Spend 10 minutes discussing with others your impressions of the Sedaris readings to pg. 82.
SAY SOMETHING! And post your thoughts about the readings for today's credits.
Continue to work on your essays and do the readings.
Essay #1 due Thursday!
My favorite essay was You Can’t Kill the Rooster. I liked this one the most because I liked Paul’s character. His character made me want to continue reading and figure out what insane things he was going to say next. Sure he was a jerk, but speech was hilarious. I also enjoyed Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities because of Mister Mancini and his father’s spontaneous idea of trying to create a musical family from people will little musical talent.
ReplyDeleteI think the essays so far are humorous. I like how he talks about his family and makes it funny. it reminds me of my own family. I liked when he talked about his brother Paul. Paul cursed heavily and was a let down to the family but their dad loved him anyway. I also thought it was pretty funny that his dad loved music but no one was musically talented.
ReplyDeleteOut of the essay's read so far, my favorite is probably Jesus shaves, for obvious reasons. It is hilarious, and much the same way I love Jesus Shaves, I love the essay Six to Eight Black Men, which shares many of the same themes. Both deal with a cultural difference between countries, examining customs which appear forgiving and bizarre, making a country appear alien to us, when perhaps it isn't. I didn't particularly like either You Can't Kill the Rooster, or Youth in Asia. Youth in Asia takes on a tone separate from the other essays I've read so far and Sedaris seems to approach the subject with more gravity. Given the subject matter, the deaths of beloved pets and his mother, and his aging father, it would probably be difficult to retain a flippant tone throughout the entire essay but it doesn't seem to fit wedged between You Can't Kill the Rooster and the rest of Sedaris's work.
ReplyDeleteThe book is basically like him going back in time talking about his family , childhood , how things went wrong and when things went right . I like how he talks about his brother that shows that he cares about his family a lot . Some parts had a little humor , such as his speech . Made it into humor that's what i like about it , and find interesting . went from being serious to being funny .
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ReplyDeleteThe Novel Me Talk Pretty One Day is a good novel so far because it has flash backs and goes from one period of Davids life to another the next chapter. In the first 100 pages of the book David talks about his speech therapist and how he tries to avoid having to use words with an s. Then he talks about a woman he worked for named Valencia. Valencia was a type a woman that was very rich and she was the type of woman that would always try to saved money when she was really rich. This started to anger David and when she began to look for a missing bird name Cheeky to get a reward David stopped working for her. He then began to work as a mover with three men , one who was a communist, a schizophrenic, and a murderer who killed his sister's boyfriend simply because he was "mean". This novel is very interesting so far that i even read ahead until page 144. Through those last pages i read David talks about his father and how his father tried to get them to be artistic and play instruments that they really didn't want to. Then David describes his father and how he would talk to his daughter. David's sister was his father's most prized thing because she was beautiful and smart. David's dad kept telling his daughter to settle down, get married, and watch her figure. Little does he know that his daughter broke up with her last boyfriend and prefers to be single. One day when David and his sister go to visitr their dada, she bought a fat suit and made her dad think she was fat. Her father then began to talk badly of her telling David that "no man was going to want to marry her with an ass like that". On the way back from the trip she tells her dad that she's really not fat and that she was wearing a fat suit instead. This novel is very funny and interesting. I love the novel so far and look forward to finishing it.
JERRY & WHITNEY
ReplyDeleteMy favorite essay was 'You Can't Kill The Rooster.' My favorite character was Paul because he was insane and was a jerk. His character made me want to continue reading. I also like 'Youth in Asia' because his parents are very funny.
Shayla Sanders
ReplyDeleteDavid Sedaris essays are very comical. I like how he used his family as the center of his essays. In “You Can’t Kill the Rooster” it was funny how his younger brother Paul was the complete opposite of the older children and seemed to be the bad seed but Paul was the one who bonded the most with their father. Mr. Sedaris didn’t want their children to grow up with a Raleigh accent or act like their neighbors but Paul was a product of everything he opposed yet he seemed to be his favorite. My favorite essay was “Go Carolina.” I thought that this was the funniest essay. I remember in elementary school how the kids would be called out of class to attend those secret speech therapy sessions. I like how Sedaris can poke fun at his own flaws and those of his family because this allows the reader to be able to relate with his stories.
I enjoyed the essay "You can't kill the rooster."
