Death of a Salesman- Miller does awesome things with time in the play. In many places, past events are happening at the same time as present events, and it happens smoothly. I'm not sure I like it as much as The American Dream, but it is (obviously) well written, and I appreciate that.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Response to course material
Open prompt- I have gotten better at remembering to actually write the essay instead of rereading the passages for the entire hour. I was able to get a grasp of the poems on the last essay. That said, I still misinterpreted the reading, but not as badly as on the Eros prompt.
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Your blog post is very brief. I believe that you may need to expand on your two points of discussion and offer a more detailed explanation. For instance, explain how exactly you have improved your writing skills. What exactly has improved? What is it about The American Dream that you like better than the Death of a Salesman? You may consider discussing some comparison points between the two novels and try to analyze your views in this post. Also, the Eros prompt that we did was a closed reading response. If you want to comment on your blog posts, you should most likely refer to all three categories in order to give a holistic representation of your progress as a writer.
ReplyDeleteWow you and I had opposite problems... Instead reading too much, I read too little and really missed some key points.
ReplyDeleteThe concept of time you mention here reminds me of Ceremony. Interestingly, both main characters are regarded as crazy and both share a strange relationship with the past. Perhaps means that the idea of circular time may not be such an exclusively Native American idea, as even Miller recognizes it, but it is not one accepted by society at large (hence, the characters' "lunacy").