From Heart Of Darkness To Siddhartha

The previous English class that I had taken, an AP Literature class in my senior year of high school, was perhaps the most challenging and most enlightening class I have ever taken so far. Obviously the point of an AP class is to prepare for the related AP test, even if one decides to opt out of taking said exam. For my literature class, the teacher in charge loved to discuss the classical books we were required to read in an “open” fashion. From Heart of Darkness to Siddhartha we would gather up the hard, metal desks together in a circle and discuss themes, symbols, and whatever else we felt was necessary amongst the circle. The teacher himself led most of the discussions, but it was not unusual for some students to take control as well.