Friday, March 26, 2010

“The Internet? Bah!”

I was a little confused after i read this article. I thought he was being a sarcastic smart ass lol. Guess thats whhat i get for not looking at the details. Knowing it was written in 1995 makes it make sense thoug.
It's crazy how far we have come with technology. I find it funny that pretty much everything he said would never happen, happened. 1995 doesn't feel like it was that long ago to me but it was 15 years ago. Wow i feel old lol. It's kind of weird now to think that we didn't have online shopping and the newspapers online back then. Seems like theyve been around forever.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Edith Wharton: The Valley of Childish Things

I really liked this story, it was short and sweet. I can really kind of relate to this story right now. Im at the point of being out in the real world trying to grow up, while it seems like some of the people in my life are stuck trying not to grow up. Or they believe they are adults, it might look like it at the surface but they really aren't. It starts out as kind of a nice happy story but to me the ending is sad.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Russel Bakers, from Growing Up

I kind of liked this story. It shows hope. It shows that even in the worst of times economically, life can still be good. As long as you have your family and people who care things will be ok. I thought it was sweet that the little boy, who probably didn't care too much that they were going on relief, saw how it affected his mother and decided to put his coat over the embarassing food just to make his mom feel better. This story reminds me of all the old movies i've seen about the great depression or immigrants. Back when kids were sweet and innocent. I think the author just did a great job with the descriptions. I could picture pretty much every part of the story in my head. I even started smiling reading the part about the boy practicing acting suprised in his room. I could relate to him when he accidently found his bike in his moms room, how bad he felt. I remember my mom used to always hide our christmas presents in the back of her closet in her room and around christmas time when nobody else was home i would go look through the closet guessing which ones were for me then i'd have to act super excited on christmas day when i opened them.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Zora Neale Hurston: I Get Born

I thought this was an interesting story but i didn't really like the way it was written. I guess i like stuff i read to be written in proper English. First off, i don't understand the saying "I get born". Is it the same as just being born? Maybe its just a saying for a mistake child? I think the author has sort of a depressing undercurrent for most of the story but towards the end when she's talking about how she started walking its a little less depressing and a little light-hearted.
I think she writes this story with a little bit of slang to it and it has just a little bit of a sarcastic tone to it.
I kind of felt like the writer was trying to get sympathy or something from telling this story basically about how she was unwanted by her dad. But i guess she is just telling her story.