this book was good.
I'm about 100 pages into a book called A Million Little Pieces by James Frey. It's based on the shocking true story of the author's experience in Rehab. Typically I don't read books this heavy but It was recommended by a friend. So far I am shocked at how much I like it. It doesn't have the structure of a typical book and is written in a much more free form, which I enjoy. This book is not for everyone and I would only recommend it to someone who can handle the depth and reality of the plot. The protagonist goes through many gruesome experiences, but the story is so intriguing you can't put it down.
On the yardsticks of clue under the section emotional impact I rated the book a 5. Aside from the obvious that this is a true story, I gave it this rating because there are many ways to feel apathy towards the protagonist. Right now, the protagonist describes his time at rehab as the denouement for all the terrible things he has done to get there. Because of his chronic addiction he has no affluence and needs to take drugs to the point in which he is incoherent in order to feel elated. Despite all of this, he still has this slight hint of hope in his view of the world and it makes you feel grateful for what you have in life. With all the heavy material and going through what this man went through, it is very easy to feel for him. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/opinion/sunday/when-will-the-north-face-its-racism.html
This is an article regarding the protests that have been taking place in NYC against police brutality targetting African Americans. In general I believe this is a highly sensitive topic because there are some who don't understand what all the commotion is about and then there are others who are taking an extremely strong stance and seek reform.To understand fully what this is all about it would be traced back to the Ferguson Trial which took place a few months ago. A cop wasn't charged for the murder of a young african american boy. When this news hit the public, African Americans everywhere were outraged. They believed that racism was at the heart of the verdict and that if the boy had been white, the officer would have been charged. Similarly, a man was put into a choke hold by an officer in NYC and he died and the officer got away with it again. This created another unremitting protest throughout the city. Now people can choose to collate these incidents to racism, or they can see the true problem at heart which is police brutality. The article took more of a stance which is that racism is the problem. However, I'd disagree and say that the locality of the main issue at heart is police brutality. Now I am not saying that race was an irrelevant factor, but that it may not be as important when looking at the bigger picture. If you think about, a reform in police brutality would protect all citizens across the country from an incident like Ferguson. With this kind of reform, it would benefit anyone regardless of race. This way we would synchronously be killing two birds with one stone. By default, of course everyone has their right to make what they want of this situation Whether it'd be racism or police brutality doesn't matter cause they are both important issues. All I'm saying is that maybe we need to step back and look at the bigger picture. Recently I finished reading the book Gone Girl by Gillian Finn. In the escape and clarity sections I rated the book a 5. This was because it was very easy for me to get lost in the plot. Immediately, the storyline caught my attention just by how the book is organized. Every other chapter is either told from the point of view of Nick Dunne, or his missing wife, Amy. Although the two point of views playing out in unison would seem rather confusing, it actually clarifies the ending. It shows that Amy was a mentally unstable wife who faked her own murder and framed her husband for it. For example, when the police are trying to figure out who allegedly murdered Amy, she herself leaves an anonymous tip to expedite the inquiry into Nick's innocence. Without hearing both perspectives we never would have known that Amy left that tip.
Another yardstick of value in which I gave the book a 5 was the artistry in details. This is because the author had to be very careful in creating the set of clues that ultimately results in Nick being charged with murder. For example, every anniversary Amy did this treasure hunt that took Nick down memory lane of their last year together. This treasure hunt gets left behind when amy goes missing. However, each clue was also a place that Nick had sex with his mistress. One of these clues includes Nick's father's remote lake house. The clues also lead Nick into setting himself up for the framed murder of his wife; this also includes the lake house which is where Amy's Diary was recovered by police furthermore incriminating Nick. Eventually Nick is reprimanded by the police for the murder. The amount of detail that went into creating this story was insane for the author to pull off which is exactly why she got a 5. The movie shawshank redemption follows the typical plot line of a mono-myth journey. In the mono-myth journey, the protagonist at some point creates a sacred marriage or bond with another character. In the movie, Andy, forms this bond with Red, a fellow inmate at the prison. When Andy first arrived he was noncommittal about the prison life. Soon, after Red helped him get a rock hammer, Andy began to accept the life he was forced into. From this moment forward, after Red and Andy formed an infallible friendship, their bond only grew stronger. The way that the two of them formed this bond was identical to the type of bond formed in an usual mono-myth journey.
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