"WHEN FASCISM COMES TO AMERICA IT WILL BE WRAPPED IN THE FLAG
AND CARRYING A CROSS." -SINCLAIR LEWIS

Friday, June 27, 2008

Lit 101 Class

In three lines or less; an example:

1984

WINSTON: Don't tell the Party, but sex is way better than totalitarianism.

EVERYONE: Surprise! We're the Party.

WINSTON: Oh, rats.

I wouldn't say that you get the full impact of the message of the works but it is much faster than reading the CliffsNotes.

2 comments:

Blog of Innocence said...

Very interesting blog. I liked your link to McSweeney's, you know I've never read anything in that magazine . . .

The way you describe yourself on your blog is strikingly similar to my own persona (specificially the literary elitist part) . . .

I'm putting you on my blogroll.

Cheers

JBW said...

Muchas gracias, Lethe; I appreciate the words.