The Final Chapter: Blog Post 7
Reading was never my strong suite growing up and honestly still really isn’t not. It is hard for me to find something that interests me and keeps me locked in the entire time. Locking in and understanding what the text means and even how to think outside of the box was something that never was achievable for me.
Throughout this semester that has changed for me. Being able to sit down and read a short story or even a novel and start thinking outside the box to what the author really means was something new and exciting for me. Stories such as The Bluest Eye, 1984 and even learning into what “The Effects of Fiction”.
I really loved The Bluest Eye because it gave many good insights of what happened back then to the people of color. Like the part of the story when the two young kids got caught in the field and the farmers laughed at them and made them continue as they watched, yelling names and mean comments to them. As I had said in my blog post “This novel brings to light a lot of tough and difficult questions in society such as race, gender, value, and even class.” I never expected to be so socked about what happens in this story. After revising this entry I have come to realize that like most of my writing I am able to put the points down on paper but I never finishing describing why they fit to that certain topic. For example, how race and gender are important in this novel. I needed to explain or give an example of why they are important to this novel.
The novel 1984 was one that was hard for me to get into and try and comprehend everything. The novel itself was a good novel, bringing to light events and situations that can be happening in our world today. Making the argument that this novel would be a classic novel because it can be taken into context for any century that it being read in. As I had said in my blog post, “This novel can be seen as a classic because of its universal themes that end up talking to many different people. Having the themes of culture and citizen ship that could be taken into different contexts for the time of which the reader is reading the novel. The novel has a strong message and also has related able characters.” After going back and revising the entry on “1984, what makes it a classic” I have come to realize that it yet again, I fall short of explaining my details for this particular post.
The first post that was posted on my blog was about “The Effects of Fiction” and how short stories have different effects on people. For me, I like short stories they are easy to try and understand what is going on. For example, “When reading William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” I felt kind of uncomfortable for some reason. As the story continued with her staying in her house and ignoring everyone it made my stomach turn. The town was trying to communicate with her, and she would just shut them out each and every time. The words I would use to capture this tale would be paranoid and mysterious. These two words I think describe this tale fairly well because Miss Emily seemed to be paranoid about something, she never left her house, and no one ever came in. This also goes along with the word mysterious; her life seemed to be a mystery to people, always questioning what she was doing inside her house.” After going back and looking at this post I have seen the growth in my writing and thought process when reading these novels and short stories. Giving me the chance to look at it and change it to reflect the writer I have become.
Overall, this blog has let me see what I can do as both a reader and a writer. It allowed me to see the growth of understanding stories and looking outside the box for meanings that might not be stated in clear form in a story. This blog allowed me the freedom to put my thoughts into words and not be structured like an essay or paper. I may not have liked all of these stories but they each have taught me something different that can be taken with me as a reader and writer.
