Roy is like a little rushdie to me. The only way to understand the story is to mind the details. But there is no shorttage of ashtonshing details, and because of this you can read a line like, "Rahel's new teeth were waiting inside her gums, like words in a pen." And not even remember to think how much you like it. This is very distractin for me, to read something this bright. I am also interested in the way Roy writes as if shes writing one long prose poem. She indents new paragraphs to say one liners like,
Not old.
Not young
But a viable die-able age.
She also capitalizes terms as object-things. Like Rahel opens the window to get a Breath Of Fresh Air. (and told to close it when she was done) I am very interested in her style. So instead of quoting a passage here I showed the aspects I liked. My favorite passage was the spitting woman on the nyc subway.
Lang College, Spring 2011, group forum for daily readers' responses and links, media, etc.
READ THIS: PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATIONS: please take these seriously: they are an important part of your participation in the class. Your job when you present is to lead the discussion on the reading for that day. You may bring in some research, but most of all, you should be very well-prepared with insights, interpretations, and questions about the reading at hand. You may want to begin by summarizing the progress of the plot represented by the excerpt assigned on that day. Then you should have passages picked out for the class to discuss. You may want to be ready, also, with the posts for the day (you can copy and paste them and print them out). The purpose of the presentation is to give more responsibility to the classmembers and de-center the discussion a little bit (although I will still chime in). Here are your assignments, mostly random. 1. Wed. 3/30 Small Things, 84-147, Eidia. 2. 4/4 Small Things, 148-225, Hannah. 3. 4/6 Small Things, ending, Anna. 4. 4/11 Ondaatje, Dan. 5. 4/13 Mukherjee, Michael. 6. 4/18 Poppies, 3-87, Karol. 7. 4/20 Poppies, 88-156, Jason. 8. 4/25 Poppies, 157-226, Joe. 9. 4/27, Poppies, 227-342, Will. 10. 5/2 Poppies, 343-446, Rachel. 11. 5/4 Poppies, finish, Jane.
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