For the next two weeks in my English class, we are going to be reading "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy. I started reading it on Tuesday and am on page 83 so far. Since it is "analyzing literature" my professor likes to choose very interesting and odd stories for the class to read. For the first 6 weeks we were mainly focusing on short stories, we have just now gotten into the novels.
So far, The Road is very intriguing. McCarthy refers to his characters simply as "he" "the boy" and "the father," he does this to make you feel as if you ARE the character, instead of just relating to a character (that has a proper name) in a story. He also does not tell you any past background on the characters, and does not inform you on what is going in the story, he leaves it up to the readers imagination. The Road is about a father and young son who are on a journey, according to the simple details that McCarthy gives us, the world is coming to an end, there are "bad guys" that the father and son must stay away from, scarce food, water and shelter, and the two are constantly seeing "corpses" everywhere they go - anyways, its about the struggle that the father and son go through, and trying to keep there determination and hope through everything. It is really a very good and interesting book. I will let everyone know if its "recomendable" once I finish it.
P.S - My Political Science teacher is no longer a jerk. I have killed him with kindness. Instead of receiving emails saying "try a little harder. not enough posts throughout the week." I am not receiving emails such as "great posting for the week alexa! keep up the great work and participation!" YAY!!!!!
4 comments:
Hey Sugar Bear,
The book sounds interesting,be sure and let me know what you think of it when you're done.
You told me you were going to kill your teacher with kindness, sounds like it worked. Keep up the good work.
Hugs and Kisses
Love Grandma Cathy
That book does sound interesting. Keep us posted, for sure. Key word here: analyzing. That's the tough part of a class like this (I think). Kale's teacher is big on "analyzing" the literature they read. So, it's not like writing a simple book report. No, these essays are hard-core with a lot more thought put into them. Can't wait to hear how this class goes, and so glad the other teacher is being better! Love, Auntie Kristen
Wow Lex...I'm your Mom and I didn't even know all this!! What does that tell you? You don't spend enough time with your dear old Mom and we don't talk enough so get out of your cave (stop being like Bryan!!) and spend some quality time with me.....or else!!
Love,
Mama
Hahaha don't feel bad mom.. not even BRYAN knew any of this.
But, I will start to tell you more of this stuff! hahah, only if it makes you feel better!
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