What did Tim Miller do that made this a good piece of writing?
His story was of himself as a homosexual 19 year old homeless person. He begins his story hitchhiking to California. When he gets there he gets sucked into a cult, but is able to get himself out. He then goes to meet his friends in California who take him to a beach. The exerpt ends with him meeting a new person and going to his house for dinner.
What, in my opinion, made this piece so fun to read was the use of imagery. When he is hitchiking, he describes each car that goes by until he gets picked up. When he gets sucked into the cult, he describes the dinner that they feed him. He says that everything is made from brocoli, but is was yellow and wilting. He also describes how cold the ocean water was at the beach.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Blog 2: The Performance of Drowning- Terry Galloway
The title of the piece is The Performance of Drowning. Why does the author choose to use the word "performance" in the title and what kinds of things does she say to convey a performance?
Terry Galloway wrote this piece in a very specific way. There are two strong explanations for the way she wrote this story. First of all, she wrote it in a way that brings the reader into her head. It seems as though she explained every thought she had during her experience in extreme detail. She uses very good imagery and she is able to write her story in a way in which the reader can see everything just the way she saw them. In a way, it is as if the words are putting on a performance themselves.
Also, Galloway wrote this story in a way that made it seem as though it could be an actual performance. As I read it I could picture her on a stage telling this story to a crowd of people. It is written with all of her thoughts completely mapped out just as if she was going to speak the words to an audience.
Terry Galloway wrote this piece in a very specific way. There are two strong explanations for the way she wrote this story. First of all, she wrote it in a way that brings the reader into her head. It seems as though she explained every thought she had during her experience in extreme detail. She uses very good imagery and she is able to write her story in a way in which the reader can see everything just the way she saw them. In a way, it is as if the words are putting on a performance themselves.
Also, Galloway wrote this story in a way that made it seem as though it could be an actual performance. As I read it I could picture her on a stage telling this story to a crowd of people. It is written with all of her thoughts completely mapped out just as if she was going to speak the words to an audience.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Blog 1: Life and Literature. Paul H. Gray (Chpt 1)
What kinds of things did the author do to get his point across to the reader?
To begin, Gray's main point of the first chapter was to show that to perform something well, one must read well. He explains this at the beginning of the chapter by discussing the idea that reading doesn't always mean reading words. For instance, in golf, one must learn how to read the break on the putting green. Also, he explains that a weather forecaster must read the elements well. If you read the putting green or the elements well, you will perform well in that given field. He uses these examples to later explain his main point, which is reading a piece of literature well will allow you to perform the given piece well.
He later explains how a person reads well. He uses text from two plays that explain that just reading the words is not enough to perform well, and that you must also use the words to create a world around you that conveys the world of the text. He explains that, if you are performing with another person, that your characters must have some kind of relationship with one another.
To begin, Gray's main point of the first chapter was to show that to perform something well, one must read well. He explains this at the beginning of the chapter by discussing the idea that reading doesn't always mean reading words. For instance, in golf, one must learn how to read the break on the putting green. Also, he explains that a weather forecaster must read the elements well. If you read the putting green or the elements well, you will perform well in that given field. He uses these examples to later explain his main point, which is reading a piece of literature well will allow you to perform the given piece well.
He later explains how a person reads well. He uses text from two plays that explain that just reading the words is not enough to perform well, and that you must also use the words to create a world around you that conveys the world of the text. He explains that, if you are performing with another person, that your characters must have some kind of relationship with one another.
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