As I began to read "Aura", I was at first disconcerted by the page layout - I've never just read one side of the book. It was so odd to me to ignore the entire left side. I found myself occasionally checking back to make sure I didn't miss anything, just to find that it was a jumble of letters and accents way too complex for my high school spanish knowledge to decipher.
It may be a bit of a stretch, but for me, this was a simple and tangible parallel to a lot of the material that we have discussed in class. The authors we have read challenge the norm for how to tell a story, Timothy Treadwell challenges our conception of life values, and Brendan Leonard (in the vimeo video "35") challenges us to make dreams come true on a Tuesday.
This class has taught me to step back and challenge what I consider to be 'normal'. I've challenged myself to reconsider what I think a book should be and how a story should be told, while simultaneously challenging my own conceptions of what society says I should be.
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