Inside Class July 23

For class we had to read literature from many literary periods for our Salon Project. When I picked up the Algonquin Roundtable I realized the time period was 1919-1929, and I thought it was going to be very confusing vocabulary and hard to read. This was not the case, and I found this very entertaining to read. First, I enjoyed the first poem called “Resume” by Dorothy Parker. I liked the dark side of this poem, and the ironic ending saying “Might as well live.” I think she’s talking about suicide is not worth it so you might as well live your life. Then, I really enjoyed “Full Fathom Five.” I was reading this story in my house alone and late at night and I love the fact that it gave me the creeps. I also love the footnote at the end of the story. It shows how much a story can change when it is passed down to people. The fact that the seaweed was supposedly seaweed that only grew in Australia and not on dead bodies was amusing. Also, that the supposed ghost was on his honeymoon and not kicked out by his father according to the story. I also enjoyed learning more about the authors in the literary salon in class. I found it amusing a group of people met every day in the same place for years to trade ideas and views on the work each other was doing. I also enjoyed the dark humor that some of these writers and personalities displayed liked George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woollcott.