Post for Week Nine

"Which 'ism' did you like most and why?"


After completing the last week of reading, I began to ponder upon which genre I enjoyed the most. The three I enjoyed best were Modernism, Post-Modernism, and Realism. All three stories in these genres had an element in them that allowed me to relate to the story, and the vocabulary is much easier to decipher; no random capital letters, words that you have to say out loud to understand, complete sentences, etc. After some thought, I decided that the genre I like most is Post-Modernism.
The main reason why I like Post-Modernism the most is the fact that I can honestly relate to the storyline, by way of experiences I’ve had, or by understanding the situation. For example, by being sixteen years old and having both my driver’s license and a car have taught me the values of conserving fuel. I know that I can fill it up again, but because I cannot work for a month due to an injury, money is no longer coming into my possession everyday. The first time I filled up my car with gas last fall, I had to spend almost my entire paycheck from that day of work! Now that I’m not working, I have to use less gas, in turn, not going out as much, and “buy time” so that next time I have to fill up my car, I will have money coming in everyday to pay myself back.
The other reason why I like Post-Modernism is that I like the style and word choice of the authors in this genre. The style part of this comes from reading the essay Oil. Rick Bass, the author, picked the word ‘bleeding’ to describe the state at which we, consumers, use gasoline faster than it is dug up and produced. He used it again and again to reinforce his point that something needs to be done to conserve oil. I also liked that his sentences are simpler, and more to the point, than the wordy, drawn-out sentences of Dickens, for example. That being said, I look forward to selecting an author in this genre to do my MGS.