Sorry I am not in class today to be really excited about this book but I'm trapped in a smelly hockey arena for the afternoon.
I could write my blog post on how hysterical I find this book, but since I wrote my last one on that perhaps I should find another topic..
One of the greatest lines from this text that relates perfectly to the class is on page 138.."It is the kind of event that should have surfaced as the first chapter of an anguished autobiographical novel." Throughout the course we have discussed what we would put into our autobiographies; would the stories be sad, funny, enlightening? I think the way in which Ondaatje writes is beautiful. He writes his autobiography on a lighter note..his family does not seem to live the perfect life, but he is always able to find humor in not so fabulous situations. My favorite character in the text is obviously Lalla. She reminds me so much of my Grandmother in the way that neither of them care at all what anyone else thinks of them. It is also to think about all the references to flowers in the sections on Lalla....
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
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