Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 252 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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A Couple of Comedians really worked my nerves. Although the first part of The True Life Story of Jody McKeegan ended sadly, A Couple of Comedians was or is terrifying for me. I think because there's a lot of tricky wordplay and the book is about a lifestyle that I've yet to experience to the extent of what they've experienced. That's the part that warrants terror. I plan to be successful in the sense of having a career and social life. I don't plan on being or becoming as sociable in certain ways with others. The thought that life has its ups, downs, twists, and turns welcomes the saying, 'anything can happen'. Anything can happen for you and to you especially since this is the city of dreams and country of bigger dreams. The style of the text is one that is either very complex or unfamiliar. I can relate for an instance, just a smidgen of the characters experience is appreciated for its memories. The text is mostly questionable. Once again there is a short list of, 'what I need not know' that I am not pleased to know that it will keep growing.
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I enjoyed A couple of comedians but I think for me it just made me reminisce and reflect on my past a few too many times throughout the book. It made me at times miss being so carefree, but then also think about how much time I had wasted in doing so, and how many bad decisions I had made, how I had no regard for anyone other than myself and how the only motives or drives I really had were to get high & seem cool. I don't know it was a powerful text for me.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to the book in a similar way. I think I just didn't like some parts that at first did something else for me.
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