Purpose of this essay is to make judgements based on both my individual opinions and scholarly opinions about four different authors.
One of the first authors we read in this class was Mark Twain. Mark Twain has written may books, but Huckleberry Finn was the book chosen to read for this class. Overall, my opinion of the book Huck Finn was horrible. It was probably one of the worst books I have ever had to read, because of the dialect. Dialect is the way groups of people talk from where they resident. Dialect is often hard to understand when it is in written text form. Here is an example of the text and the dialect, “Say, who is you? Whar is you? Dog my cats ef I didn’ hear sumf’n.” (Twain)
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Walt Whitman wasn’t one of my favorite poets, just because he poems did not speak to me as did Emily Dickinson’s. The poem that I found the most interesting of Whitman’s was “The Sleepers,” because it seems creepy in a sense and I like creepy stories or poems. Whitman’s poems were very long and had harder text to read, which is probably why I did not like all of them.
Lastly, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite books read in this class. I was not expecting to like this book just because I did not like the movies that were made. The final book we read for class was “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “The Great Gatsby,” is a story of how money changes people’s behaviors and lifestyles. Money and reputation are the two most important things for the people in the story.
This book emphasizes the location of where the people live, how they dress, act and present themselves. Gatsby is known, but never seen for the longest time and that to me is fun and keeps the reader interested in finding out more. I found that the characters were trying to have the perfect life or the perfect American dream. Daisy Buchanan said the best quote to explain why I mean the care to much. “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
One of the first authors we read in this class was Mark Twain. Mark Twain has written may books, but Huckleberry Finn was the book chosen to read for this class. Overall, my opinion of the book Huck Finn was horrible. It was probably one of the worst books I have ever had to read, because of the dialect. Dialect is the way groups of people talk from where they resident. Dialect is often hard to understand when it is in written text form. Here is an example of the text and the dialect, “Say, who is you? Whar is you? Dog my cats ef I didn’ hear sumf’n.” (Twain)
Not only was this book difficult to read but it also …show more content…
Walt Whitman wasn’t one of my favorite poets, just because he poems did not speak to me as did Emily Dickinson’s. The poem that I found the most interesting of Whitman’s was “The Sleepers,” because it seems creepy in a sense and I like creepy stories or poems. Whitman’s poems were very long and had harder text to read, which is probably why I did not like all of them.
Lastly, I wanted to talk about one of my favorite books read in this class. I was not expecting to like this book just because I did not like the movies that were made. The final book we read for class was “The Great Gatsby” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. “The Great Gatsby,” is a story of how money changes people’s behaviors and lifestyles. Money and reputation are the two most important things for the people in the story.
This book emphasizes the location of where the people live, how they dress, act and present themselves. Gatsby is known, but never seen for the longest time and that to me is fun and keeps the reader interested in finding out more. I found that the characters were trying to have the perfect life or the perfect American dream. Daisy Buchanan said the best quote to explain why I mean the care to much. “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”