Sunday, May 16, 2010

What are your three favorite things about your book?

One of my favorite things about "White Fang" is how the majority of the story is told by White Fang, a wolf who is also part dog. I also like the way Jack London wrote the book. In the story, the first person point of view is occasionally switched so you can really understand each character. The best part of the book is how White Fang changes so much throughout his life. He repeats the cycle of being the angry, vicious wolf who hates everyone and everything, to the kind, happy, obedient wolf who respects the world. In the end, he finds his way and lives with a family. He becomes almost like a normal household dog.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Something to Think About. Another Quote.

“Good literature substitutes for experience which we have not ourselves lived
through.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn



This quote doesn't have as deep of a meaning as the last one I blogged about. Alexander means good literature, that we as individuals enjoy, will have a place in our minds with all our other memories, even though we might have not lived through those experiences. The more you continue to read, the more experiences you will live through.

This quote goes right along with the book I just finished, "White Fang." I may not have lived through a life as White Fang, or dealt with the experiences some of the characters within the story dealt with, but after reading the book, it seems that way. The book, by the way, was fantastic.