While reading “The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao”, I’m finding that, although I’m enjoying the storyline, I’m having a difficult time identifying with the cultural references and spanish language. In class we’ve discussed the possibility that students may not catch all of the anime, manga, video game, or comic book references, which is definitely… Continue reading Oscar Wao
Author: rebeccapatten
extremely loud and incredibly close- bonus blog!
When I first started this book I absolutely hated it. Hated it, hated it, hated it. It was to the point that I was pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to make myself read anything further. I gave it a second try, and to my shock, I am absolutely insane about it. I love it… Continue reading extremely loud and incredibly close- bonus blog!
“Black Hole of Trauma” and “The Road”
After reading “The Black Hole of Trauma”, I have a couple of thoughts when relating this to “The Road”. The main thing that keeps running through my mind is that I really don’t see very many PTSD symptoms in this book. Sure, the theme of avoidance is prominent in this book, and there certainly are… Continue reading “Black Hole of Trauma” and “The Road”
“the road” so far
Currently, I have read the first 55 pages of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”, and I am finding that I am left with only questions so far. I wonder what caused McCarthy to wait so long to explain what has happened to civilization. There are ravaging fires and frequent earthquakes, but I don’t yet know why.… Continue reading “the road” so far
even though its 1:30 i would be ever so happy if you counted this for a grade
One thing that I thought was really interesting in Don Delillo’s “White Noise” is the fact that there is an entire university department dedicated to studying Adolf Hitler. This raises Hitler and his terror to an almost revered level- in fact an argument be made that he was DEFINITELY revered by Jack. There are multiple… Continue reading even though its 1:30 i would be ever so happy if you counted this for a grade
Saving the world, one book at a time
“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. They are engines of change, windows on the world, lighthouses erected in the sea of time.” The above quote is one of my all-time favorites, spoken by the brilliant Barbara Tuchman, a celebrated American… Continue reading Saving the world, one book at a time
shades of gray
I had a hard time deciding what word to write about in my blog this week. I finally decided to do a search on the terms “black”, which appeared 88 times; “white”, which appeared 85 times; and then, finally, “gray”, which only appeared 24 times. I found this interesting because so much of the book… Continue reading shades of gray
Dr. Malik vs. Maureen, and opposing forces
I’ve noticed that a couple of interesting points have been touched upon already in the earlier posts, but I want to try to link them together in a different way. First of all, for a number of classes, a lot of time has been devoted to inspecting and trying to understand a common theme within… Continue reading Dr. Malik vs. Maureen, and opposing forces