Monday, September 2, 2013

THe Wizard of Oz

Assumptions:

Often times, novels come from the main character's point of view and thus, we only know what he or she wants us to know.  Therefore the actual author is twice removed from fallacies as well.   Much like the Wizard an author can many times hide behind the curtain of viewpoint illustrated in character.  In reality are all residents of the Emerald city so naïve they never question a wizard that is rarely seen?  Moreover, most don't really want to go back to the proverbial "Kansas" - Isn’t that why there are so many stories of Hooking on the streets of Hollywood?

My position as a Reader:


I’m more the “how to” book reader with a tad of politics and ecology.  Not into novels too much.  Sometimes I enjoy a spy novel or a comedy.  Sometimes stories that deal with real-life struggles in well articulated time periods.  Fantasy novels, waaaay back when I was a teenager but not so much anymore.  I think I tend to stay within my comfort zone by this age and sometime I need to stretch my literary noggin’ more than I do.

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