I hate to say this, but other than the political/obesity jokes, I don't see this as anything other than what it is. Misha is dumb as a tree when he tries to understand something, but (and this is because I'm late in the book) other politicals in the book seem to be smarter. For example, when he visits his new girlfriends house, the owners allude that they do not want the UN, but America. This is obviously a reference to their ultimate goal. I would say what it is, but that'd be telling, wouldn't it?
Anyway, I do get the satire and the political jokes, but I don't see anything that requires very much thought. Well, anything above a basic "Oh.".
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Nice job calling people "politicals", somebody's been reading too much In the Time of The Butterflys. Well I don't think that I as far as you are, but I think that there are alot more referances in the book than you may be seeing, and thats why you might not think they take much thought.
ReplyDeleteI think that the book has some references that don't require a whole lot of thought to understand, but there are plenty other references and comparisons that do require more rigorous thinking to fully comprehend.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the post above. I feel that I am pretty knowledgeable in international politics and the Bush Administration era, but I know some of the sarcasm and references go over my head.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the novel is simply "what it is". I think that the satire does actually require some thought. I guess you could read this novel two ways: as it is or as a satire. The first has almost no literary value.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with most of these posts. There is a lot more to this book than any high school sophmore could understand. I don't think you can really call this book nothing more than it is while we are reading IOTB.
ReplyDeleteI would disagree and put forward the fact that their is a lot to this book. I mean you talk about all you say sometimes is "oh" but thats just it thats the recognition. I mean your not going to have a conversation to yourself, but that you recognize the parallels is important and shows that there is something to this book.
ReplyDeleteI somewhat agree because some of the satire in this novel is easily understood. Other satirical comments, not so much. This novel combines the easily understood things with tougher references that cannot just be understood without a background knowledge of many things going around in the world.
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