This has been very enjoyable for me, this wonderful thing
called Literature! I’ve been challenged
with great poems and short stories covering a wide range of authors from a wide
time frame. The demand on ones mind is
the challenging part. You read a piece
and it either brings your imagination to life or puts you to sleep (Yes, I had
to re-read a few things because I fell asleep in the middle of reading). But the readings that sparked my imagination
will stay with me for a long time, hopefully forever and I’m sure I’ll re-read
some things just because I enjoyed them so much. For example, that darn Yellow Wallpaper still
haunts me. A couple of weeks ago I was
visiting my daughter in the hospital, (Another Grandson for Me). And I stopped in the hall way and was taking
out my phone to take a picture of the wall paper on the wall because it was pale
yellow and had a design on it with swirled lines. My husband stopped me and gave me that ‘Are
you serious!’ look on his face. I put my
phone away.
Believe it or not this was the first time I ever read The
Great Gatsby, and I never seen the movie, not the Redford or DiCaprio version. I don’t think I want to yet, I have a vision
of Gatsby in my mind and neither one of them meet up to my mental version.
The same is true of A Street Car Named Desire, I haven't seen the movie. Although I love Brando and he meets every
vision I might have of Stanley. That is
one movie I may have to watch. Well I
will keep on reading and adding future comments. The class may be ending but I have just
begun!