ReplyDeleteI liked how Sedaris Compares his father and his youngest brother, how he describes his family is relateable to others and hilarious.
I thought his brother Paul was exactly what his parents didn't want in a son, but he is a favorite of his father and Paul is closest with them.
Honestly, I'm not sure what to say without this sounding like, well, bullshit. I could go on about how I liked the "You Can't Kill the Rooster" and "Jesus Shaves", but it's sort of difficult giving an analysis about this kind of thing. Yes, I did like the essays; Paul seems pretty chill to hang out with, especially with the "Fuck-It Bucket" to get you out of a funk. The speech agent to me seemed like living proof that there are some people who are just naturally rude. It's not the stories so much, I guess, as it is the people involved. Sedaris shapes the essays around these people, who left their own mark upon his life, to show how they influenced his life. Sure, maybe a horrible person and Silly Fucking P aren't exactly the best influences, but they still shaped Sedaris into who he is today; someone who can let his life loose and life without regret. ...As far as I've seen.
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ReplyDeleteThe whole family sounds cooky and uses humor to compensate for the curiosity to whether they're as insane as they appear. David and his sisters Gretchen and Lisa seem to take after their mother, Mrs. Sedaris almost down-to-Earth and humorous ways. Whereas the father, Lou seems to be the hypertensive, intellectual; and critical mother-type.
On the subject of art (12 Moments in the Life of the Artist), David's perspective came from his mother then sister Gretchen as they were good at drawing and sculpting. Lou decides he wants to develop his "artistic skill".
In (The Youth in Asia)the history of the family's pets. Mrs. Sedaris decides that she's a magician that can bring back the dead, hence, saving a dying puppy by putting it in the oven. :)
Though I believe that David's speech impediment had an influence on who he's become, he seems to get his persona from his sarcastic and tense sides of his family.
Wade
ReplyDeleteI have read in sequence so far but honestly, my favorite essay so far is "Jesus Shaves". In this essay, I like how different countries view the religious holidays. According to the essay, like how in France they think that on Easter, candy is brought to you by a magical flying bell. If you live in America, you truly think that on Easter, a magical rabbit giving you candy in the middle of the night. Sure it's a load of bull either way. But you have to think that everyone's has their own view.
Also in the essay, I like how Sedaris introduced humor in the essay. I liked how he characterized the teacher as knowing everything and calling out Sedaris that he doesn't know a thing. I really like at the end of the essay how Sedaris says, "A bell, though-- that's fucked up". I like this because it also shows how Americans don't except other people's views on religion. Somethings never do change...
So far i think that the essays were funny and David is sarcastic. I for one love sarcasm that why i like these essays and this book. You can really get to know him and what goes on inside his head. The best essay so far would have to be Go Carolina. It's only my favorite because this reminds me of the kings speech. I feel like i can relate to this essay even though I myself have never had a lisp. The parts when he talks as if he is the only one having to go through that annoying class but then he realizes that even the popular kids are in the class too, it's like a message saying that everyone is equal and i think it made him feel a little better about his lisp. And of course this is how the title fits into play. The talk about his father is what gives us the idea of how he is, like when he enrolled him in guitar lessons. This part was funny to me because little people are so cute but besides that it was funny because of his smart remarks. Anyways yea this book is cool, not as good as the last one but it's okay.
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ReplyDeleteDavid Sedaris essays are very comical. He tends to tie in his family to all of his different essays. He also talks about situations in his life. “Go Carolina” talks about when he was forced to go to his elementary school speech teacher to get help with his lisp. He talks about comical situations that have happened in his own life not only his families. Also in “ You Can’t Kill The Rooster” is about his brother Paul has a bad habit of cursing. They say that he has a dirty mouth, but at the same time a very kind heart. This story made me want to keep reading because you never know what he was going to say next. His character was very well written. David’s stories are very good, I like how he keeps everything light and funny throughout all of his essays.
Although I did find "Jesus Shaves" and "You can't Kill the Rooster" to be the funniest so far, I can't help but feel like I relate more to the story "See You Again Yesterday", if only because I imagine that I'm one of the few people that would let petty reasons drag me to locations I previously had no interest in visiting. I'm weak-minding like that. I will allow previously unimportant things to shape large aspects of my life. I am mainly motivated by unnecessary desires for things I can not have. I do not need.
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