Tooo Long and Forgotten

It's very odd that you suddenly forget that there is a Blog that you have to update for each book; and I for one have failed completely on this thing. I guess there are no excuses for my lack of ability to find the words to describe what I thought of each book, or even finding the time like my classmates have done so. I can't even say, "okay, I'll start from the very begining... Robison Crusoe.." Because, frankly.. that was back in September. It is now December. The most I can do for now, is say that I learned a lot from the class and from the authors that I for one, was swept away with.

For posting a piece of work and saying "this is part of our culture.." I've looked through so many of my work, and I never reference things that are outstanding; If you look at work like Moby Dick or Frankenstein or Gulliver's Travels, it stocked with culture and flavor.. and has been absorbed into our own century. Other novels written today are hard to describe not influenced by any one of these books.

I didn't expect myself to say that I actually see where these books have influenced others. I really thought that the books on our list would just be that-books for academic purposes, but I was very wrong. And I like knowing that I was proven wrong. These pages have filled other pages in times before ours and will be after ours. I have a very hard time picturing a world without Frankenstein or someone complaining about that darn-it white whale.

In which case, re-reading Frankenstein was my favorite part out of the entire class. I loved sitting there and listening to the history of Shelley, and getting to re-read her life, and her sorrows. It makes a person very thankful that ...well, you weren't living her life.

Moby Dick-I'm sorry. I just didn't enjoy at all. I went into the book not expecting to like it, and I didn't. When it came down to the little twitters, I kept a few in my notebook as I was reading. My favorite one for a chapter was: "Whoa, Two men in a swing-bed (because my english sucks); who would have known there was homosexual writings in Moby Dick?"
The ending was by far my favorite. Not because it was the ending, but because they actually got to the whale. The last page though, was disappointing. It leaves you hanging as to how Ishmael gets away alive. If everyone else died... why was it him that walked away?? Just a little disbelieveing.

I LOVED, and I mean... LOVED "Their eyes were watching God." I usually don't go for books that have that whole "southern" language. I hated Huckleberry Finn for that exact reason. I could never get into it. But I loved it;

And I know I'm going to be a disappointment and say... Santanic Verses? Are you serious? I will tell you a funny story. I went and got this book from the library and my mother goes "I don't want that book in my house.." and I look at her like "what??? it's a book!!"
Her answer it, "It's about the devil!"
Now, No.. My mom is not one of those crazy religious women, though, I have a very sickening feeling she's going to be at some point down the road. I didn't want to tell her that Paradise Lost was also about the Devil-and not only about the Devil, but sympathizing with him. She would have probably thrown the book in the wood stove we have.

I had a lot of problems with Paradise Lost that I didn't put a voice to. I didn't want to get all "Hey, that's not right!" in the middle of class. But there were a few things that I wanted to dispute, but only because the biblical writings are SO very hard to say "this is right" and "this is wrong." Paradise Lost is a book I think everyone should experience, but.. yet, does not have to like.

So.. all in all. This class was liberating, and I know that this post is late, and kind of without purpose, but I did want you to know... that I did enjoy the class; I didn't enjoy Spencer's prattle of nothings-there were times I wanted to throw my book at his face, as I feel others did too. But it was interesting and I thank you for the chance of taking the class;

You were right though-this class was very hard.