Week 10

I think that I'm going to choose Kurt Vonnegut Jr. for my year long author project. I've already read Slaughter-House Five and I loved it, and I'm already planning on reading more of his novels. So why not make him by project? I've heard nothing but good things about his writing from peers, and I've even read about how great he is in the writing of other great authors. I also am aware that he has a lot of books with a wide variety of topics, so I wouldn't get bored reading similar stories over and over again.

Response to Leigh (Week 9)

I too, enjoyed The Kiss by Kate Chopin. I'd have to say that it was my favorite piece out of everything I annotated.

It's just a great example of the cruel intentions of people. This woman was toying with both men. Brantain, the not so attractive, rich man and Harvey, the attractive family friend. She pretend to care for Brantain just in order to get his money, and as soon as she locks that down she turns around and goes after Harvey. It's sad, because it's obvious that Brantain trusts the two of them, because he actually sends Harvey to give her a kiss and she just tries to take advantage of his trust.

Good for Harvey for giving her the wake up call that she needed. You can't get everything, especially if you attempt to deceive good people.

Response to Patrick (Week 9)

I agree with you completely on what you said about Post Modernism. Actually, our posts are really quite similar. The Post Modernism pieces have a complexity that you can't find anywhere else. I'm really glad you mentioned Kurt Vonnegut Jr. to me and talked about him throughout last year, because I really enjoyed reading Slaughter-House Five. The truth is, I probably wouldn't have chosen Post Modernism as my favorite if I had not read Kurt Vonnegut previously.

Anyways, I too love the fact the the author isn't always straight forward. You actually have to be able to think and dig into the story to really understand it, and even then I'm sure many people interpret the stories in a different way

Week 9

I've decided that my favorite "ism" would have to be Post Modernism. While I didn't really enjoy the piece that I chose to annotate, Tart of Darkness by Car Hiaasen, I read Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr and thought it was amazing. His unorthodox writing style is just fantastic, especially his account of the firebombing of Dresden. I'm really looking forward to reading Cat's Cradle, since I've heard so many good things about it. I'll definitely be looking into some of Kurt Vonnegut's books as well as other similar Post Modernism authors.

The thing is with Post Modernism is that the author doesn't just come out and lay the story down for you; they make you think. The plot as well as the characters are fairly complex and you won't be able to enjoy the text by just reading it, you really have to get into it. Slaughter-House Five was such a complex story, changing time periods and even planets. I look forward to getting into this "isms" more once school starts.

I'd have to say that Realism would be in second place. The short story, The Kiss by Kate Chopin was a great read, and has a great moral behind it. I also loved reading Child on Top of a Greenhouse by Theodore Roethke.