Reflection

This year we read a lot of great stories, my favorite reading this year was Sula. It was the most interesting novel because it had a lot of strange customs and things that happened in their lives. I would have liked to not read the poetry, I just cant stand poetry and I don't ever see the underlying meanings from stanza to stanza. I would have liked to read some of the Nicholas Sparks novels. He has great imagery while reading the novel, it is like a movie playing in your head at the same time. I have really enjoyed this class and the reading selections as a whole. I prefer contemporary literature to the other types of literature and this has been a really interesting class.

Watchmen

I felt the almost the same way the author did. This was a graphic novel so obviously it entails many pictures and symbolism to create the story line and the words are only a supplement to the pictures. When someone is trying to read while processing the pictures and symbolism at the same time, especially without having comic book experience, could be almost mind boggling. I do think it would take some practice and some know how and more than one reading to be able to grasp the full content of the story. I like to picture as a movie and I do believe that if you just read it, it makes it better.