I am not sure what to write about… the ending of Invisible Man or Sula?? Well since the ending of Invisible Man made me so mad I was practically foaming at the mouth. How about I chat a bit about Sula
First of all, what happened to all the warm and fuzzy books. I am by no means a “girly girl” but for goodness sakes, can we read just one book were someone doesn’t kill themselves or get set in fire, or drowned, or I dont know.. just STOP THE MADDNESS!! Anywho, the similarities between all of these books is starting to get on my nerves. Maybe I am too stressed out from the semester, but I dont think thats it. If I see one more metaphor or symbolism about fire or loving and losing or paint or affairs or invisible or impotent I swear to God I am never reading another book again!!! No offense to those of you who live for this stuff, but I just want to sit back relax and enjoy a good story, that maybe just maybe makes me want to believe in the good things. Im not going to lie, despite popular belief, every once in awhile, I am not the sarcastic funny biotch I am percieved as. I would like the crazy person who thinks his hands are whatever they are to recover from his mental problem, go home to his family be welcomed with open arms and fall madly in love with the girl next door. And what is with the imagry some of these authors choose to expand on and go into great detail on. Did Morrison tell us all about how Eva lost her leg?…. NO! She did however make it a point to describe in detail about how she put lard on her finger, stuck it up her sons butt, felt around for a little while, and then pulled it all out. SWEET!! Did Ellison ever tell us the narrators name or anything personal about him?…. NO! He did however find it necessary to go on FOREVER… about a dumb speech, in a dumb ally, about something dumb. Seriously, if this is what writing a novel takes, be on the look out for mine soon.
So, my take on Sula, I have no idea, all these people are messed up and the titles….. so misleading!!! When I hear a title like Sula, I dont think if one legged women, and whores, and sex fieneds, and fingers in butts, and lighting my kids on fire. When I hear Invisible Man, I do not think of living in a man hole, telling storied about guys who have sex with their daughters, battle royals, and hey I love you but I want to kill you. SAY IT LIKE IT IS!!!! I suppose this is a classic case of never judge a book by its cover…
April 6, 2007 at 6:40 am
Sula definitely connects to the other books that we read. There agiain is a lot of symbolism in it an sometimes I do just wish the author would come out with it, other times I wish there was a little index in the back of the book with all the answers to the symbols in the book. It gets annoying to assume on thing is going on but it really has this hidden message..and ya, I miss books like A Tree Grows in Brooklyn…
April 6, 2007 at 7:05 pm
I agree that this book can relate to all of the other books. I am not sure if this book is considered a canonical book but it has many canonical themes of loving and losing, tempral jumps in time and symbolism.
April 9, 2007 at 3:33 am
Amanda Lee, you bring up the same points that I have thought about! All of these books we have read so far in class, all somehow seem to have similiar themes. And they are by no means happy ones! For once, it would be nice to read a warm and fuzzy book like you said in your post. I’m all for those kind of novels! I am tired of reading about the same, depressing, twisted novels we have been reading in class; however, it does keep the class interesting.
April 10, 2007 at 12:07 am
I definitly have to agree with that you said about “how simialar, EVERY BOOK we are reading is!” I wrote about that in the first half of my own blog and i cant even explain how frustrating it is! I feel like every damn book we have read is just the same as the last just in different ways. Its annoying and making it seem as there is no diversity in any literature. So im with you there!
April 11, 2007 at 4:18 am
I am in full agreement with you. I am totally for just a good story at this point, or at least a happy ending. I am definitely that ‘girly girl’, and this class is starting to get really depressing and really predictable. So, to smooth over my growing irritation for this class, I tried to read a book outside of class, hoping not to get turned off of books all together, but as an english major, forget that.
Anyway, you are right-canonical or nocanonical, I don’t care any more because they are all the same. They all have the same themes and tell the same sad stories. I was so looking forward to reading non-canonical works, hoping for my happily ever after, and I am thoroughly disappointed.
April 11, 2007 at 4:21 pm
this is BY FAR the most entertaining blog i have read so far. I agree with you completely, especially about the misleading title. “Sula” in gentle cursive writing would suggest a nice peaceful book about a young girl growing up, but come to find out that isn’t even close.
April 12, 2007 at 2:13 am
I would also have to agree Amanda Lea your blogs are very entertaining and i’d rather read them then the books sometimes!!!! I would also have to agree that these books are just twisted and like yea i’m getting annoyed with the same thing I get it already….these books have the same themes be it canonical or not…..can we read something different???