I’m reading Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak right now and I stumbled upon a really interesting misplaced modifier in a sentence. A little over halfway through the book (p. 108 in the softcover Platinum Edition — ISBN: 0142407321), Melinda states that: “It is easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle …
Tag: literature
Oct 08 2006
Powerful, poignant, painful
I just finished reading Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and I don’t know exactly how I feel right now. About halfway through the book, I found a poem that hit so close to home it was haunting–I included that in my last entry, if you care to read it. Now that I have …
Oct 06 2006
Patrick’s Poem
This poem, which was taken from Stephen Chbosky’s novel entitled The Perks of Being a Wallflower. This is the poem that Charlie (the protagonist) gave his friend Patrick at the end of the Secret Santa party. Charlie remembered the poem from his friend Michael who committed suicide. It’s been a long time since a piece …
Thought for the Moment
