Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 221 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations BEFORE we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Unsafe At any speed
Unsafe at any speed. I found this story hilarious at certain points. The author takes us on this random joy ride adventure with Theo and Stacey. Write from the beginning of the story I felt like Theo was not completely there mentally. He almost seemed like a child, and so innocent. But then it seemed like he was living a normal adult life, working and making his own choices. His family treats him like a little kid. Daughter speaking to him in a tone as if he was death. It seemed like from the beginning of the story he was determined to get the corvair, then Stacey comes out of the blue dragging Theo into an adventure which through the context of the story seemed like this long journey, but in reality it was just a few hours. The author really brought the setting into this story and I enjoyed that. Constantly bringing up were on the highway they were, and the different changes in weather. I felt as if I was in Florida, so I guess that is something I think the author did a great job at. Really making the scenes come alive. Once Theo left Stacey at the bookstore I didn't think he would go back, and I was surprised when he turned back around. I think the way it ended and all almost seemed like those funny and climatic shows were so many things happen in a matter of 30 minutes and everything gets resolved by the end of the episode. In Theo's case it was getting the car.
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