Reaction to Disgrace

I generally enjoyed Disgrace, especially the beginning. It started off really fast pace with lots of events happening. The main character, David Lurie, is faced with a plethora of problems thrown at him in the first 5 chapters until he gets asked to resign from the university. I enjoyed watching him tackle these problems a lot because he doesn't seem to take them so seriously and keeps an educated sarcastic and cynical attitude. The writing style maintains a concise and even snappy tone which I appreciate greatly. After chapter five, however, J.M. Coetzee hits the breaks and the main events are spaced out drastically by pages of how David is feeling disheartened and gloomy.
The book certainly does deserve international acclaim because it is a deceivingly simple book but there are many underlying themes that aren't necessarily obvious.
I would recommend this book, especially to light readers such as myself. I would not give this book to some heavy reader because it will only frustrate them because there is no obvious point to the novel. Then again, if they were heavy readers they would probably be able to spot the point Im at a loss... Again.


Here's a picture of me reading Disgrace at the golf court.

Cairo

Shakespeare is not overrated!

Shakespeare is defiantly not overrated because he wrote many genius plays that have advanced the fields of theatre and literature. I do think that all the press and academic attention that is given to Shakespeare could pose as a disadvantage to the other writers of his time. Too much emphasis on Shakespeare could shun out student's exposure to other playwrights of his period. Regardless, saying that Shakespeare is simply not enough to truly understand Theatre and English literature because his works explored a wide range of themes and characters. Until today, there aren't many writers who have come up with the range and diversity of texts that have proven as entertaining to the general public as Shakespeare's. Shakespeare has become a brand name and an industry in the western world and not without reason.

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I will post pics of cairo tomorrow :D

Bored in the Library

Tracy
Tracy and I working hard on our math before the test...

Mesonnet

This is my sonnet. Hope its not too dramatic!

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Self Constraint
In murky night and dusky morning
In the fathoms of oceans he hides all day
Envying the eagles soaring
Incognito all the way

One little slip could mean demise
He constraints himself with iron
When they unearth his lies
Shadows will ring the siren

Arrows are blast through the air
Battle drums echo death is near
Eagle's claws will bear
His way forward is clear:

"Tis time to call out the shield,
We are impenetrable to anything they yield!"

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OMG, i just read it again... its sooo bad (sigh)
Since my sonnet isn't all that Im going to post some pictures to entertain the poor peeps that were nice enough to visit.
:D




Bored





My hawt leg.




Ah look we are happy again!







GREEN GOBLIN(S)



I uploaded this by mistake :S



Hadrien Nader and Baha play many songs I have never heard before at graffiti. Don't forget us little people when you become famous.

Sonnets bleh

Sonnets are not all that in my opinion. Yes, I do find their structure limiting and unnecessarily so. I like the way they can be used to send hidden messages the way Shakespeare did. Never thought of a penis as a bud...

Disgrace Chapter 1-4

1. The first line of the novel begins with "For a man of his age, fifty-two, divorced, he has, to his mind, solved the problem of sex rather well." What is the "problem" that he has solved? Has he really solved it?

It seems apparent that he hasn't solved his sex problem really well, although it was fine for the time that Soraya was "working" for him. I think the reason that it sex has become a problem for David (No, Im not talking about myself in the 3rd person) is that he wants to satisfy his libido and at the same time not get attached to anyone. David recognizes that they come along hand in hand and starts to find it a nuisance to have to work so hard for it. He claimed he did not have problems getting sex when he wanted it before, but now it is much harder because he isn't as attractive.

These are pictures of me reading in...
The laundry, waiting for the washing machine to finish its cycle.
The Kitchen, getting fat on a jam-topped carb.
Enough read, Im off the gym.