Monday, October 29, 2012

Reading Times and Annotations

The Mind Within The Net- 10/22= 60 mins
TMWTN-10/ 23= 20 mins
 Incomplete Nature- 10/17= 30 mins
Infreno- 10/18= 45 mins
Noise-10/19= 20 mins
Half Life- 10/ 20= 20 mins
Micro- 10/21= 60 mins
    The three short stories I have read are Sucker,Sniper, and The Kuglemass Episode. Each story had different points and different values all according to the author, and truthfully, I find no real interesting story that could lead me to a good thesis. The first story I read Sucker was about a boy named Carson McCullers, and how he mistreated a boy nicknamed Sucker. Sniper was a extremely descriptive short story with no dialogue, and pointless overall.The Kuglemass Episode was basicaly a story about a man who can't learn from a mistake, and a cabinet that allows you to enter novels.
    While each story was interesting, their is seemingly no point whatsoever to any of them. The only thing I can gather from these is entertainment, but I honestly don't believe that something that simplistic is wanted. If I had to choose, I would pick Sucker, because it had the most emotional impact.To start I guess the author is expressing his regret for his stupid,but human misplacement of anger and dissapointment on Sucker, the boy who idolized him, and his fear of the result. I will attempt to develop this thesis further, but I'd love to hear comments from anyone who can help.

1 comment:

  1. I feel like you are that one person who finally just spoke total honesty about what he thought about the story. To you there was no meaning and you were straight forward with that. However, you're probably gonna wanna come up with something. This is probably not the best time for "I don't see it" kind of statements.

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