I sat down to read Gertrude Stein. I had heard of her before but had never read any of her...um...writing? I hope that I am not alone in this but am I missing something? Do I have the wrong book? Is it all a long series of typos? Did someone eat too much alphabet soup and vomit on my book, close it, then put it back in my bookbag when I wasn't looking? What happened to the rest of the words that might make this writing make sense? I'll have to find my English to Gertrudesteinish dictionary.
WORDS
Have a soup red soup. Soup words in fancy book.
White pealed goat rat rat in a monkey's maze fishing fingers. If finger pearl had it it was here it had to do in it. Not a clue clue meant to give headache.
Shut up moron okay I am done.
See, I can do that crap too. It is just as annoying when I do it. The only difference is that you aren't forced to read mine. How are we going to be graded on that? I guess we can just pick random words in a multiple choice quiz:
Question 1
________ is dirt.
A. yellow
B. sixteen
3. a small piece of fruitcake
D. pork
Answer: 12
Question 2
Fork, fork, I have a ________.
A. Uncle Susan
B. fork?!
C. have a hole
16. Newt Gingrich
Answer: glue sniffer
Don't tell anyone that I gave away test answers.
Hi Donald, A very entertaining post. Get ready to be enlightened on Tuesday! Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteYour post made me laugh out loud. I guess I'm not the only one who "didn't get it". But, I hesitate to judge a writer just by the little I've read. I need to investigate. She's is definitely on my list of authors to do research on.
ReplyDeleteI have just gotten around to reading some of our classes' blog postings and let me just say, this is one of the most logical AND funny posts I have seen. I mean, not only do you "analyze" Stein's work but you also provide your own fan-fiction written in the form of an inspirational author. This was definitely worth the read (your post, not her story).
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