Post by Ms. Whatsit on Dec 23, 2006 16:35:11 GMT -5
I couldn't stand his style of writing and plot development.
1.) I can understand his wanting to take it slow, but hardly anything ever actually happened until the end.
2.) His use of symbolism was far too transparent.
3.) This story seems to want to be taken as a personal story as well as a symbol for the overall message, but it fails to be quite strong enough in either sense, and the balance of that gets off at times.
However, I did like what I got from the book. It conveyed the belief that the sinner is what makes the sin bad, for it is the person who brings on the harm and destruction of sin, not just the sin itself. I thought that was quite insightful, and it's an interesting way of looking at things.
What are your opinions?
1.) I can understand his wanting to take it slow, but hardly anything ever actually happened until the end.
2.) His use of symbolism was far too transparent.
3.) This story seems to want to be taken as a personal story as well as a symbol for the overall message, but it fails to be quite strong enough in either sense, and the balance of that gets off at times.
However, I did like what I got from the book. It conveyed the belief that the sinner is what makes the sin bad, for it is the person who brings on the harm and destruction of sin, not just the sin itself. I thought that was quite insightful, and it's an interesting way of looking at things.
What are your opinions?
