one hundred years of solitude is in a ways similiar to a wild sheep chase. In sheep chase boku fixated on the whales penis just before he was going to have sex. In one hundred years of solitude, pillar fixates on what man she is goign to be with by the size of his penis. She chooses the oldest of the arcadia brothers.
While boku fixated on the whales penis i believe as a sign of envy, pillar focused on the size of the arcadia brothers penis as a sign of power. In the machismo code, the bigger the penis, the stronger and more powerful the man is. If she controlled the penis, then she would control the man and therefore have the power.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Incest
After reading 100 years in solitude for a couple of pages i seem to notice the theme of incest. much of what we discussed in class was the theme of incest in the god of small things at the end of the book. I see the two books closely related. I think that they both dabble in the theme of incest because it is taboo and it is regarded as disgusting in the western culture. However, in some cultures they see it as keeping the bloodlines pure.
What i see between these two books are the authors trying to push the boundaries of normalcy and seeing how fat they can go into the human subconcious to mention the subject of taboo. Both authors seem to have a different view than most western authors when it comes to incest. I beleive that they have had some experience with incest and therefore it pushed them to bring it up in the book to see if they would recieve any objections from readers.
What i see between these two books are the authors trying to push the boundaries of normalcy and seeing how fat they can go into the human subconcious to mention the subject of taboo. Both authors seem to have a different view than most western authors when it comes to incest. I beleive that they have had some experience with incest and therefore it pushed them to bring it up in the book to see if they would recieve any objections from readers.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Paper
When I started this English class this semester, I was definitely at stage one when considering my reading development. I used a lot of the “I” terms and that’s how I described everything and I thought that it was very descriptive when I explained my views on the book I was reading. When I read a book, I was have some very useful insights, but I resorted to using the “I felt” statement. I wasn’t really comfortable with trying to convey my true thoughts and using the “I felt” statement made me feel comfortable in trying to express what I thought about the book. I know it was the easy way out but in my mind I thought it was being insightful because I thought if people knew exactly what I felt then it would be easy for them to understand my position on the book and what I thought of it. Also, I never related the book to anything else that I had read before; I treated the book as something entirely new that could not be related to anything.
In other classes I did the same thing, I always used the same phrase over and over again because I thought if it worked in other classes than it should work in this particular one. My personal reading was a bit different; I usually read music books on theory, technique, and gear or on the history of music. It was never really a matter of what I thought of the book and how I related it to the outside world, it was a matter of whether or not I was doing something right in my playing. I read other books such as lord of the rings and star wars. I already love those series so I knew my position on those books and it never was an issue either of what I thought about those books.
I think now after being in this class and reading a few books, I feel that my reading development has grown a bit but I’m not at the stage I want to be at. I see myself as in between stage two and three. I use less of the “I Feel” statements and I try to relate the text to the outside world and how I see it. I also try to relate it to other books that I’ve read before. My opinions of the books became less general and focus not only on my opinion but how I see the book as a reflection of society and other things in our world that the book could be criticizing. My reading level has stayed the same, I read books that I can understand but sometimes I have to read them a few times in order to get everything that I missed, it’s kind of like watching the matrix three times because you didn’t quite get everything the first time.
In my blogs I started out using the “I feel” statements, but after the first one I started to get more in depth of what I really thought about the book and what I thought about the author. I was analyzing more and more in depth of criticisms and satirical statements in the books and less on what I thought about the story. For example, the first blogs about Rushdie I merely just commented on what I thought about the story line and what I thought Rushdie was trying to get across when he wrote this book. I was symbol hunting and I know that’s a bad thing but since I’ve been conditioned to do that it’s what I naturally wanted to do. I’ve since then broken myself of that habit.
I think the best way for myself to move on to the final stage of reading development would be for me to stop trying to understand or make sense of the story and really take a look at what is going on in the book. I should try to see what the author is really trying to say and what they are trying to relate it to. Also, I should see if I can compare this book to a certain book that I’ve read before and maybe I can relate them to each other and see if I can pull ideas from them and try to get a sense of what is going on. However, I must try to not symbol hunt as I’ve been taught to do, I have to try to just look at the book from a critical standpoint and see if I can make sense of what the author really is trying to convey in the book. I’m sure that if I do this I can move on to the stage of reading development that I want to be at.
In other classes I did the same thing, I always used the same phrase over and over again because I thought if it worked in other classes than it should work in this particular one. My personal reading was a bit different; I usually read music books on theory, technique, and gear or on the history of music. It was never really a matter of what I thought of the book and how I related it to the outside world, it was a matter of whether or not I was doing something right in my playing. I read other books such as lord of the rings and star wars. I already love those series so I knew my position on those books and it never was an issue either of what I thought about those books.
I think now after being in this class and reading a few books, I feel that my reading development has grown a bit but I’m not at the stage I want to be at. I see myself as in between stage two and three. I use less of the “I Feel” statements and I try to relate the text to the outside world and how I see it. I also try to relate it to other books that I’ve read before. My opinions of the books became less general and focus not only on my opinion but how I see the book as a reflection of society and other things in our world that the book could be criticizing. My reading level has stayed the same, I read books that I can understand but sometimes I have to read them a few times in order to get everything that I missed, it’s kind of like watching the matrix three times because you didn’t quite get everything the first time.
In my blogs I started out using the “I feel” statements, but after the first one I started to get more in depth of what I really thought about the book and what I thought about the author. I was analyzing more and more in depth of criticisms and satirical statements in the books and less on what I thought about the story. For example, the first blogs about Rushdie I merely just commented on what I thought about the story line and what I thought Rushdie was trying to get across when he wrote this book. I was symbol hunting and I know that’s a bad thing but since I’ve been conditioned to do that it’s what I naturally wanted to do. I’ve since then broken myself of that habit.
I think the best way for myself to move on to the final stage of reading development would be for me to stop trying to understand or make sense of the story and really take a look at what is going on in the book. I should try to see what the author is really trying to say and what they are trying to relate it to. Also, I should see if I can compare this book to a certain book that I’ve read before and maybe I can relate them to each other and see if I can pull ideas from them and try to get a sense of what is going on. However, I must try to not symbol hunt as I’ve been taught to do, I have to try to just look at the book from a critical standpoint and see if I can make sense of what the author really is trying to convey in the book. I’m sure that if I do this I can move on to the stage of reading development that I want to be at.
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