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Final Post
I have enjoyed this class. I have liked the books that we read and the discussions about those stories. I would say that my favorite book we read was "The Things They Carried". I like how it was written and it was interesting to read. The book that I liked the least was "A Visit From The Goon Squad". I never really got into the book and found it not to be very interesting.
The Road has several themes throughout the novel disguised through McCormick’s hand. One of the most predominant being hope. The boy symbolizes hope in the midst of the dark and depressing outcome of an unknown disaster; leaving the world as a primal self sufficient environment. The boy makes his...
I agree with you that a major theme throughout “The Road” is hope. The boy and his father have a unique relationship. It changes over time with the boy being dependent on the father early and then as time goes on the father becomes more dependent on the boy. They have to have hope as they travel on their journey as they search for food and places to sleep and rest or they won’t be able to survive on their own for very long.
The Road
After finishing "The Road" I can say that I really enjoyed it. I liked the way the story was written as far as telling the story. It took some getting use to but I liked how it didn't have chapters or quotes, it made it flow a little better. A major theme that I found during the story was trust. The father had to trust the boy and the boy had to trust the father. If they did not trust each other they could not be certain that they would be safe and be able to keep on their journey south.
Wrapped up “The Road” on Friday. The book was very dark and intense reading. The story of a post apocalyptic world, wrapped around the intriguing relationship of father and son trying to survive in a dismal and harsh environment. Cormic McCarthy has a very intense writing style that traverses...
I agree with you about the relationship between the father and the son. It is clear that the son trusts the father and always does as he says to make sure that they are as safe as they can be when they are out on the road traveling south. Not knowing where your next meal may come from and having to defend yourself from the elements are just a couple of things that some people have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. I have also had to go back and re-read some of the passages because of how he writes and some of his word choices. But all in all I can say that I have really enjoyed reading this book.
The Road
At first I didn't think that I would like "The Road" because it seemed to be moving pretty slow with not much happening in the story. It seemed like I was reading the same thing over and over and the story just kept repeating itself. Now that I have read more of the story I can say that I am enjoying it and am able to follow what is going on. I thought that it would be hard to follow with no chapters in the book because having chapter breaks helps to start and stop a story. But now that I have read it for a while I can see how it flows and how easy it is to follow the story.
I am still not too sure how I feel about this novel. I appreciate the postmodern uniqueness of the narrative in how you hear little bits of everyone’s lives. I think it’s so interesting because I have always held the idea that “everyone has a story” that has made them the person they turned out to...
I agree the parts of the story that show postmodernism give the story a little more detail about the peoples lives. I also liked the chapters and stories that gave the reader a good understanding about a character and were able to learn something about them. I didn’t like how some chapters jumped around and the reader wasn’t easily able to get a good understanding of what had happened in the story. I also agree that there doesn’t seem to be a main character in this story and I find that kind of story a little more difficult to follow.
A Visit From the Goon Squad
After finishing the book I can say that it wasn't my favorite that we have read. I really liked "The Things They Carried". I thought it made a little more sense than this book did. I can't say that I disliked this book but I found it a bit more confusing than the others that we have read. I also would of liked to have learned a bit more about the characters. It seemed like you would learn about them in one chapter and then not read anything about them until later in the book. It made it hard to follow who was who and what they were doing.
It’s very….difficult. It has interesting stories but right when it starts to get interesting and the story starts going somewhere it just stops and ends and you don’t hear anymore about that character again really. I mean, you do but it isn’t detailed information. The beginning character in the...
I agree that there are interesting stories, but some of the better ones do just stop all of a sudden and you're not sure what ever happens in the story. I also agree that the characters in the beginning of the story are much more interesting than the ones we read about in the later part of the story. This book is something that jumps from place to place and is not the easiest to follow what is going on.
A Visit From the Goon Squad
The book so far is a good read and makes sense. The author makes the story interesting by giving different points of view of how different people tell different stories. She also uses lots of good detail in her writing to make the reader better understand what is happening and could happen later in the story. There are many different characters in the story, all with their own story. We read about how some of the characters have lived their life different from the rest, with some becoming more successful than others.
