tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2461630017392823512.post8152965664160680216..comments2010-12-11T13:51:59.282-08:00Comments on Serrated Lawns: I Am Lonely or Why I Thought of Bronte and PTSD While Reading MathesonElastic Collisionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04121982618724474752noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2461630017392823512.post-61621195406950127632010-10-29T21:48:15.593-07:002010-10-29T21:48:15.593-07:00I love the comparisons you made between Jane Eyre ...I love the comparisons you made between Jane Eyre and I Am Legend. That is my all time favorite book and it is for the exact reasons that you listed about how Bronte "can craft a good story too go with it with a protagonist who is arguable both stubborn, heroic, addicted and insane." The characters in Eyre are so complex but also very realistic that it really grabs the reader. <br />I haven't read the book in while but I do remember that Bronte never describes why or how Bertha is insane. You listed a lot of ideas behind why she would be crazy so maybe what Bronte was doing was leaving it open so that the reader could interpret it how they want. I've mentioned before while reading Carmilla that I think the writers do not describe certain parts so that the reader will fill it in. I used to feel like the writer just didn't know what to put there or didn't feel like writing it out but now I it seems like it is just to make the reader think.JenStickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170425050511418135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2461630017392823512.post-60765601513780333282010-10-29T13:39:08.146-07:002010-10-29T13:39:08.146-07:00I enjoyed this post a lot. It was really interest...I enjoyed this post a lot. It was really interesting about how you pulled together a bunch of background information about the story in order to provide a better understanding of Neville and his situation. As you wrote, “When reading through I Am Legend I recall elements ranging from literature such as Dracula and early films such as Night of the Living Dead. This is because I Am Legend features many elements that would go on to inspire the horror genre, but it is also inspired by the gothic literature before it.” I think it’s really interesting how every book we have read has had elements of both gothic writing and modern horror. Also, is it just me, or does the ratio seem to change a little bit each time? Wuthering Heights was a little scary, but mostly gothic; Dracula was maybe half and half; and now his book starts to tip the scales towards modern horror, which seems to be where vampires still remain. <br /><br />Also, I found the background information on Matheson to be very interesting. Your connections between Neville’s experiences and Matheson’s experience in WWII really helped me understand Neville. The way he relates to his situation kind of reminds me of how a soldier might relate to a combat situation.Ryne T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12333256565505586829noreply@blogger.com