SPAN 312

Hello everyone! I hope that you all had a nice break and enjoyed this extra reading time for this class especially haha. So far, this book has been really fascinating for me. Even though I'm barely halfway through, I can understand why this book is so popular. Right off the bat, I've found that the style of writing is much easier than what we've been assigned previously for this class. But I can understand why it was recommended to read in larger chunks vs splitting it due to its complicated plotline and introduction to different characters (and their very similar names).  I was in constant awe of the character's abilities to push through difficult times and yet follow their own paths… They are quite a resilient bunch! One of those tough times that I found crazy was the plague of insomnia that was sweeping through the village. To not be able to sleep and yet not die (but suffer from memory problems if I understood correctly?)...(but I looked it up and it's very rare

This was an interesting read. After being left in much confusion from last week's reading, it was definitely nice to have an idea as to what was going on at the end of the page, not to say that it wasn't challenging in its own way however. I tend to have a hard time when stories don't follow a chronological order, but I am trying my hardest to make the most out of whatever I am able to get. Growing up, I used to have a fascination for ghosts and spirits. The way the story reads let me jump into my childhood self a little bit. Sending me back to the abandoned towns, where it was always storming or raining (of course), where ghosts were just around the corner. Although this story didn't feel any need to exagurate the existence of these souls, and completely takes them for granted as if it is normal for the reader. In a way, it became almost comedic to me. From the start, we are transported into this world where the energy seems different than usual. “And if I kept listeni

At first, I was intrigued by this week's reading simply from its title. I thought I knew what a labyrinth was, but I looked it up to see what google described it as - a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one's way; a maze. Funny enough, this description of a labyrinth seemed highly fitting to my experience with these stories and Jorge Luis Borges’ writing in general. Each story felt “ irregular ” to me and certainly difficult to find my way while reading them. So in that sense, the intriguing title did live up to my expectation, but maybe not in the way I would've hoped for.  I found there to be a lot of themes related to the idea of games and play and how sometimes we enjoy making things difficult for ourselves or changing normally occurring things to make them irregular in order to have fun. As mentioned in the lecture, his interest is in also changing the rules. I’m wondering if some people feel this way about complic