I think in this case he was talking about mystery in literature. Before maybe writers could put "he had the wrath of God that made his throat turn to fire" when now we could just as easily say he had strep throat. I think to some degree this takes the superstition and mystery out of literature, because we are able to identify everything, plus where it comes from or how they contracted it. We couldn't just say he got it from a curse or things of the like.
I agree with the author I think. I think that if he is meaning that all writers basically have the same story line and that most stories kind of seem predictable then yes I agree. Writer's in todays time seem to not have the motivation to come up with something new and different to write about or maybe just can't because everything has been taken over time so I think that overtime modern writing has lost it's umph or variety.
I agree with the author because modern writers have taken the mystery out of stories because like the author said, modern medicine has given us the chance to identify just about anything. When something can be easily identified in a story, it takes all of the mystery and superstition (like Logan said) out of the story and it doesn't make it as interesting as it could have been.
I definitely agree with the author, writers have not been able to come up with crazy deaths and reasons for deaths because in today's world, a lot of diseases have cures. I also think a lot of authors today are lazy. They don't want to come up with new ideas. It seems like too much work to come up with something new and unique.
I also agree with the author when he says modern medicine has given us a chance to identify just about anything. Its like all stories are predictable because its based on the same story. A lot of the authors have the same story line where certain events happen just the same but with different characters making it predictable.
I agree with what the author says about writers losing the "fever". He uses a medical metaphor in this which makes it easily understood. I think it is because of all of the new technologies and everything that writers have now. It is defiantly not like how it used to be. It is so easy for writers now that they do not have to put all of the effort into it that they once had to.
I agree with the author on this. Disease has really lost its ability to strike fear or kill people easily like it once did. It used to be simple enough to die, in literature, of an unknown disease. This can then be used by authors to symbolize things. This can be seen in effect in the novel The Scarlet Letter. Arthur Dimmesdale died of an unknown disease that symbolizes his regret from having got Madylene Pryor pregnant. But now, with today's technology, we are able to diagnose virtually any disease. This takes the mystery and fear out of disease-related deaths in literature.
I think in this case he was talking about mystery in literature. Before maybe writers could put "he had the wrath of God that made his throat turn to fire" when now we could just as easily say he had strep throat. I think to some degree this takes the superstition and mystery out of literature, because we are able to identify everything, plus where it comes from or how they contracted it. We couldn't just say he got it from a curse or things of the like.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the author I think. I think that if he is meaning that all writers basically have the same story line and that most stories kind of seem predictable then yes I agree. Writer's in todays time seem to not have the motivation to come up with something new and different to write about or maybe just can't because everything has been taken over time so I think that overtime modern writing has lost it's umph or variety.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the author because modern writers have taken the mystery out of stories because like the author said, modern medicine has given us the chance to identify just about anything. When something can be easily identified in a story, it takes all of the mystery and superstition (like Logan said) out of the story and it doesn't make it as interesting as it could have been.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with the author, writers have not been able to come up with crazy deaths and reasons for deaths because in today's world, a lot of diseases have cures. I also think a lot of authors today are lazy. They don't want to come up with new ideas. It seems like too much work to come up with something new and unique.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the author when he says modern medicine has given us a chance to identify just about anything. Its like all stories are predictable because its based on the same story. A lot of the authors have the same story line where certain events happen just the same but with different characters making it predictable.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what the author says about writers losing the "fever". He uses a medical metaphor in this which makes it easily understood. I think it is because of all of the new technologies and everything that writers have now. It is defiantly not like how it used to be. It is so easy for writers now that they do not have to put all of the effort into it that they once had to.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the author on this. Disease has really lost its ability to strike fear or kill people easily like it once did. It used to be simple enough to die, in literature, of an unknown disease. This can then be used by authors to symbolize things. This can be seen in effect in the novel The Scarlet Letter. Arthur Dimmesdale died of an unknown disease that symbolizes his regret from having got Madylene Pryor pregnant. But now, with today's technology, we are able to diagnose virtually any disease. This takes the mystery and fear out of disease-related deaths in literature.
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