tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post7218388053263842137..comments2014-12-09T17:25:07.561-08:00Comments on Words and Images: The Nature of the Monster and New York CityAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post-8731407797031343112011-11-12T17:49:38.381-08:002011-11-12T17:49:38.381-08:00Like Ben said - there are no examples here, really...Like Ben said - there are no examples here, really. There's a lot of repetition, in place of progression. In spite of the fact that this is a reasonably normal length, there's no moment where you even face up to the fact that you're simply assuming that we see Auster's concept of nature through his portrayal of New York city - without bothering to deal at all with the fact that it's a *city* of glass and steel - not conventionally what we understand as nature at all. Does this mean that it's wrong to see New York City as nature, or as the replacement for nature? Absolutely not - but you need to *get there* somehow, to show (through, as Ben might suggest, through *examples*, why we should understand New York City as *being* nature in this book.<br /><br />Your discussion of Frankenstein is even more general and vague - huge parts of the novel are concerned witha detailed, complicated portrayal of nature, its dangers as well as its beauty. So don't be general - use the details!Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post-53934713251979925952011-11-05T09:23:26.773-07:002011-11-05T09:23:26.773-07:00I feel like the idea for the argument was a valid ...I feel like the idea for the argument was a valid one and could be very interesting, but the argument itself could use some work. It was a stretch and no examples were provided to back up the claims you were making in comparison. In the third paragraph I was very confused, were you talking about the author, Paul Auster in the story, or about Quinn? I had the feeling that you were repeating yourself a lot when mentioning how overcrowded and overwhelming the city is, but it was an interesting idea for this paper.BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02566444100458347862noreply@blogger.com