Friday, April 24, 2009

April 24- On Beauty

English Literature wasn't a subject to study until 1833, you would study Classical Literature- literature in Latin. Would reading literature in latin make you feel smarter? Literature is about interpretation and feeling and if reading it in latin is the "classic" way to read, do you get more out of the text? I think that it could lose some of the meaning because text loses something in translation, not everything can be translated exactly the way it is supposed to be written.

Zadie Smith hates the objectification of women and the facts that the left can't talk about it. Howard says he doesn't believe in "beauty" yet the second two beautiful women show him the time of day he drops his pants. The fact that he contradicts his beliefs is what Zadie Smith is trying to show everybody.

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