Tuesday, March 31, 2020

God (Poem)

The poem in the story, "God" is what drives the story forward.  The poem gave a sense of power to its author, Melanie who was then referred to as God because she depicted a fault in the "most perfect" frat brother, Nutella.  I honestly prefer this method that the author used in actually writing the poem to show us in the story rather than just telling us the poem existed.  I feel that actually being able to read the poem and how the words were used to articulately refer to the 'situation' that occurred between Melanie and Nutella. Without it, I feel the story wouldn't have had the same driving force.  Sure we may have known what the story was about but being able to see the carefully chosen words for the poem truly gave the story a huge push.  I felt that was a strong poem that could also stand alone without the story.

2 comments:

  1. I agree with the poem giving Melanie a sense of power that she didn't exactly ask for, but was praised heavily by her writing abilities. The fact that the author memorized the poem to its entirety, and added lines of his own to add some more spice to it shows how interested and profound he was of Melanie and the poem. The poem definitely adds more of a carrier for the duration of the story. My question for you though is: Why was Melanie heavily praised just for pointing out a flaw of the "most perfect" frat brother Nutella? What significance does that have to the author besides having his way with Melanie at the end?

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  2. Good responses! I think that Melanie is praised b/c these guys are so competitive. They see Nutella as "most perfect," but we all get pleasure from seeing the most perfect fall. That's why we're so intrigued when top-tier celebs have a humiliating experience. I think that the narrator (not author) doesn't really want to have sex w/ Melanie. He's sublimating his desire for Nutella through sex w/ her which is why he wants them to recite the poem together.

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