Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Genesis and Catastrophe (by Roald Dahl)

Genesis and Catastrophe, by Roald Dahl, is an ordinary story up to the point when you get to know the name of one of the characters. There you learn about the origin of a man that was cruel and harmful to humanity, and you understand why he was such a villain. Only for those who can tolerate history as it is.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I guess this short story must be attracting. This year in Culture III we learned that History is a construction, a sort of fabrication which involves the perspective of the author. According to your summary this story seems to be connected with this idea. I definitely will read it. bye.

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Blas Bigatti said...

Again, Néstor! You have given too much of the plot away! When commenting, be careful about not saying anything that may give away important elements or situations that the reader would like to discover alone.

Anonymous said...

Sorry, it won't happen again. Well,I read the story and it's very interesting. There's great expectation which starts to develop as the plot unfolds and that causes a great deal of surprise by the end. Bye