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Monday, February 14, 2011

An Episode of War 2/14/11

        When I first read the book, my first impression was "wow, this is completely pointless. Why are we reading this..." I assumed that there was probably some important element that I was completely missing that would be addressed in class, and, surprise surprise, that is exactly what happened.
        I actually find this story to be very interesting when looking at the structure of it. The whole philosophy of Realism and Naturalism fascinates me. Realism is looking and describing. I was particularly fond of a description that someone used today where they described realism as almost a story in slow-motion. I find this to be an accurate description. It seems as though a story written with realism in mind does slow down. The author notes very small details and the reactions between people, but it does little in the form of dissecting the information that it so thoroughly states. This is where Naturalism enters the scene and the clarity on the matter disintegrates. Naturalism, in essence, describes the description that Realism presents. It is probably not a unfair assessment to say you cannot have naturalism without already having an aspect of realism already present. It's kind of like pancakes. You can eat pancakes on there own (realism), but you can't eat the syrup (naturalism) by itself. However, the syrup makes the pancakes much better when you add it to the pancakes.

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