Looking forward to King Lear, especially the audio version. I hope no one takes this the wrong way, but I can't wait for a change of pace in our reading dynamics (not that I don't appreciate the people who enjoy reading aloud). And Goneril really isn't such a bad name.
I've been reading A Sentimental Education and can't shake the fact that it's just not as great as Madame Bovary. I want to say that it's the writing, which it can't be (I'm sure it's the same), so I can only blame the plot. Frederic is a rich bachelor vying for the affections of a married woman while balancing the affections with quite another kind of woman. He flip-flops between the two and altogether acts like an arrogant rich man in French high society. In contrast with Madame Bovary, in which Flaubert mocks the middle-class, A Sentimental Education satires the French aristocracy. The plot altogether is altogether slow and dull.
On to better things. Time to reacquaint myself with blogger again-- the holidays came and went and now it's time for second semester senior year to begin. I can't say I have caught senioritis. On the contrary, I want to learn as much as I can before I leave the hallways of AHS. I've been blaming my classes for learning close to nothing new, but I have now come to the conclusion that the only one standing in the way of satisfying knowledge is myself. So onwards, my new directed study this semester will be children stories. Hopefully by the end of it I can understand why I remember some stories and forget others, why some make me cry and some make me laugh.
Well, it's a beautiful night outside (I suppose it will be midnight in a few minutes) so maybe I will call up a friend and go for a walk.
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