On Monday November 4th, in English class Professor Rosen went over the reading “Reading Lucy” from the collection Brooklyn Was Mine, about a novelist named Jennifer Egan researching about the Brooklyn Navy Yard. During the World War, women had to take role in everyday jobs because men had to fight in the war. Lucille Kolkin one of the women working in the Brooklyn Navy yard was writing letters to her one true love Alfred Kolkin who was fighting in the war. After reading the letters by Lucille, Jennifer then loses focus on what used to be her main priority which was to do research on the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but now she finds herself addicted to the letters Lucille wrote to her husband Alfred that is regarded as a typical love story between two Brooklynites. From reading the letters Jennifer finds out that As reading through her letters Egan learns that Lucy dies and then Egan looks up information on Lucy’s eulogy. As Jennifer read more of Lucy letters, Jennifer finds herself embedded in Lucy’s world. She felt as if she became Lucy’s friend through reading all of her letters which led to Jennifer trying to find living relatives that would discuss Lucy’s life more thoroughly which would keep her in contact with Lucy in some way.
Class Summary for 11/4
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