This weeks readings were very interesting to read. They give you a unique insite of the writer. I found the reading very fun and entertaining. Stories have a truth to them. When reading them I can see these thing realy happening. They also make you think about the didderent thing going on in the writers live. In every little hurricane I can picture watching thw uncles fight in the snow and also how every one at the party would pick up a little bit of that anger and it would spread in to different memories. In these stories the author puts a little bit of himself in everyone. The stories have kinda a real life feel to them. When reading them I can see them realy taking place in real life. The storie A drug called tradition is one of the best stories in this book. It gives you a look at what people on drugs can think they see.
Cindy--I'm glad you are enjoying the book! I think "A Drug Called Tradition" is interesting, because what we get are three visions induced by the drug...of tradition. That is, Alexie is using "drug" as a metaphor for the visionary power of history and storytelling.
ReplyDeleteI also think it's important (and ironic) that Alexie calls tradition "a new drug" several times. Why should tradition be new? Perhaps because it is new for the young men at the party, who are just looking for a good time but who end up being deeply affected by the visions. Or perhaps it's because each specific vision is brand-new, makes the world new, like when Thomas "poke[s] his head through some hole in the wall into another world. A better world" (14).