Commercial

Staring at the screen
My brain cells do devolve
learning of the issue that
this product somehow solves.
they sure do look quite happy,
those picturesque, beaming folks,
I need this thing to be content?
so what, it makes me broke.
I can not bear to live without
my precious, perfect thing
"must be 18 or older to call"
the lady quickly sings.
O please, my dearest only friend,
your products I may flaunt,
throw out originality
and tell me what I want.
And so you see, these ads are more
than what they at first seem.
capitalism, feed the pigs,
the new american dream.

Huck finn Conclusion

I really enjoyed this book. It had suspense humor adventure, and a distinct voice. I guess that I should briefly mention the racism aspect. Yes, it's there, and semi prominent thru out the book, but it doesn't ruin it. You get the feeling that Huck doesn't really personally feel that way, but that it really is just how he was raised. In the end, Huck and Jim are friends, and that has to count for something. At first, I was a bit taken aback by the use of broken english within the book, but as I read, I discovered that it did have a certain charm to it. It didn't ever get in the way, and more often than not, actually helped tell the story better.

Huck Finn

I have read Tom Sawyer quite a while ago, and really enjoyed it. The narrative was fun, the characters and setting were also great, but what made the book work was the story itself, and the antics of the characters. Everyone's favorite character was always Huckleberry Fin, so it makes since that the next book would be about him. What I didn't expect was that the book would be told completely through Huck's prospective, and in the first person. It is also in broken english, with I thought would be a big problem, but it has its charm. Over all, I am really enjoying this book.

Rules

Rules is a very subtle, sad book. Either that, or it's just as boring as heck. I really don't know. Let me explain. Until the last few chapters of the book, our heroine mainly does... not much of anything, I guess. She has an autistic brother, and she kinda loves him, but is also kinda embarrassed by him, and is also kinda disappointed with her parents, and kinda angry at this other kid, but all of these emotions are very skimmed over, and therefor, not very potent. Again, is it just lazily throwing in clichés, or is it just too subtle for me? I mean I guess a 12 year old like the main character probably has a lot of confusing quick emotions running through her head, but that doesn't seem like the angle they'r going for either. they keep trying to go in different directions with the story, and you can tell that the author is trying as hard as they can to do something really meaningful, and sometimes, she succeeds, but there's a whole lot of mediocrity to wade through. It's like the author knew they wanted to say something really amazing and powerful, but isn't really sure quite what. I think I might be a bit old for this book, and the everyday antics that the characters engage in to me have about as much tension and drive to them as a "Bob Book," but it's not terrible. In fact, I would say to check it out anyway, if what I'm griping about doesn't tend to bother you.

1984

Again, I continue to vastly prefer vintage dystopian literature to the modern stuff. 1984 is a revealing jaunt through an unsettlingly accurate caricature of our own society right down to the subtle survalence of each of our daily activities. The book speaks to the horror of our own supposed modernist idea of community. But my personal favorite element of this magnification is the addition of big brother, who is subliminally watching everyone in the city and who's ambiguous image is strewn onto the walls and buildings. There are many subliminal images and messages in real society, and big brother just magnifies it. That said, the book does seem to loose some momentum for me towards the middle, but the romance is very believable and in a great way, average. there are also some very slow chapters there. `Take it or leave it, but there's definitely something here.

Brave new world last thoughts

Again, I would like to point out the contrast of the old world distopian literature to that of today.It is really of no use comparing them, for one is so vastly superior than the other, and Brave New World is an exe lent example. It is realistic, possible, entertaining, for boding, and most of all, it marked a story without an agenda. The book wasn't trying to please anyone and was not attempting to cater to any specific demographic, but more meandered along, and explored what the fictional world had to offer. It has a story, beginning, middle,and end, but there is more flux to this three act structure than one often sees in such books.

Brave New World

This book is a very enjoyable and thought provoking read.While many modern distopean books seem to take place in a sort of hostile and predgidist society that would never actually exist, this book actually deals with in a way a much more solemn message. In the book, human reproduction has been eliminated, and babies are born from huge mechanized factories. There are four or five distinct classes of people, and although they are by no means equal, each person is conditioned to be totally satisfied with their life. They work hard all day,and when it becomes to much for them, they go on a vacation where they are drugged to rejuvenate them. People die at around sixty, and that is fine, because no one really fears death. In a world where families don't exist, there is no one to mourn the departed. Sex has become a regular rutine, and is encouraged from an early age as a fun recreational activity. the thing about this whole society is that everyone is happy, everyone is nice to each other, and the only person who sees any problem with anything is an eccentric psychologist named Bernard. In this way, the book has far more credibility than other modern alternatives.