Proposal:
There are some texts that I think have a deeper meaning to them or have thoroughly challenged me as a reader. They are all on here for their own reasons, some stronger than others. Sometimes, both of these apply to some given texts and that goes with the ones I am proposing for my reading list.
I am not a fan of superhero comics in general. Batman’s first volume of the story arc, titled The Court of Owls, is something though which I really found interesting. I feel like there are many themes at play in just the first volume of this story line, with Batman’s angst and the story that takes place in this installment. The most challenging thing for me to overcome with this? Not to be distracted by the pictures, which by themselves can be analyzed for themes and general overtones.
Blackdog is a story unlike the rest on the list. While I have no deep connection to it, this remains a story that thoroughly challenges my brain to keep up with a convoluted plotline and a complexity that made me give up on it halfway through it. Between constantly changing points of view and skipping ahead in time then back again, the way in which the novel is told is jumbled and confusing at best. At it’s wore, it is a literary nightmare when it comes to understanding. With being in college, I am willing to give it another shot. This is the story which I feel will take the longest time but I wish to get better with analyzing pieces first before diving headfirst into this piece.
One book which I feel like has impacted me a great deal is not something that is terribly complex, due to how it is a young adult novel but it inspired me to write as a child. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second installation of JK Rowling’s best-selling series, truly led me to believe that I could write as well and be successful at my craft. In my older years, I think there is more to this story then it lets on at first read-through. After the first book, I think that this would be a good way to wind down after that.
Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is a drastic difference from Rowling’s literature. Read only recently, this opened up my eyes to how fantasy could be written for adults and is not just a genre for children and young adults. The characters themselves are complex, and their actions as the story takes place reveal that this urban fantasy story has something deeper underneath its surface. This is what I feel is going to be a rather difficult story to analyze.
If allowed to, I would also like to propose doing a video game, titled Fire Emblem: Awakening. It is a text based game that I feel has a lot to offer when someone takes the time to analyze it, and because it is all spoken through the characters, I like to think that this allows us to really get into the character’s heads. It may at the surface seem like a simple game, but I believe that there is more to it than the surface value of it.
There are some texts that I think have a deeper meaning to them or have thoroughly challenged me as a reader. They are all on here for their own reasons, some stronger than others. Sometimes, both of these apply to some given texts and that goes with the ones I am proposing for my reading list.
I am not a fan of superhero comics in general. Batman’s first volume of the story arc, titled The Court of Owls, is something though which I really found interesting. I feel like there are many themes at play in just the first volume of this story line, with Batman’s angst and the story that takes place in this installment. The most challenging thing for me to overcome with this? Not to be distracted by the pictures, which by themselves can be analyzed for themes and general overtones.
Blackdog is a story unlike the rest on the list. While I have no deep connection to it, this remains a story that thoroughly challenges my brain to keep up with a convoluted plotline and a complexity that made me give up on it halfway through it. Between constantly changing points of view and skipping ahead in time then back again, the way in which the novel is told is jumbled and confusing at best. At it’s wore, it is a literary nightmare when it comes to understanding. With being in college, I am willing to give it another shot. This is the story which I feel will take the longest time but I wish to get better with analyzing pieces first before diving headfirst into this piece.
One book which I feel like has impacted me a great deal is not something that is terribly complex, due to how it is a young adult novel but it inspired me to write as a child. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second installation of JK Rowling’s best-selling series, truly led me to believe that I could write as well and be successful at my craft. In my older years, I think there is more to this story then it lets on at first read-through. After the first book, I think that this would be a good way to wind down after that.
Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere is a drastic difference from Rowling’s literature. Read only recently, this opened up my eyes to how fantasy could be written for adults and is not just a genre for children and young adults. The characters themselves are complex, and their actions as the story takes place reveal that this urban fantasy story has something deeper underneath its surface. This is what I feel is going to be a rather difficult story to analyze.
If allowed to, I would also like to propose doing a video game, titled Fire Emblem: Awakening. It is a text based game that I feel has a lot to offer when someone takes the time to analyze it, and because it is all spoken through the characters, I like to think that this allows us to really get into the character’s heads. It may at the surface seem like a simple game, but I believe that there is more to it than the surface value of it.