One of the most effective elements in Seconds is the constantly shifting dynamic between the narrator and addressee. Bryan Lee O'Malley plays with this relationship in a way that manipulates the narrator, the addressee, and the capable reader. O'Malley often switches between addressees and narrators. Throughout most of the book this outside voice who I [...]
Seconds- Blog 3
Source Seconds is a graphic novel by Bryan Lee O’Malley that follows the story of a twenty nine year old chef named Katie. After realizing that her life was not going as she had planned, she is presented with the opportunity to travel in time with the use of a magic mushroom, to change her [...]
Seconds Blog #2
Seconds is a story about a woman falling on tough times in her mid-twenties and finds an easy way to fix her problems. Katie runs the restaurant Seconds and is planning on leaving to start another restaurant down town. This is her dream and dreams play a big part in the repetitiveness that takes form [...]
Seconds Blog #1
Seconds is a graphic novel that follows the life of Katie Clay, a 29-year-old chef who runs a restaurant named Seconds. Despite running the most successful and popular restaurant in town, Katie is plagued by her own thoughts. A perpetual dreamer, she is constantly caught up in her visions of the future, as well as [...]
Sleepless Nights Blog 4
Sleepless Nights is a semi-biographic view into the life of author and main character Elizabeth Hardwick. She discusses topics such as people who she has lost, places that she has been, people she has had close relationships with, among many other things. There is a lot of discussion regarding the plot, or the lack of [...]
“Sleepless Nights” Blog 3
Sleepless Nights. The title of this book of memories. And that’s exactly what it is, memories. Memories from the narrator's life told in a chaotic melting pot. There really is no plot in this reflection book, more of stories of old that she already knows the outcome of and is sharing it with the reader. [...]
Demian Blog #4
The character of Pistorius is an organ player who teaches Sinclair about the god Abraxas and what that stands for. Sinclair wants to learn more about Abraxas and Pistorius is willing to teach him. “We’re going to do a little philosophy now. That means keep your mouth shut, lie on your stomach, and think.” (83). [...]
“Sleepless Nights” Blog 2
In describing the aspects of form, Burke claims that a well-written work will "lead a reader to anticipate another part, to be gratified by the sequence". Elizabeth Hardwick's Sleepless Nights, however, does not contain a plot. Its sequence is neither concrete nor chronological. However, this does not mean that a sequence cannot be anticipated by a reader. [...]
“Sleepless Nights” Blog 1
Before reading Sleepless Nights, I was expecting that it would be a largely introspective piece that would teach us about writing because that is what reviews of the book put forth. So I went into the book reading for the deeper meaning, reading for what the narrator and the author were trying to make the [...]
Demian Blog #3
In order to decode and unpack the multiple meanings of Demian, a reader must first learn to challenge his or her own projections of events and characters in order to understand the book as it is intended to be read. This means reading closely, and in turn “seeing past” the reader’s initial understanding of the [...]
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