Aaron Straker
My boy Aaron is always layin' it down, but his response to Please Don't Take My Air Jordans was just downright astounding. I like his opinions on the main character. You can easily tell that he put a lot of thought into the poem. He covers everything that has to do with the poem, from the rhyme scheme to relating it to the real world, for both himself (personal connection) and just in general. Nice job, big boy. P.S. Get on my "Bless You" level. GAMH
Anna Duke
Anna's response to My Papa's Waltz was really good. She was able to really read into the poem. I like how she tells the reader about her personal experience with the poem, and the whole story about how her opinion of the poem itself changed over time. That's something I can't do very well, so kudos to her for being able to do that consistently in all of her posts.
Tomin Pereachamblee
Before I start, I'd just like to say I spelled Tomin's last name without looking. That's an accomplishment.
Anyway, Tomin is just an overall amazing writer, both in and outside of the blogs. His vocabulary seems infinite, and his ideas and opinions are almost never able to be argued. It was hard picking just one of his responses, but I decided on his Please Don't Take My Air Jordans response. He really, really read into this. Unlike many other people, he expressed his dislike for the poem. I found this to be really unique. Not many people do this very often. He talked about all the aspects of the poem, and didn't miss anything. Nice job, Tomin.
very nice response home boy i like the way u talked about everyone's strength's good job
ReplyDeletep.s. GAMH and get on MY ' bless you level"
***Finally, I can express my opinions in a place where every 2 seconds people aren’t shouting ‘racist’ or ‘H.A.M’ (cough cough Aaron and Gabriel, no help from Tomin)...***
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Congratulate me....
ReplyDelete*SPOILERS ALERT: Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt-reveals ending for the film*
Congratulate me, I have finally finished Youth In Revolt by C.D.Payne! Finishing such a large book inspired me to treat myself to my favorite Hitchcock, Shadow Of A Doubt(1943-
Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten and Macdonald Carey). While I was watching the special features, Alfred Hitchcock was responding to a question about why Teresa Wright's character turned against her uncle, who had committed a series of horrible crimes, yet she him loved dearly. He quoted Oscar Wilde; "...each man kills the thing he loves..."
This hit me, and changed my point of view on Youth In Revolt almost completely. Instead of hating Nick Twisp for doing the stupid things he does for love, I understand that we all end up harming the thing we love most; either as dramatically as Nick Twisp to his family or as lightly as over talking to your friends about your new favorite band and then they ended up hating them. This seems very human, it has happened to me so often, maybe this is the objective of the novel. Perhaps the author C.D.Payne made Nick Twisp do the awful things he does to his family, to show the reader how we as humans affect our surroundings. To show how we SHOULD respect the things we love. Or even maybe Payne made N.Twisp do awful things and to ruin his own life, to show how we should appreciate our lives. The story of Nick Twisp will always puzzle me, and I fear I will never be able to fully appreciate the novel.
Have you ever killed something you love(metaphorically)?
AFTER THOUGHTS-yet another interpretation of Oscar Wilde's brilliance:
"...each man kills the thing he loves..."
Perhaps, the man who loves this thing the most has-almost-permission to end it, or kill it so to speak...Only because he knows so much and loves it so...Your thoughts?
March 3, 2011 11:03 AM