The Bell Jar:
Well, I don't really know exactly what to make of this so far. While I've read about 50 pages of it, I really don't find it to be all that entrancing. It seems a little dry to me and I just can't seem to enjoy a book about someone who is working for a magazine. It might be the fact that I don't really like the protagonist and her idea of, "Oh, I have to work today so my boss is evil. I wanted to go and lie down in the grass in Central Park but to think i have responsibilities. Oh shoot." Also, I really hate how she wanted to abandon her friend and act like she had nothing to do with her after Doreen met Lenny. All in all, the character seems to be a terrible person who seems to be begging for people to pity her. I would not recommend this book, unless it gets better later on.
Poems:
The Colossus, Death & Co., Doomsday, Owl, Nightshift.
It was a labor to read these poems. They all deal with death and sadness and darkness and that sort of stuff, and I just can't read poems like this unless they're by Poe. Doomsday annoyed me because it repeated lines, and I really don't enjoy reading a poem that is just the same liens, over and over again. Death and Co. was just... bad. I really didn't like that one. While the last line worked, the rest of the poem just didn't really click for me. I think if she were to re-write this poem using the same last line but a completely different way to get to that last line, it would be so much better (and yes, I know she would have to be resurrected to re-write that). The Colossus seemed to ramble. It was just sort of a really aggravating poem. The last group of lines seemed to be rather pointless and cryptic. It was hard to decipher them, and I still don't know exactly what she was trying to say. Nightshift was actually rather enjoyable. It was about the concept of fear in a dark area, all by yourself. I feel that it managed to convey the feeling of fear rather well, and the idea that when you hear a noise you just assume that it's some monster or mass murderer. Owl had rather good imagery. It gave the picture of midnight rather clear, and it made me imagine a town such as London at night time.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Amazing Piano Cover
Well, I found this video about a week ago and I loved it. I normally love the original version, but this piano version really does it justice. This has not only managed to make me want to listen to this almost every single second of the day, but it has also motivated me to go home and spend a while attempting to play this song by ear on the cello. While I will most likely fail, at least I can try and have fun in doing so.
Unsettling America Review
"English Speaking-Persons Will Find Translations"
Well, I liked it. I like how it sort of compares America to the Nazis with the whole idea of, "Well, they had concentration camps. Normally we hate that, but when you compare that to the fact that we caused Nagasaki and Hiroshima, as well as raped the Indians, then..." It was interesting to see a poem like this, mostly because you don't really see it them all that often. People are usually very ignorant as well as arrogant and say that the people that we brought such atrocities upon had it coming, and it was our divine right given to us by God to commit these inhumane crimes. Usually as long as people aren't the ones having something happen to them, they don't really care about it. Like the teacher in the poem, who said how many lives were "saved" by Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I put saved into quotes because when people say we saved lives by dropping the bombs, we actually caused the people in those cities to go through unbearable agony, and then they died. Many people died very painful deaths because of the bombs.
"Always Running"
I liked this poem as well. One reason I liked it is because of the part where he starts to question his emotions about who he wants to kill and if he should actually kill anyone. Recently I wrote a poem where the person questions himself like this, and I've got to say that it was rather entertaining to do. I much prefer reading and writing poems where the person questions things, and ones that deal with the inner mind. I can't really do imagery, and even though reading a poem with images is nice, I like having to think. Also, i like how he was managing to stay strong even during hard times. He's living in a house filled with cockroaches, his wife leaves him, and he has the constant threat of gangs, but he still manages to tough it out.
"Mnemonic"
Well, I liked parts of this poem. I can't say that it interested me much for the most part, but when it did the contrasting ideas of the earth being both flat and round, it managed to grab a hold of me. The contrasting ideas make it seem like this poem is worthwhile to read, even though I didn't enjoy most of it. It really didn't interest me much with reading about an immigrant's sweater that he wore to America. Call me crazy if you want, but reading a story where the bulk is about a sweater doesn't pique my interest.
Well, I liked it. I like how it sort of compares America to the Nazis with the whole idea of, "Well, they had concentration camps. Normally we hate that, but when you compare that to the fact that we caused Nagasaki and Hiroshima, as well as raped the Indians, then..." It was interesting to see a poem like this, mostly because you don't really see it them all that often. People are usually very ignorant as well as arrogant and say that the people that we brought such atrocities upon had it coming, and it was our divine right given to us by God to commit these inhumane crimes. Usually as long as people aren't the ones having something happen to them, they don't really care about it. Like the teacher in the poem, who said how many lives were "saved" by Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I put saved into quotes because when people say we saved lives by dropping the bombs, we actually caused the people in those cities to go through unbearable agony, and then they died. Many people died very painful deaths because of the bombs.
"Always Running"
I liked this poem as well. One reason I liked it is because of the part where he starts to question his emotions about who he wants to kill and if he should actually kill anyone. Recently I wrote a poem where the person questions himself like this, and I've got to say that it was rather entertaining to do. I much prefer reading and writing poems where the person questions things, and ones that deal with the inner mind. I can't really do imagery, and even though reading a poem with images is nice, I like having to think. Also, i like how he was managing to stay strong even during hard times. He's living in a house filled with cockroaches, his wife leaves him, and he has the constant threat of gangs, but he still manages to tough it out.
"Mnemonic"
Well, I liked parts of this poem. I can't say that it interested me much for the most part, but when it did the contrasting ideas of the earth being both flat and round, it managed to grab a hold of me. The contrasting ideas make it seem like this poem is worthwhile to read, even though I didn't enjoy most of it. It really didn't interest me much with reading about an immigrant's sweater that he wore to America. Call me crazy if you want, but reading a story where the bulk is about a sweater doesn't pique my interest.
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