Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Slaughter house 5

I thought that this novel wasn't one of my favorites, but I did find it to be interesting and made me think back into time. I hate books about wars them books are so boring and they are all the same stories. To me the most noticeable of this novel was the phrase so its goes. This phrase is referring to the idea that although a person may be dead and gone in a particular moment, they are still alive in all the other moments of his or her life. Starting off kind of slow it definitely picked up speed quickly. In the beginning when he describes how the guy gets crushed by a car it seemed not to bother him at all. He seemed okay about it which makes me realize what he’s seen in the war
The people in the novel believe that all things repeat themselves and that all things already happened.
They also believe that people on earth think of time as a progression, which to them is a not the right way to look at things. Even though when you are already on earth your life is already destined and there is no changing that at all. So you just have to deal with it and cope with things as they are and as they come

Thursday, November 6, 2008

waiting For Godot

I thought Waiting for Godot play, was horrible to read.


The characters Vladimir and Estragon have both decided that nothing is worth doing in the play. I also found it interesting how the first act contains the same action as the second act. Beckett uses repetition in that sense in his play.

They think about committing suicide but they feel its not worth it because one of them will not be able to make it in the crude world alone. Estragon is always messing with his boot to try and find the thing stuck in it, and Vladimir is constantly searching for the uncomfortable item in his hat. This seems to make sense considering the fact that Beckett, like many of the other writers we have read, had to deal with World War I. Knowing that I can kinda of understand why the play has the type of scenery and feeling that is has. I didnt really understand this play and will never revisit this play again after this class. Who cares about how to put a shoe on and whats in your hat nobody cares. You was suppose to learn how to put your shoe on a a kid.