante's Divina Commedia.
