As Hoffmann writes ,no story is like the the other , and sometimes they connect. a Monet in the book where Hoffmann talks about other religions that fought my interest would be 42. In it states “ if we were catholic, wed go to the priest and confess before him that we haven’t received with true submissions the divine design and we’ve sought for ourselves a empty space.” In this expert Hoffman talks about Christianity and respects the religion incorporations it to his life despite not believing in it. I think Hoffman is doing this to round himself and give different perspectives on his life. Different religions treat relationships differently and at the end of the statement he talks about a empty space so i think he believes no matter the circumstance it always ends the same.
The questions that the book raised for me is how other of Hoffmann books are written. I wonder if this is his style of writing? Or does he write other ways?
- 103: What is Hoffmann's view on writers and boredom? Is his book boring? Does he thinkhis book is boring?
Hoffmans view on writers and boredom is writers often don’t have anything interesting to write about so they make things up or stretch the truth. I’m not saying all writers lie per say but that they live lives like you and me and to make something interesting and not boring to a reader something out of the ordinary would have to happen.I think Hoffman does not find his book boring despite trying to write the truth all the time. To quote 103 “writers should be brought to trial not over things like that but inflicting boredom” Hoffmann talkers about writing about people he knew in the past and how other writers change that but in doing so he believes it makes a story more boring to a reader, as it’s disingenuous.
Great response about boredom, Marinda! I agree. I think that Hoffmann thinks that it's limiting to think always about content ("What is the story about?"). I think for him, it's just as interesting, maybe more interesting, to think about the way a story is told ("How is the story written?").
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