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This prologue Annabel; was a very loud and grasping take on life, and how it affects us. My first impressions of the prologue is how it grasps the readers so early with great narration and a story that effects people all across the globe. The prologue does a great job of establishing mood and setting by talking about the baby and how it was set in the bathtub. And the visualization of the hospital room where the baby Wayne is born with both male and female genitalia. This picture creates a setting for the reader that makes you feel like your in the parents shoes. The prologue shows mood when the parents of the baby will do anything to keep this hideous secret from the town. It shows how people will do some things just to be accepted and not criticized. This gives the reader a sense of a sad mood and a gloomy future for this baby.
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Richard Ford Blog - essay
Writers Craft
Richard Ford Blog
New Orleans - post Katrina
Politics
His Writing Life
Dirty Realism in his writing
“Dirty Realism” in his writing (a critic’s comment that Ford dismisses as a useful marketing ploy that reached out to a wider audience)
New Orleans - post Katrina
new orleans not a big block for Republican party
where he lived
New Orleans post Katrina shows how the natural disaster affects the city, and more importantly how it affects the country. Ford also speaks about how the government could have done a lot more to help out the contribution to the Katrina aid.
“We saw, most of us watching New Orleans, all of these African American people were not Republicans, and so they weren't a voting block that the Republicans really had an investment in.” This shows how the Bush administration did not completely and ultimately contribute to all that could have been done to help the city of New Orleans.
Politics
Lay of the land is made just after the United States 2000 year election which describes the actions of George Bush, and how the next eight years would impact America.
Also it describes how George Bush had stolen the election “with the shadow of 911 looming over his head”.
“Ive been regarding the Lay of the Land, I meant the Lay of the Land, hopelessly in American terms I think to be a political book, and to have political consequences in its readership.” Richard Ford talks about this and how his novel can help Americans become more clear with the understanding of their government, and how they can learn more about the people they are voting into office, instead of just sheepishly voting.
“I thought I could bring to people’s attention something that I thought Americans had slept through.” Regarding the fact that the election had been stolen and that people had accepted it, and let it just drift away from the fact that they’re government had stolen, when they tell others that stealing will get you locked up in a prison.
“ I felt that Americans needed to come through the agency of my book, back to
“The consequences of what we didn't do as a populous, and the consequences of that election being stolen have landed us, and not just us, but lot’s of people who are not Americans, into the plight were into today.
I thought if i set this book in the interregnum period, between when we Americans voted, and when the Republican via the Supreme Court stole the election
Richard Ford clearly states how politics is a huge part of the American life, but also how America somehow still feels that the government should have a smaller part in their daily lives.
“Americans aren’t interested in politics, to Americans politics is a t.v. show on every night between six-thirty and seven.” The quote is in discussion of how American politics is a interesting, and popular topic in Germany and Scandinavia. But Americans would rather watch a four hour long game of golf then to listen and watch politics. And that politics has fallen into a forgotten responsibility, which is taken care of by a highly polished political class.
“Were promised by our constitution the privilege of life, liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness, and by God don’t get in our way while were pursuing it.” This quotation states the American population has shown their lack of interest for the government and how it is affecting their country. They would rather just continue on their own plans, and end up wanting a life that excludes the government as much as possible.
Writing Life
Richard Ford talks about his interactions with writing and how it has shaped his entire life. Ford speaks about his connection between short stories and his novels. He also speaks about how his short stories would be very difficult to put into a movie. Their is a way in which novels have to do with where they take place, and by looking around you and your environment
“ Im a realistic writer i’m trying to find places plausible, for events to occur and relationships go forward.” Demonstrating true understanding of writing is something that come so very often, and Richard Ford makes a astute observation stating that in some writers lives they have to do something naturally, that doesn’t come with intensity. He also speaks about how he writes and what he needs to do to create the best novel or short story possible. “This babies gonna have to be shorter, and its going to need less scenes in it.” This ends up making in turn usually the short stories refurnished and more crisply written. He also speaks about how he grew up writing short stories, and he got lot’s of his influence from great short story writers while he was growing up.
His writing has been shown as something that has the intentions to write a novel and to get at something that hasn’t been though of before. But that is very hard because things happen all around the world, but may feel like a new idea to you.
He speaks about how his novels need to be shorter and have less scenes in them.
you can write a novel who’s intentions is to get at something that hasn’t been thought of before.
