Well I finished the next part of the Odyssey. It didn't feel at all as tedious as the last part was, for some reason. Maybe it's because it's less boring, or maybe just because I'm getting better at active reading. I like to prefer the latter. I liked how we finally got to meet Ulysses, and got to stay with him for a little bit. While I was kind of grumpy it didn't expand on what happened at the end of the last part (cliffhanger for the loss) I did enjoy hearing about Ulysses' troubles and adventure. I'm very glad he finally is on his way home, because I've been his secret cheerleader. (Shhhhhh, I don't have a megahorn and pom-poms in my closet, you heard nothing.)
I am getting surprisingly wrapped up in the plot. I find that the active reading isn't getting in the way like it used to, and now I'm actually able to ENJOY the story. (What? No!) I do like how clear-cut Homer makes the characters, especially. I hate when I have to decide whether or not I like or don't like a character. Here, it's just; "HEY. THIS GUY IS GOOD. THIS GUY IS NOT." Which is much better than, "This guy has questionable morals, yet he still does the right thing. So is it morals or actions that define a character, hmmmmm?" And stuff like that. *grumbles
I might also add that I've even started to get over the random useless info! (*gasp WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH ETHAN?) All joking aside, though, I do find it's less cluttery and annoying. So I think the rest of this book will be very good.
As for my weekly recommendations...
Book- Inheritance, Christopher Paolini
Video Game- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (AKA that which turned my life into a black hole of nothingness)
Music- The Heavy Rain EXTENDED Soundtrack, Normand Corbeil (To be found on Youtube of course)
Classical Music- Orpheus in the Underworld, Jacques Offenbach
Have a nice week, everyone! Don't let the weasels bite your ankles off! (NANO reference for the win.)
Great job at improving on active reading! It's also nice that you enjoy Ulysses narrating as well, because he talks for a while.
ReplyDeleteYour preference on characters is interesting... I know I like to think about whether the character is primarily good or bad, because I think in the best literature, really everyone is a little of both. I never really thought too much about how Homer defines the characters - I guess they are fairly simply stated.
Me too--I think that it read a lot better than the old chapters. Perhaps that's because they didn't use so many names though, right? 0-0
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