So you may be wondering why my blog is titled this...well there isn't one specific reason why. First, I think it's a great quote from the movie Forrest Gump. Also, I like the message it teaches. Life is unexpected, and no one knows what lies before them. We have to take the chance and go see for ourselves if we ever want to accomplish something. This is also a lot like reading. We start out reading a book not knowing where it will take us. The ending is unknown until we reach it; sometimes it ends good and sometimes it ends bad. However, we will never know how it turns out in the end if we do not keep going.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Imagery and Juxtaposition

Chapter ten is full of imagery...a lot of imagery. Pages 97 through 100 are filled with a description of Spain. Everything is described in full detail from the car, to the driver, to the scenery all around. Hemingway creates a visual image of the surrounding village by describing the land, people, buildings, and animals. Every detail of their car ride to Pamplona is described.

"I have never seen a man in civil life as nervous as Robert Cohn - nor as eager. I was enjoying it. It was lousy to enjoy it, but I felt lousy. Cohn had a wonderful quality of bringing out the worst in anybody" (page 104). This is a juxtaposition for two reasons. First, enjoyment and feeling lousy are not usually associated with each other. If someone is having fun and enjoying themself, then they generally do not say they feel lousy. Second, bringing out the worst in anybody is normally not a wonderful quality. By this Jake means that whenever Cohn is around people, he makes the worst side of them show.
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