I'm not sure how to create a post to this blog (as opposed to a comment.) Can we discuss this in class tomorrow?
ANYWAY! As for the response, I decided to do #1 - an imitation of Naipaul's literary style. While using Salim as a narrator, Naipaul highlights the use of periodic sentences. For example, take a look at the first paragraph of section II. (Page 85.) It describes an ant colony matter-of-factly, without any subjective comment on it. The description is short. However, this striking, small image is really symbolic of the state of modern-day Africa, and that's the beauty of his text.
What I'm about to write is a similar description of the coffees available at The Lang Cafe...but it's also a symbol for how I view The New School as a whole. In the style of Naipaul:
"The room is simple. The coffees in it are not; they are styled to suit the taste of Whole Foods shoppers and Park Slope residents. Joy once told me, in her Jamacian accent, that the beans are imported from around the world. Roast varies with region, she said.
The sticker labels hugging the fat tanks of coffee are stamped with buzzwords like "fair trade," "organic," and "single source." They have the dark aroma of their respective regions. People crowd around the tanks, observing the eccentricity, the variety of flavor. Almost like they were about to take photos: 'look what I saw today.'"
It's coffee! It's Naipaul! It's NEW SCHOOL!
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