Today I have been contemplating writing a book the way I always do when I am reading someone elses. I find my mind speaking the same lyrics in which the book was written. Like when I watch Lord of the Rings and think: the knowing winds come swiftly from the north... in my best female perhaps British narrator whisper impression. Or when Dave is watching the lastest "dance your way out the projects" movie and ends each sentence with "mmm girl". He's not black.
And I'm not a writer. Or maybe I am. Who knows.
I sort of believe that most of the books written by beloved authors of the past which are now being scrutinized by high school students worldwide are just words that people wrote down to create a story. I'm sure that some of them wrote the books with a fantastic metaphor in mind, but why can't we just enjoy each one as a good story? Why do we have to see the hidden meaning behind each book?
One of our assignments in ninth grade was to analyze a character from Of Mice and Men. I picked Curley's wife. Although my classmates all thought she was "a skank", I felt bad for the poor girl and decided she was just misunderstood, immature and lonely. It was crap. I just wrote for the sake of turning in a paper that my teacher hadn't already read. And it turned out that a professional editor came in to grade our papers. He told me that he had never seen anyone "at this age" with such an accurate interpretation. This sort of annoyed me.
Why is anyone else's interpretation inaccurate? The book was written to be read by people and make of it what they will. Right? There is no right or wrong way to read it. It's just a story.
Maybe I will write a book. At least just to see what metaphor I was trying to convey to the world. I'm sure it will be mind-blowing.
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AMEN!! I totally agree about the whole idea of there being some deep "higher thinking" kind of meaning to books... I just picture the authors sitting around in heaven just laughing at how people analyze their books to try to figure out "what it means" I took a whole class about that. Hated it! Like you, I say the author wrote a book for the sake of writing a book!
Haha, there was one part in a book we read about a little black boy sitting in the shade of an awning, and the teacher asked us what it meant... I'm thinking the poor kid is hot and doesn't want to sit in the sun. But no, I was way off! It was depicting oppression. Silly me.
So you should write a book! And I promise not to analyze it :)
I'm so pleased that you've been inspired by The Time Traveler's Wife, though I hope that your book actually has a plot.
Um, that's funny because I keep thinking I want to take a Harry Potter community Ed class (or something) to look at all the metaphors, in Rowling's book etc.
Also, your post reminds me of this part in the movie 'Annie Hall' with Marshall McLuhan (he wrote "understanding media" in like the 70s or something.)
Anyway, in one scene, this guy behind Woody Allen in line at the movies is trying to wax philosophical on McLuhan's work (you know, all about the metaphors etc), and then McLuhan shows up behind some movie stand-up poster to tell the man that his interpretation is wrong. (it's kind of like that...)
PS. I read most of 'Understanding Media' in college and even watching Annie Hall didn't really help me understand it much. ;)
Also, I am making soap this week...
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Your blog is always so entertaining to read...I am in favor of a book! Are you guys going to be available for a possible visit to your house around Aug. 14? We may begin planning a trip...
I totally agree! I was alays super stressed about interpreting books, poems, and short stories correctly in my English classes. I was so worried about getting the answers right I never really enjoyed the story because I felt like I needed to be finding the hidden message . . . You should write a book.
I would read it.
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