After reading The Search for Marvin Gardens and Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace both stories didn’t seem as difficult to understand the meaning of the author was trying to convey to the reader. While both stories were not difficult to comprehend they were both different as far as the style of writing. I will start off with first discussing The Search for Marvin Gardens. After reading this story I did understand that the author was giving information about his city but did this by utilizing the game of monopoly. I think that was very creative as it not only captured my attention as a reader, but because I was familiar with the game I could also relate to some of the things he mentioned as far as buying property and the different
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For instance, the part of the story when the author talks about prison. The author goes so deep into detail that I begin to get confused. For example, “The prisoners sleep on bunks of butcher block, there are no mattresses, there are three prisoners to a cell” (McPhee 376). This section of the reading had me confused, but during the class discussion is when I learned that the author used a writing technique called “Braided Essay”. This is when two-four strands within a paper are woven together to create a whole piece. To better explain this the example that was given in the class discussion was if you look at the text within the book you will notice a pattern. Certain parts of the story if you were to take them out tell one story, while the other parts tell another story. When you put all the parts together you then have a braided essay. I think that was a very creative style the author used in this travel essay to actual tell the reader two stories. When it comes to Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace, I really wasn’t that interested in the story. I think that is because I couldn’t relate to it as I don’t eat …show more content…
While he wrote this essay for a food magazine, the footnotes that were presented in the story told the story form his own personal point of view. For example this essay is talking about all that takes place at the Lobster Festival in Maine. It talks about the large crowds, the long lines and most importantly what everyone is there for the lobsters. As you read the story there are footnotes presented throughout for example, “Of Course, the common practice of dipping the lobster meat in the melted butter torpedoes all these happy fats-spec, which none of the councils promotional stuff ever mentions, any more than potato industry PR talks about sour cream and bacon bits” (Wallace 528). You are reading an article that was written for a food magazine and then come across this in the text. Honestly, when I first read the article I skipped through the footnotes, but after the class discussion I went back on to read them, and you can sort of get how the author feels personal about Lobsters and the footnoted that were presented throughout help support his claim. Both stories were great and unique it different
For instance, the part of the story when the author talks about prison. The author goes so deep into detail that I begin to get confused. For example, “The prisoners sleep on bunks of butcher block, there are no mattresses, there are three prisoners to a cell” (McPhee 376). This section of the reading had me confused, but during the class discussion is when I learned that the author used a writing technique called “Braided Essay”. This is when two-four strands within a paper are woven together to create a whole piece. To better explain this the example that was given in the class discussion was if you look at the text within the book you will notice a pattern. Certain parts of the story if you were to take them out tell one story, while the other parts tell another story. When you put all the parts together you then have a braided essay. I think that was a very creative style the author used in this travel essay to actual tell the reader two stories. When it comes to Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace, I really wasn’t that interested in the story. I think that is because I couldn’t relate to it as I don’t eat …show more content…
While he wrote this essay for a food magazine, the footnotes that were presented in the story told the story form his own personal point of view. For example this essay is talking about all that takes place at the Lobster Festival in Maine. It talks about the large crowds, the long lines and most importantly what everyone is there for the lobsters. As you read the story there are footnotes presented throughout for example, “Of Course, the common practice of dipping the lobster meat in the melted butter torpedoes all these happy fats-spec, which none of the councils promotional stuff ever mentions, any more than potato industry PR talks about sour cream and bacon bits” (Wallace 528). You are reading an article that was written for a food magazine and then come across this in the text. Honestly, when I first read the article I skipped through the footnotes, but after the class discussion I went back on to read them, and you can sort of get how the author feels personal about Lobsters and the footnoted that were presented throughout help support his claim. Both stories were great and unique it different