People told me that during English Class on Friday, one of the them main things we talked about was how form is content. But what if form meant nothing? What if how an author writes was meaningless, and it's only purpose is to be pleasing the to eyes or ears? I guess that it would be a lot harder to pick up minute meaning in the text, and it would be difficult to understand subtle things. Maybe the author would just have to be really abrupt in his writing to try and get his point across. I don't think writing would be nearly as enjoyable then. I've spent a couple hours today reading books, and if they weren't well written I don't think I would have spent that time reading them.
1 comments:
Kyle:
After i read your blog, two possible instances of "form without meaning" came to mind. First, in 1984 (George Orwell), the people don't have enough words to choose a form- there's only one was to express one idea. They can never say everything they mean.
Also, computers. Computers can't tell if the printer it's connected to is scared or tired or lonely. Computers don't have feelings, so there's no meaning behind any content. There are only facts and instructions.
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