Reading Response 4/15/11

I've been thinking more and more about what I didn't like about Willi since Professor Edwards asked me in class this week. In English class, I wrote a paper about the irony of Willi's mother's modest attire and his sexual attraction to her. I guess the more that I analyzed that, the more I found myself not enjoying the story. Though this is something that occurs in life, it was distasteful for reading to me. So basically, I just don't like the story. I can't really find any other way to say it. I don't like the scene with Willi's father and the dogs; it's blunt and I just personally do not enjoy reading it. Like I said though, I can appreciate the text. When someone brought up the potential of it being an allegory of World War 1, I found myself liking it a little more. I can't say that I would particularly "change" anything about the story because everything in it is crucial. And I can say positively that I like the language in the first few pages, even though I needed a map to traverse through it the first time. I realize that most people would say that my evidence for not liking it is minuscule. Simply put, however, it isn't my taste. Yet, I can appreciate it for what it is--I just don't want to read it again.