Taipei ESL Bookclub 台北英語交流讀書會

01/02/2023

*二月書單*

怎麼覺得才剛跨完年
一下子就二月了

10/01/2023

一月課表出來囉！

26/09/2022

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Grow your "To Be Read" pile with 31 of the best short stories and collections of all time, from all sorts of backgrounds and sources.

09/09/2022

2022/09/16(Fri) 8:30-9:30pm
Short Story-The Monkey’s Paw

每人/次$350，多揪一人再減$50 1. 填寫線上報名表並完成匯款，收到確認信後，即完成報名 2. 前五週為15-25頁短篇小說，完成報名後主辦單位會以email寄出當週閱讀材料，參與人請務必於活動前事先閱讀 3. 請假需於開課前兩日以mai...

09/09/2022

We're going to read some sci-fi next week!

The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacob

When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they do what many people would do—they wish for money. But every wish has a consequence, and the White family finds they are completely unprepared for what comes next.

27/08/2022

8/31前報名享早鳥價$250（原價$400）

報名連結：

每人/次收費$400，一次購買五堂課減$100 8/31前報名早鳥價$250 1. 填寫線上報名表並完成匯款，收到確認信後，即完成報名 2. 前五週為20-25頁短篇小說，完成報名後主辦單位會以email寄出當週閱讀材料，參與人務必於活動前完成閱讀...

27/08/2022

9/7第一次讀書會我們將會討論由Sherman Alexie著作的短篇故事“What You Pawn, I Will Redeem”

“What You Pawn, I Will Redeem” is a chef-d’oeuvre short story by Sherman Alexie written and published in 2003 for the first time. The story is about a broke and homeless Spokane Indian named Jackson Jackson, who has to look for $1,000 to redeem his grandmother’s regalia, which from a pawnshop. The entire story takes place in Seattle and all events unfold within one day. Jackson narrates about his past, poverty, and life struggles primarily because of the injustices that Indian natives endured in America, specifically due to the loss of their land and culture. Every time Jackson tries to save money to buy back his grandmother’s regalia, he spends it on unrelated ventures, such as binge drinking with his friends. While this story might appear as a narration of a broke Spokane Indian and his tribulations on the streets of Seattle, it is full of underlying meaning as a lamentation of lost culture, identity, and land. This paper is an explication essay discussing the underlying meaning in the story “What You Pawn I Will Redeem”.

每人/次收費$400，一次購買五堂課減$100 8/31前報名早鳥價$250 1. 填寫線上報名表並完成匯款，收到確認信後，即完成報名 2. 前五週為20-25頁短篇小說，完成報名後主辦單位會以email寄出當週閱讀材料，參與人務必於活動前完成閱讀...