As I began this essay, I thought about some things that we discussed in class to help get my thoughts flowing. I noticed that the same idea kept poping up. This was, the question that Mr. Allen posed: "In The Kite Runner, is it possible that Hosseini, the author, and Amir are having their own conflict? Hosseini is trying to push Amir towards facing past."
While it seems so simple now, at the time I couldn't exactly articulate what it was the answer to this question was. However, my thoughts soon cleared, when I began to write because I realized many of my examples, in my essay, directly related to this. Suddenly, I completely understood what Mr. Allen was getting at, and I found it very fascinating that the book could have such a level of depth as to display this. Realizing this definitely helped my strengthen my paper, as I now had a better level of comprehension of the book, which helped me get my points across. I wish, now, that I had had this realization moment when I was in-class. I think it would have helped me contribute to class discussions more. I also think it would have helped me start my essay with a clearer angle and focus.
I realize that there are many things I like about my thinking, and many things I hope ot improve on. First off, I think that my thinking is very original. One thing that surprised me about my thinking is that while although I may not get to the deepest level of thinking right away, I like to work through things until I eventually reach what, in my mind, is a very valid and deep observation. One thing that I think I need to work on is my confident in my writing. Often what happens, halfway through writing, I start to contradict what I previously thought. This oftens lead to an unclear point, and I don't start off with as strong a focus as I previously had. So, while although there are things I need to work on, I also have many strengths. :)
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Blogging Around
I first commented on Graicey's post who wrote about a connection between Kite Runner and a book called the Most Dangerous Game. She was fascinated by one of the book's symbols; how easily humans can adjust to their environment, and how dangerously they can do that. Here is my comment:
Graicey,
I loved your viewpoint in this blog! This blog made me think about what you said; the length humans go to, in order to control or feel comfortable in their environment. While, most of us look upon this as extreme and proposterous, we should realize that people are doing this not just for sport or for game, but rather for the will to live and survive.
I connected this post to Life of Pi, when Pi had to do very un-higenic and just gross things. While reading most of the book that's how I saw his actions: un-higenic, gross, and nasty. But then we started discussing, and I realized that Pi had to do it for survival. Pi had to do these things so he could adapt or at least survive in the environment he was placed.
In a similar way, the charater in the Most Dangerous Game, had to do very unthinkable things so he, too, could adapt to an environment.
Great job Graicey!
My next comment was on Connor's blog. He talked about the best of the week being when Mr. Allen brought up how characters and authors can have struggles within the bok. And also how the author is most often the one pushing the character to face their fear. Here is my comment:
Connor,
I'm really glad that you brought this up, because I was thinking about the same thing when Mr. Allen said this!
I too, found it very fascinating to learn, that a book could have a level of depth, and even ability, to portray a feud between a character and the author.
I liked when you said that you’ve noticed this in many books you have previously read. That is, in most stories, the main character is forced to leave their perfect, happy lives, and face something they do not feel comfortable with. And perhaps, this is similar to the character-author battle we see The Kite Runner.
Your post made me look at Amir's real struggle in the story in a different way. I thought about how while other characters, helped Amir reach redemption, so many outside sources helped him too, literally. Maybe Husseini was the one that pushed Amir the most, out of all the other characters, to reach redemption. It's ironic though, because in a sense, Husseini had to be somewhere in Amir. He was the force in Amir that made Amir want to gain redemption.
Great job Connor!
Graicey,
I loved your viewpoint in this blog! This blog made me think about what you said; the length humans go to, in order to control or feel comfortable in their environment. While, most of us look upon this as extreme and proposterous, we should realize that people are doing this not just for sport or for game, but rather for the will to live and survive.
I connected this post to Life of Pi, when Pi had to do very un-higenic and just gross things. While reading most of the book that's how I saw his actions: un-higenic, gross, and nasty. But then we started discussing, and I realized that Pi had to do it for survival. Pi had to do these things so he could adapt or at least survive in the environment he was placed.
In a similar way, the charater in the Most Dangerous Game, had to do very unthinkable things so he, too, could adapt to an environment.
Great job Graicey!
My next comment was on Connor's blog. He talked about the best of the week being when Mr. Allen brought up how characters and authors can have struggles within the bok. And also how the author is most often the one pushing the character to face their fear. Here is my comment:
Connor,
I'm really glad that you brought this up, because I was thinking about the same thing when Mr. Allen said this!
I too, found it very fascinating to learn, that a book could have a level of depth, and even ability, to portray a feud between a character and the author.
I liked when you said that you’ve noticed this in many books you have previously read. That is, in most stories, the main character is forced to leave their perfect, happy lives, and face something they do not feel comfortable with. And perhaps, this is similar to the character-author battle we see The Kite Runner.
Your post made me look at Amir's real struggle in the story in a different way. I thought about how while other characters, helped Amir reach redemption, so many outside sources helped him too, literally. Maybe Husseini was the one that pushed Amir the most, out of all the other characters, to reach redemption. It's ironic though, because in a sense, Husseini had to be somewhere in Amir. He was the force in Amir that made Amir want to gain redemption.
Great job Connor!
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