Blog #9-FInal Blog

My favorite read so far was A Streetcar Named Desire. I liked the format of the piece in that is was a play, so it got right to the point. There weren't 2 chapters explaining the scene or how the characters were feeling. I also enjoyed analyzing each character, becuase there were things that I did not notice when I was reading by myself that were discussed in class. If I had one book to throw out, it would be Atonement. Although I really enjoyed the book (and the movie) I feel that there wasn't much to discuss other than the fact that the book was Briony's 'Atonement'. I felt that that was what we talked about everyday, and it got a little old. Overall, I really enjoyed this course. I especially liked how poetry was sprinkled in between reading, becuase I am not a fan of poetry, so having them spread out gave me a little breathing room!

Blog #8 The Watchmen

First of all, I think that the author's metaphor of losing his virginity to a comic book is a little awkward. I did not feel that way at all before I read the book. It was simply another book to read. I had never read a comic book before, but I think that he went a little over the top at describing how he felt before he read it. I was excited to read something different, but not nervous, and I was definitly not pretending it was a "lover" of mine. weird!

However, I do agree with some specific things that he said when describing the book. For instance, when rorschach is looking through The COmedians house, even though there are no words to describe what is going on, you can almost hear him going through the closet, trying not to make a sound. Things like that really get the reader involved. I also was excited to keep on reading, for I felt that the more I read, the more the characters became real, and it was almost as if I was one of them. Very interesting. I am very excited for the movie to come out, and see how it compares to the comic!