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Comment on THE END! :) by alyssa708

alyssa708 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 14:48:11 +0000

I always noticed his obsession with language too, and the fact that they ended the novel like that i think was a good idea. I also know what you mean about the time jumping around. I think it settled a little more as we got into the end of the book but sometimes I just get completely lost!

Comment on A Close Reading of The Sound and the Fury by alyssa708

alyssa708 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:13:28 +0000

This is so true! Benjy does not know how to do anything and when the other boys pick on him he actually knows what they are doing is wrong so he cries for comfort. He is very confused because people are so mean. I also agree with this section being very hard to read seeing how Benjy was all over the place with it because he had no concept of time.

Comment on THE END! :) by kellbell

kellbell — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:18:12 +0000

Yea the time jumps and the assuming we know what he is talking about seemed to confuse a lot of people. So don’t feel like your the only one because I’m in that group as well. Also yea I think you have something here with pointing out the idea of language and Henry’s obsession with it. Also how it seems to run through the entire book and how it relates to his relationship with Lelia.

Comment on Invisible Man – Part 2 by lossik816

lossik816 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:47:16 +0000

I didn’t even think about the obsession with the past thing. When he was in the hospital and that triggered memories from his childhood, I didn’t even think to make that connection.

Comment on Canon vs. Non-canon books by kellbell

kellbell — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:33:53 +0000

I would have to agree with you in that the short stories did have a lot of messed up relationships. That seemed like a very previlent theme through out all the short stories. I mean even in the one about the old gentleman the daughters didn’t even seem to love their dad. so yea I can see the similar theme but I can also see why it isn’t included in the canon!

Comment on Canon vs. Non-canon books by literaturer

literaturer — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:43:19 +0000

I think that you posed some really good questions. The two that caught my attention were “Do these books really tell what people should know? Are they realistic?” I know this sounds stupid, but I never really thought about it. You’re totally right though in saying that these are the two of the most important questions to ask ourselves. I honestly think that this would be a heated debate if you brought it up in class. On one hand, you could argue yes, saying that life doen’t have happy endings, and that life isn’t a perfectly plotted story. On the other hand, the stories only represent the way white males see the world. You see very few people that are caught up in the past, and as for the qustion about whther this is what we want to portray, it seems as though the canon flaunts and exaggerates the bad, and conceals the good.
Good questions!!

Comment on Canon vs. Non-canon books by Tammy LaBello

Tammy LaBello — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:21:19 +0000

You have many good points. I agree with you that the canonical texts share many themes with the non-canonical books. I beleive that they should add some of the non-canonical texts into the canon list.

Comment on Canon vs. Non-canon books by froglover

froglover — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:59:42 +0000

you have many good questions. Many questions that most people would not think of to ask or even bother to ask. I aggree with you that these books had a few of the themes but ventured out into their own a little.

Comment on Canon vs. Non-canon books by devyn314

devyn314 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:06:18 +0000

I totally agree with the things you said, especially with, what is so special about the canonical books we have read versus the noncanonical books we have read that actually puts them into the canon? unlike your book which you feel shouldnt be included into the canon, i feel as though there were other groups books that should have been put into the canon and arent. so it leaves me wondering with the same question you have, “what gives a book a certain quality and difference to be added into the canon?”

Comment on Coming to an End by kellbell

kellbell — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 03:57:19 +0000

I would have to agree like if this chapter is about Dilsey why not let her be the narrator? Why mention the episode? What is the episode’s importance??? Just a few questions to ponder!

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