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dramaprincess31

Excerpt from OO

Aug 27, 2005 13:57

There is one man I revile above all others. I hate him more than the whiny rich kids on Laguna Beach, more than the dancing idiots in the Old Navy commercials, more than Paris Hilton. Well, that might be taking it a bit too far, but I really despise this man. His name? Ernest Hemingway ( Read more... )

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sheria072488 August 27 2005, 18:59:14 UTC

woot. I'm with ya all the way on that one...

anonymous August 28 2005, 06:51:07 UTC

You should really give his other short stories a try. His style translates much better as short fiction, while his longer stuff is more acquired taste. A book like A Farewell to Arms gets better with repeat readings, but only because you're reading more for the details than the actual plot ( ... )

dramaprincess31 August 28 2005, 14:31:22 UTC

Hey, who is this? Maybe a weird guess, but Richard's brother? I know he's an English major named Will.

Maybe I should give Hemingway a second shot, but I honestly don't think it would help. I usually pride myself in enjoying classics but there's a sparseness to Hemingway's style that I find completely unbearable. I think it's the Southerner in me who can get "drunk" on words. Faulkner, Williams, Conroy. The more flowery the better.

But this is actually the intro to my oratory in debate which deals with faults in the American educational system's way of teaching literature. At the speech's end I do reconcile myself to Hemingway to some extent.

I doubt he's someone I'll ever enjoy though. Appreciate, maybe, but not enjoy.

Good guess anonymous August 28 2005, 17:31:17 UTC

Oops - I suppose I thought you were one of his friends I had already been introduced to. Apologies. Yes, I'm English major Will.

If you really don't like Hemingway's spareness, then I agree that it might not be worth another try. Faulkner . . . now that guy could write. However, I'm not a huge Tennessee Williams fan. Never have been, can't bring myself to be.

Another underappreciate segment of Am Lit is African American short fiction. If the school system's good you'll read The Invisible Man and maybe Native Son (novels both), but short stories like Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man really get the short end of the stick.

sunflower4919 August 28 2005, 12:12:47 UTC

haha
i agree completely, amy
although my hatred cannot compare to yours

london___rain August 28 2005, 21:21:40 UTC

haha i love you amy

liz_liz_liz September 1 2005, 21:38:06 UTC

AMY you updated your livejournal with excerpts from your OO...you truly are odd!