Silly sunny, funny Sarah. That’s me. Or one of the many, many parts of me.
I love to write. Not fiction, per se, but blogging and non-fictional stories. I would love to be a columnist like Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City. Then I ran into a post. A post that happens to be freshly pressed that is a very well written piece. So it’s not the piece, but the topic of discussion and the conversations it sparks.
Literary Snobs.
Cover of Great Expectations (Signet Classics)
I loved all my English classes growing up and most of them were honors courses. It was my 8th grade English Honors teacher that introduced me to Edgar Allan Poe. She also gifted me Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. My 9th grade English Honors teacher delved into Of Mice and Men and To Kill a Mockingbird. These are only the ones I really remember. My high school Drama teacher of course gave me Shakespeare and more Shakespeare.
I was thinking of going back to school and getting an English degree. Now, now I am not so sure. It might have been different sitting in a classroom discussing how one describes a climax instead of reading the opinions of many in the comments, biting down hard on my tongue not to make a sexual innuendo. Tacky, especially when it’s thrown into your lap like that. They used the word ‘tension’ a lot.
You lost your climax?? You want me to help you find it?? What an invitation. Shouldn’t we sit down over coffee first and get to know one another a little better? I’m a classy lady.
People were fighting over where the climax was in The Hunger Games! Okay, fighting is a strong word. More like, “I think it was..” and, “No, actually it was…” and I was confused a bit if they were discussing the movie script or the actual literary piece. People cheat, a lot. I know lots of my “honors” classmates were working the cliff notes and movie versions. The kid seriously should have just gone into regular, would’ve been a lot easier for him.
I’ve grown accustomed to the science snobs. Probably because I am one. I excel in science; do not take this as a chance to quiz me as I have not been in academics since I was 19. Half a semester of community college. w00t! Who’s the smarty now?
Who knows, last I checked I fucking hate academics.
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Little Fun Fact: I’ve loved to read all of my life. In my second grade class we were asked to bring in a book to read during whatever time the teacher needed to catch up on paperwork (I was so onto her) and I had brought in with me “Scarlett” which was an estate authorized sequel to “Gone With the Wind”. The book is massive. I was a baller like that.
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I loved “To kill a mockingbird.”
I love that book, too. It’s one of the few books I own. I dig the Library a lot.
Yep..Screw reading a book on a Kindle, I want paper and ink..
Yeah if they ever take away paper and ink I’ll certainly be very upset. & not just because I don’t own a kindle or nook.
Agreed!
I’m a reading baller as well. My Kindle burns the midnight oil!
I wonder how many digital pages Scarlett would be…
Hey, I’m a science geek through and through. However, in the last year of my first science degree, I took all english courses because I realized that I had enough open spots in my schedule to either get a chem or english minor. I said screw classes with labs, let’s go with english! Best decision ever! It’s even moe of the reasons why I got an English degree when I decided to go back to school and try for med. I think science and humanities balance each other perfectly.
Also… the school system in the city where i grew up has banned “To Kill A Mockingbird” because it uses the word nigger. Shameful, hey!? It was also one of my favorite books and one of the best life lesson kind of books out there!
I think banning books shouldn’t even be allowed. I was at the library today and while I was looking at the “New & Popular Non-fiction” shelves, I found 3 books by 3 different authors on Obama. Most the titles not in such a bright light. I love the fact that my people in my country have freedom of speech to where they won’t get punished for any political, religious, controversial opinion they have. There are some books that are full of hate with racism and such, I just don’t read them. If I can write a book on peace and races coming together, then why can’t the opposite be spoken or written? There was a county in FL that actually banned the 50 Shades books. Ridiculous. If you don’t want your kids to read or see certain things, learn to parent and as a parent I am sure you should be able to talk with your child if they have questions on something they heard, read or saw that you deem inappropriate for their eyes and ears. I should just write a post on censorship. Haha this comment is like whoa!
And stories like “To Kill A Mockingbird” are demonstrations of American History. Our history may be ugly as hell, but it should never be silenced because that will give it more of a chance to repeat itself. It’s hard for me to see, hear and deal with injustices so I am glad I am in this decade and time than previous ones. All this talk of equal rights for homosexuality, I think they should have rights to do whatever the hell they want. Why does it matter who they choose to spend their life with?? And when I read articles on the hate they receive, I have a hard time understanding why in almost 2013 there is still prejudices to that. I don’t know. The world is crazy and we will never have peace because of all out different opinions and ideals. No one is the same and not a lot of people are even at peace with themselves. Again, sorry for this long crazy comment.
I have written posts on censorship, but then I’m a librarian. It’s in our blood to hate it. Even if it’s a book by O’Reily or Ann Coulter (shudder) I will still get it for you if that’s what you want. I’ll bitch in my head while I fill out the form, but it’s your right to read it. That’s how I roll.
And the 50 Shades thing cracks me up. The public library where I used to work will not get the series because the board that helps run them refuses “R” rated stuff. Yet they check out those smutty romance books all the time. Have they looked inside those things? I’m the first to say 50 Shades sucks and has all sorts of dangerous implications for naive young women, but it’s their right to read it if they want to – hell, I’m reading it just to trash it. Also my right.
Do you remember the blog that had the “literary snob” post? I’d like to read it. Sounds interesting. What exactly makes a literary snob? I was an English major, and believe me, I met quite a few of those. Those who swore they read nothing but Shakespeare. I think a healthy balance is probably best.
It was the freshly pressed post about how to find your climax or something. Let me look it up and I’ll point you in their direction. For everything else you said, Amen! Hahaha
There are so many climaxes in 50 Shades it’s a wonder you can get through. Any of it.
When I was reading that wanna-be smut, I started skipping the sex scenes because it was all dribble. Doing so showed just how shitty that actual story is aside from the poor look into BDSM.
I kind of feel bad saying that because the author is human, I don’t like to hurt feelings. I just don’t like her work. She didn’t pick the right kind of writing style for her. I bet she could whip out some great teen series, though.