These
two stories were entertaining to say the least. I’m not sure how much I
actually understood from them, but I’ll give it a try.
I
really liked the Diaries of Adam and Eve. It was great to see another side to
that story, and to hear it directly from the minds of Adam and Eve was great.
This style of writing generally appeals to me. The Color Purple is one of my favorite novels, and it’s told very
much like a diary; and letters are a major part of that book. Back to Adam and
Eve though, my favorite parts of this story came from the miscommunication between
the two. Eve’s curiosity leads her to be intrigued by Adam. She thought that he
was just shy and that she was helping him when really he was avoiding her and
thought she was an annoying creature. The two have their differences, but they love
one another in the end. I think this story has quite a sweet ending. Maybe I’m
being too simple, but the fact that they could find Eden in one another even
after losing paradise made me smile. If there’s more commentary there about the
way men and women communicate or if there’s a more religious context to the
story, I’d be glad to hear about it in class.
Journalism
in Tennessee definitely caught me off guard. The Narrator is just sitting there
editing an article and gets maimed in a great many ways. I had to read it
several times before I could really piece together what was happening. It was
confusing at first, but then I found it hilarious. After I was done laughing I
started thinking about how this story might be relevant to politics, especially
considering the past election. The narrator wrote a rather straight-forward story
that his editor hated due to his own personal bias, and that kind of thing is
still quite apparent today. I didn’t take much time to really get into an
analysis of this story, but I look forward to the discussion. Should be
enlightening.
I thought that Twain’s work was pretty comical also. Especially in comparison with some of the other works we have read this semester, you can definitely identify the satirical aspects of “Yellow Journalism.” I enjoyed reading them and though they all clearly had bits of Twain’s own ideologies in them, I thought they were also entertaining on face value.
ReplyDeleteIn Adam and Eve, I especially loved the transformation of Adam throughout the story. At first, he wanted nothing but to be ride of Eve, yet as the story progressed and he took part in "knowledge," he began to realize that the only he needed was her. How quickly he falls for her and how devoted he becomes is touching, and a very good message by Twain indeed.
ReplyDeleteHaha I really like that you acknowledge from the start that you're unsure about how much you actually understood, that's both noble and hilarious. I'm in total agreement with you on the Diary, though...for someone to be presumptuous enough of a writer to assume the perspective of Adam and Eve and be able to pull it off, that does sound classically Twain to me. And, of course, as with everything else, he does it quite well. Who would've thought that such a humorous twang of Twain could be effectively applied to the book of Genesis?
ReplyDelete~Jack Wright