The Cow & The Third Son by Platonov
Major themes: Animals As People, Naturalistic Communism, Denouncements
How Much Land Does a Man Need? By Tolstoy
Major themes: Koumiss, Skaz, Oddly aggressive conversation between siblings
Fathers and Children p.2 by Turgenev
Major themes: Feeling bad about not calling our parents more often, self-deceiving characters, the collision of ideology and human emotion.
Fathers and Children p.1 by Turgenev
Major themes: Frogs, Nihilism, Bazarov is a NEET prove me wrong.
Notes from Underground (w/ Dr. Kaitlin Shirley)
Major themes: Toothache, Poor Liza, An Unquenchable Thirst to be a Dick.
The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol
Major themes: Petersburg winter, German beaver pelt, unconfirmed foot fetish