Aakash's 20th Century Thoughts

 Aakash Vasireddy | 20th Century Blog Post #2 | September 18th, 2020 Today's post: Woolf's Elements of Character Importance in Mrs. Dalloway In today's post, I would like to go over some of my thoughts about Virginia Woolf's 1925 Mrs. Dalloway  regarding how Woolf focuses so much on the importance of developing these characters and really allowing the reader to see into their mind. In addition, I would like to add some of my observations about a couple of the main characters in this book thus far.  From the beginning in Woolf's essays, we've seen the importance of bringing out character  in her writing. The reader should know just as much as the writer when it comes to the characters in the story. Woolf also focuses on the fact that writers must dive deeper into their characters. This would mean showing their emotions, inner thoughts, and personalities, rather than being "materialistic" and describing their physical appearances, their clothes, etc.  I ...

Aakash Vasireddy | 20th Century Blog Post #1 | September 4th, 2020 Today's post: General & Unique Thoughts on The Mezzanine. In today's post, I would like to give a couple of my overall thoughts on Nicholson Baker's 1988  The Mezzanine, as well as provide some interesting or unique parts of the novel that stood out to me as a reader. Baker's The Mezzanine , to say the least, does not fit the overall perspective of novels in literature. Typically, a story has multiple contributing characters, a plot that includes a rising/falling action & climax, and a narrative structure that moves from one part in the timeline to the next. Howie's first perspective life narrative differs greatly. Although the story does have a small cast of supporting characters, the main perspective follows Howie: he is the star of this show. In terms of differences in plot, the base or foundation of Howie's anecdotes describes the event of simply riding up an escalator. However, throu...