Stafford Book

As I was reading, I came across a nice line that I would like to elaborate.  The sentence goes, "Literature is not a picture of life, but is a separate experience with its own kind of flow and enhancement."  I believe that so much.  Before last semester, I did not read much, nor did I really care for it.  I am glad I chose the English path because of the different literature I have read in my British and American Literature classes.  All of the experiences that I did not even knew existed.  

Every piece is its own experience worth adventuring through.  The pieces of literature that stick out to me so far: 1984, Animal Farm, Paradise Lost, The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, and many more.  I mean the list goes on.  Every piece brings a different perspective and experience.  I have different emotions towards some but not others.  I interpret these writings in completely different ways than others as well, which is the beauty of literature.  One perceives these works in different ways because of their background and experiences.  

I truly believe that every single person needs to read literature because it is just so fascinating and wonderful.  The deeper meanings behind each piece can be so surprising at times.  For example, in the Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence was interesting, but after hearing the sexual ties in it, the story threw me for a loop.  I did not see the sexual experiences in it at all, but I suppose I should have expected it from the sexual deviant Lawrence was.

Review of the George Orwell novel 1984

Let me start off by saying that George Orwell, in my opinion, is in the top 3 for best writer ever.  Now, with that being said, I have not read as many books as many of you guys have, but let me tell you, if you have not read any of his books, you seriously are missing out on some amazing writing.  The way he links his works to the social issues of the time is absolutely brilliant.  He is definitely before his time, much like Twain was.



Now, let me talk about the book before I start going off on a tangent about Orwell.  The book explains what life will be like in the year 1984.  How the government will control its people, how the government forces the people to worship them, or they are either tortured until they believe or they die from being tortured.

Orwell uses devices called telescreens which over looks everything a person is doing.  Every house has one, and people cannot escape from it.  If a person so much as bad mouths the government (Big Brother), they will be taken for committing a Thought Crime.  It is actually pretty funny how accurate he was.  Maybe not in 1984, but nowadays, anyone can track someone using their phones.  The government can use photo-radar cameras at the intersections to catch people doing serious crimes.  It blows my mind how someone back in the World War 2 decade can predict so much about the future.

Orwell was a great writer who did not feed into the same crap that 99% of the common folk did.  He was a rebel in many ways, and I tip my imaginary hat to him for being so courageous and writing works that people did not want to hear.

Review on Gears of War: Judgement

I was skeptical about picking up the latest addition to the Gears of War saga.  I have played the Gears of War series sense the first one and I have to say, it is my favorite series except for Final Fantasy of course.  Anyone who is a game nerd knows how legendary the Final Fantasy series is.

Anyways, I was a bit disappointed with the new installment of Gears of War.  After the launch of GOW3, this one is in many ways completely different.  They brought back to the game the one thing that I hated the most from GOW 1 and 2 which was two piecing.  Two piecing is where they melee the person which automatically puts the player in the center of the screen and then they shoot which instantly kills them.  It was annoying then, and it most certainly is now.  Nothing frustrates me more than shotgun battling an enemy while they are being cheep and meleeing.  Not only has is become extremely annoying, but when they took it out in GOW3, everyone enjoyed it much more.  This part of the game definitely is a turn off for many gamers.

Next, the story is excessively shallow.  The first three Gears games were known for the multiplayer, but the story was so fun, interesting, and really brought the game together.  With the love of the characters like: Tai, Dom, Marcus, Baird, and the always dying Carmine brothers; Epic Games really made this series a huge hit for XBOX which I believe in many cases, is what got XBOX on the map.  

Overall, though I believe the game lacks in many areas that the previous Gears of War games did not, it is still a fun and addicting game.  I am finally getting the hang of it after a couple months of getting use to the new controls and strategies to go about killing other gamers.