My favorite aspect of reading is interpreting the work, but to mix it up a little bit I read an Agatha Christie novel entitled, And Then There Were None. Usually, reading strictly for enjoyment is not my cup of tea, but I was in the mood for a little mystery so why not read the world’s most widely published author? This lady published over eighty novels, which is remarkable. I do not plan on reading each story, but nonetheless, Agatha Christie must have been a machine. The plot of my particular novel involved ten strangers who had maintained their innocence even though they were quite guilty. The strangers were trapped on an island and died according to a nursery rhyme the killer held dear. The reason I chose to write about this story is that it threw me for a loop! I was way off in guessing the climax and resolution. Agatha Christie has gotten me repeatedly and it is quite annoying. I have fallen for each misdirection she has penned down. I read a short story called, “A Witness for the Prosecution” and I couldn’t believe how she stumped me. I tried to make up for my gullible errors by reading a novel by the same author, but to no avail. Touché Agatha Christie, you got me again. This experience taught me that reading to temporarily escape the boundaries of reality is not so worthless after all. I may not have been able to learn anything from reading And Then There Were None, and there was nothing to interpret, but that novel showed me how wrong my presumptions can be. I could misjudge a male wearing tight pants, a pink shirt, obnoxious shades, and a trendy haircut just as I misjudged the ending to this novel.
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Pink shirts on boys are cool, Roger. Tight pants? That's a whole other issue.
ReplyDeleteOK, so I went through a MAD Agatha Christie phase when I was in early high school, probably, and loved it. I encourage you to do some "beach" reading, and btw, just as you noted, Christie is sharpening your critical thinking skills.
Holy cow, I'd got some awesome book recommendations for you. Are you going back to Madison in the fall?
Haha, hit with those recommendations, and yep I will be starting my sophomore year this fall.
ReplyDeleteI find it amazing how you can read a story and think you know where it is going and than wham it goes a totally different direction. I recently read a book that did that, I was expecting one thing but the author took it a different way. It is one of the reasons I love reading because you never know what you will get!
ReplyDeletewell personally i own a few pink shirts and some stunna shades so DON'T JUDGE ME! no just playin i mean i do own some pink but i take no offense. I think it takes a great writer to lead the readers in an opposite direction then the story is really going. If the authors always wrote things as the reader expected, reading simply wouldn't be as much fun
ReplyDeleteGoosh Roger, this sounds like a awesome aurthor,makes me want to start reading some of her books.
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