Dear Jewish Professor,
I just wanted to say that I was very excited to see that you challenged your composition class to “discuss the Christian imagery in Billy Budd”. Of course to assume that your students were familiar with Christian literary voices was pretty risky. Especially understanding that during the 1950s not many people were familiar with Christian imagery. However, I loved your optimism and your challenge to pull your students closer to the truly literary world that we live in.
I could imagine some of the student’s responses that were not directly or indirectly connected to anything Christian, what was some of their responses. How could you grade a person who was of another religion? This was just so interesting to see the many items of imagery that is pointed out. Not many of your students really look at literature from a religious perspective seeing that many authors have some sort of religious affiliation. So I can only imagine the response of those students. Then to think of the Christian students in your class, and how they had the opportunity to piece together their faith in a paper while showing you how they viewed society threw examining Billy Budd it was very creative.
I could only imagine how all of your composition techniques for examining literary pieces would come into action now. Not only did your students and others who are faced with this challenge have to see Christian threw realistic and human eyes. They had to full analyze and describe to you how this affects them, and this was going to be done strategically and tastefully through your challenge.
In conclusion, you definitely a man that took a huge step, but being a Christ following and teacher you know in teacher you must challenge your students to think above and beyond the norm to expand their literary horizon.
Shalom and Grace,
Kyshon Mitchell
Blog #9
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