tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785065039608350318.post7736534019029188838..comments2023-09-07T04:49:10.648-07:00Comments on Literature and the Contemporary: Freedom of the readerAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785065039608350318.post-25797902705505132432011-04-17T08:14:48.459-07:002011-04-17T08:14:48.459-07:00I liked this. I have mixed feelings about some of...I liked this. I have mixed feelings about some of the details of your choices, but there are several positive things I'd like to point out.<br /><br />1) Your discussion of your empathy for Johnny's feelings was interesting. Maybe you didn't do enough with it, but the reader having the same problem as Johnny, and thinking a little like him, is a good area for exploration in the novel.<br /><br />2) I was very happy to see someone (that is, you) talking about "The Framer"; it's an odd and mysterious line, which people tend to dodge rather than engaging with it. I like your reading of "The Framer" as being connected to all of us a lot, even though it's never been my reading.<br /><br />3) Many people go the route of saying that these "different" passages are about interpretation. That's cheap and obvious in isolation - it's when you deal with the details that it isn't.<br /><br />What could have made this better is if you'd spent some time (as you were supposed to ) applying these interpretations directly to another passage. Also, like Johnny, you have a bit of a problem with running on and with repetition here - successfully moving on to talking about another passage, not just about repeating yourself, would have pushed this from a promising start into an excellent essay.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com