He speaks about how some writers were taken out of their writing because of their
Dirty Realism
Richard Ford talks about his writing known as dirty realism. And how he grew up during the 70’s and eighties growing up around writers who were known as dirty realism writers. Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, and Ann Beattie are just some of the writers that influence Richard in his writing.
Dirty realism is shown through his speech of the writers that he has grown up to imitate and learn from.
Richard Ford Blog
New Orleans - post Katrina
Politics
His Writing Life
Dirty Realism in his writing
“Dirty Realism” in his writing (a critic’s comment that Ford dismisses as a useful marketing ploy that reached out to a wider audience)
New Orleans - post Katrina
new orleans not a big block for Republican party
where he lived
New Orleans post Katrina shows how the natural disaster affects the city, and more importantly how it affects the country. Ford also speaks about how the government could have done a lot more to help out the contribution to the Katrina aid.
“We saw, most of us watching New Orleans, all of these African American people were not Republicans, and so they weren't a voting block that the Republicans really had an investment in.” This shows how the Bush administration did not completely and ultimately contribute to all that could have been done to help the city of New Orleans.
Politics
Lay of the land is made just after the United States 2000 year election which describes the actions of George Bush, and how the next eight years would impact America.
Also it describes how George Bush had stolen the election “with the shadow of 911 looming over his head”.
“Ive been regarding the Lay of the Land, I meant the Lay of the Land, hopelessly in American terms I think to be a political book, and to have political consequences in its readership.” Richard Ford talks about this and how his novel can help Americans become more clear with the understanding of their government, and how they can learn more about the people they are voting into office, instead of just sheepishly voting.
“I thought I could bring to people’s attention something that I thought Americans had slept through.” Regarding the fact that the election had been stolen and that people had accepted it, and let it just drift away from the fact that they’re government had stolen, when they tell others that stealing will get you locked up in a prison.
“ I felt that Americans needed to come through the agency of my book, back to
“The consequences of what we didn't do as a populous, and the consequences of that election being stolen have landed us, and not just us, but lot’s of people who are not Americans, into the plight were into today.
I thought if i set this book in the interregnum period, between when we Americans voted, and when the Republican via the Supreme Court stole the election
Richard Ford clearly states how politics is a huge part of the American life, but also how America somehow still feels that the government should have a smaller part in their daily lives.
“Americans aren’t interested in politics, to Americans politics is a t.v. show on every night between six-thirty and seven.” The quote is in discussion of how American politics is a interesting, and popular topic in Germany and Scandinavia. But Americans would rather watch a four hour long game of golf then to listen and watch politics. And that politics has fallen into a forgotten responsibility, which is taken care of by a highly polished political class.
“Were promised by our constitution the privilege of life, liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness, and by God don’t get in our way while were pursuing it.” This quotation states the American population has shown their lack of interest for the government and how it is affecting their country. They would rather just continue on their own plans, and end up wanting a life that excludes the government as much as possible.
Writing Life
Richard Ford talks about his interactions with writing and how it has shaped his entire life. Ford speaks about his connection between short stories and his novels. He also speaks about how his short stories would be very difficult to put into a movie. Their is a way in which novels have to do with where they take place, and by looking around you and your environment
“ Im a realistic writer i’m trying to find places plausible, for events to occur and relationships go forward.” Demonstrating true understanding of writing is something that come so very often, and Richard Ford makes a astute observation stating that in some writers lives they have to do something naturally, that doesn’t come with intensity. He also speaks about how he writes and what he needs to do to create the best novel or short story possible. “This babies gonna have to be shorter, and its going to need less scenes in it.” This ends up making in turn usually the short stories refurnished and more crisply written. He also speaks about how he grew up writing short stories, and he got lot’s of his influence from great short story writers while he was growing up.
His writing has been shown as something that has the intentions to write a novel and to get at something that hasn’t been though of before. But that is very hard because things happen all around the world, but may feel like a new idea to you.
He speaks about how his novels need to be shorter and have less scenes in them.
you can write a novel who’s intentions is to get at something that hasn’t been thought of before.
He speaks about how some writers were taken out of their writing because of their
Dirty Realism
Richard Ford talks about his writing known as dirty realism. And how he grew up during the 70’s and eighties growing up around writers who were known as dirty realism writers. Raymond Carver, Tobias Wolff, and Ann Beattie are just some of the writers that influence Richard in his writing.
Dirty realism is shown through his speech of the writers that he has grown up to imitate and learn from.
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