10.25.13
As a kid, I always loved fairy tales. As i’m sure any child did. Mostly girls I think. I remember my favorite was always Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid. I have seen many renditions of fairy tales to appeal to I guess “older kids” I enjoy them because it gives another perspective...
I agree with you that the story was comical, creative, and fairly easy to understand the author gives good detail to make you interested in the story. This story in many ways is something that you can compare to the fairy tales that we read when we were growing up. You give good examples of other fairy tales that relate to Generation X and I agree with you on the stories that you picked and how you show that they relate to each other and are in some ways the same type of story and try to have a certain message come across after reading them.
Generation X
The story Generation X is a good story. It is fairly easy to understand and the author keeps the reader interested in what is happening throughout the story. Coupland uses good detail and creativity in his story, like coming up with the name Texlahoma. Buck is an interesting guy. He asks people to help him get a cure for his space poisoning and after he tells them what could happen they say no and he goes on to ask the next person. All in all its a good story and has many ties into other stories that remind the reader of fairy tales that they may have read when they where kids.
10.9.13
After finishing this book I have realized a lot about life. Oskar’s determination and hopefulness is so strong for such a young boy. He never once gave up despite all his fears that he did in fact conquer. He grew and learned so many things, which I do believe was his dad’s mission. But...
I agree, Oskar is a very brave and outgoing kid. He has the idea to find out where the key goes, even though he does things he doesn't like such as going on the ferry. I also found it interesting how Oskar went about looking for everything and had it all planned out. Having the ability, at such a young age, to search and plan all on his own is very impressive. The overall meaning of the story, dealing with things on your own and moving on from the past, is something that most everyone will deal with at some point in their life. We understand that there will always be something in life that we need closure on and that we then move on knowing that the situation is over and in the past.
Part 3
After having finished “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” I thought that the story was well written and fairly easy to understand. The author gave good detail and made the reader want to keep reading. I really liked how the author told the story from different people’s perspectives. By looking at the story from different perspectives it gave the reader different views and ideas of what the people wanted to say and how they felt about certain things. One thing that I didn’t like as much was when we found what the key went to. I thought that it would be something other than a bank safe deposit box.
I think one of the most interesting parts of this book is the photos that are used throughout, not only because they take up a LOT of space, but also because the kind of give us a look at everything Oskar is seeing and experiencing so we can feel as though we are right there with him. The...
I agree with you that the pictures are an interesting part of the story. The numerous pictures make it seem like we are reading less because they take up so many pages. I didn't understand why some pictures were in the book until after reading through the book. As I read the pictures made more sense and fit into the story much better. One question that I do have is where the pictures come from and why certain ones were selected for the book.
Part 2
With the many letters that are talked about, and written by different people in the story “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” there is one that stands out to me. It is written by the grandma about 9/11. She had to deal with not knowing if her son was okay or not. Even though he didn’t work at the World Trade Center he had to go there that day for a meeting and no one had heard from him. She had to go across the street to make sure that Oskar was okay and make sure that he didn’t see the news. She didn’t want him seeing what had happened. It would be very hard to go through something like 9/11 not knowing if your loved ones were okay or not.
Oscar
Everyone in class bash on Oscar in class, but I think we’re all forgetting that kid is still a kid! Obviously he might be a little annoying and act like he knows it all but then again YOU were probably like that too! Not to mention everything he has gone threw. I have never lost anyone close to me, and I can only imagine how it’s like for a young child. Oscar is a very strong kid, to go threw everything he has been threw.
I agree, he is still a kid and he is very smart for his age. The words that he uses and how he thinks about things makes him seem much older than he really is. I can't imagine what he has to go through being such a young boy dealing with the loss of his dad and how his dad was taken from him and the rest of his family. He has to deal daily with the burdens that come from not having a dad in his life. He wont be able to have the conversations with him anymore and he wont be able to do the things that he is used to.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Part One
I can say that I have liked the book “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” so far. It is very well written and fairly easy to understand. To me it seems like it could be a mystery because of how Oskar found the key in the vase in the envelope with the word Black written on it in red ink. After he finds the key in the envelope he sets out to find the lock that it fits in. Oskar shows his bravery by looking for people with the last name Black and by going to strangers houses in New York City to see if he can find where the key goes that was hidden in the vase.
