So I just finished the reading assignment for this blog post. I'm going to start with the Memoir and the Memoirist because it seems most others started with the Liars' Club. I feel that what he is teaching in the book is much like what this blogging experience is supposed to be like. He tells his class to read each others memoirs and then they enter long discussions that get the group very enticed. Sounds a lot like, lets blog and discuss in groups. I don't think that I would ever be so into writing about my past that I am not living my present. The author did not seem to learn from his dad who worked endlessly at a job he hated, because it turns out the author did that and ruined his life because of it. I feel like the guy dwells on his past and doesn't take time to find out what he likes, except for memoiring about the past that he doesn't like.
Moving onto the Liars' Club now, I found this book very hard to get into. Karr seems to portray her parents in good light, and she really looks up to her father. Her mother is mentioned first, but she doesn't have as much to say about her. Karr really likes her dad though. He seems to be there for her and her family. When talking about the stories that he would always tell she said he always came back, and thats what her mother liked about him, it showed steadiness. It also said that he was like clockwork in his actions. I think Karr really admires her dad, though she does not mention how he dies, only that he is dead. Maybe this has something to do with the incident at the beginning? That part is left out what happened because as mentioned by the author, she just found out, so she'll tell the story the way she knows. I think that Karr's father probably did something to result in that incident. He was portrayed as wreckless somewhat by getting in fights, but I think thats why Karr likes him so much. Maybe he saved her from something that was going to happen to her.
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The starting of this blog was very strong. I liked how you related the book (Memior) the what we are doing in class, it paints a clear picture of what the book is really about. When talking about the Liars club you more or less just summarized next time give some details about how you felt about the book, just like you did in the blog about the Memoir and the Memoirist.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Kerr left out her father's cause of death for a reason. Maybe later on, we will find out more. I don't know. Or maybe she just didn't think it was needed in that spot. She does tend to skip around to different times of her life often so maybe it was just to not focus too much on it? Maybe. I think the reason why there is less about her mother in this chapter is because she was taken away. Maybe she was taken away for longer than I expected when I first read that. So, possibly she wasn't a big part of Kerr's childhood. I'm anxious to see what the beginning was about. Maybe it does involve her father, although supposedly he was working the graveyard shift at his job during the incident.
ReplyDeleteI agree with most of what was said in the beginning, but I'm not sure if the author dwells too much on the past, or if he is merely trying to correct the mistakes he has made i the past. I think that it's important to realize mistakes (since we all make them) and try and fix them. But I understand that sometimes it is time to move on.
ReplyDeleteI like that Karr looks up to her father so much too. All parents do the best they can with what they have. But it seems to me in some ways that her family failed her. How would she be in such a mess at such a young age if they had taken care of her? I am also excited to hear more details on what happened to him, I'm sure she will tell us later.