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The time of the doves is the read for week 7 and I have a lot of things to share with you guys! Definitely my favorite read of this course so far. Initially, reading it, I felt more irritated than anything while reading the first part of the novel. Natalie abandoning her fiance, Pere, for a walking "black" flag, Quimet felt so wrong to me. How Quimet even treated her when they first met was so questionable to me, asking her if she had broken up with Pere and also how quick he proposed to her and wanted to introduce Natalie to his family. Maybe on that time period it was the societal norm for a marriage to happen that quick, but, it just didn't sit right with me especially because of Quimet's behaviour.  After their marriage, there was a moment when Quimet mistakenly believed he saw Natalia meeting Pere on the street. He confronted Natalia aggressively, accusing her of wrongdoing and demanding an apology vehemently. He was just very controlling and restrictive as a par...

 Reading Agostino by Alberto Moravia, I expected a very light-hearted read, but, it was anything but that. "Agostino" follows a journey of a young boy named Agostino on a summer vacation at a beach resort. The story revolves around him uncovering his subconscious desires, sexual frustation and how he tackles these challenges that he faces.  If I were to describe what Agostino was on the beginning of the novel, it would be a mama's boy. He was infatuated with his mother's love and expected to be showered by it all the time until she met a young man. When most of his mother's attention was taken up by the young man, Agostino felt left out and  frustrated. That led him to meet a gang of teenagers playing on the beach. This was the first time Agostino was exposed to a new world and that feeling of curiosity of the unknown made him try venture and forge relationships with these boys. However, those boys openly made remarks about his mother's appearance, and the act...