Presentation Responses

Ashley, Kieran, Jonathan, Lauren
I don't think technology has changed our society's written language today. The art of reading and writing fiction is still strong. The whole class of English101 is living proof of it. Though some of us are forced to read the course novels in order to pass the course, there are still many of us who read for pleasure because we want to. I think technology has definately had a positive effect on our society, but has no effect on written language because, as you guys mentioned, it's up to the individual to do what they want, or not want, with fiction.

Isabelle, Adam, Kate, Graham
What stood out to me the most from your presentation was this formula: Innocent Traveller = 245 pages = 100 years = nothing happens. In the beginning of the story I was, just like the rest of us, waiting for something HUGE to happen. As concluded by just about everyone, nothing did happen. Many events occured but they were small, unimportant things of Topaz's life. As for the flashbacks that come out of no where, maybe that's how Wilson wanted to show this novel was a diary, composed of many small incidents in one's life.

Fahad, Nathan, Brazil, Francesca
Throughout the whole novel I never thought of irony once. It never occured to me that so many different types of irony existed in Hey Nostradamus! until we were lectured on it. But I do see how you would think it's overplayed in this story. It's as if it were straight out of a movie.