Friday, October 15, 2010

Wuthering Heights: The Story of Annoying People

So far there hasn't been a major conflict in Wuthering Heights.  There have been small conflicts between the characters but everything has been resolved quickly. The characters are mostly whiny people who sit around and create drama.  The narrorator, Ellen Dean, will fill everyone in on other character's buisness.  I suppose that is her job as the narrorator but I think she should let the readers know secrets and what's happening but  not the other characters.  My opinion of Cathy is she is way too controlling for her own good and she either needs to tell Heathcliff she loves him or let it go.  I'm only on chapter 11 and it's starting to get on my nerves.  Hindley needs to get over his aversion to Heathcliff because he's not going anywhere.  Plus, violence isn't the answer unless you are in the army, which he's not.  And Heathcliff just seems to be in the middle of everyone's problems.  If he doesn't want Cathy to believe he is below her, he should go out and get a job.  Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship is mostly a waste of time because they love eachother too much to care about other people and how they are hurting them.  Books are made up of characters and when these characters are obnoxious, there isn't much you can do.

I am going to pick characters for my final project because they are crucial to any story, especially Wuthering Heights. The only conflicts are between the characters in this book and there would not be much of a story without these characters and their flaws.

This book relates to the Gossip Girl series because their characters both ruin eachother's lives.  Their main purpose is to be better than their peers.  These stories are set 200 years apart and they have the same message: Gossip Hurts.

I don't have very many ideas for the final project except I know I want to focus on the character's traits.  Not what they did in the story but their personalities, flaws and good traits.  Maybe I will think about what happened if they lived in the present and how people would treat them now or something similar to that.  It's gonna be interesting either way...

2 comments:

  1. I totally agree with you. I don't know what to do about Catherine, I think she likes to create a lot of drama in her spare time :P oh & Gossip Girl sounds like a harsh and really depressing series, did you enjoy the books?

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  2. gossip girl actually isn't as bad as I made it seem...I loved gossip girl! they're my favorite books! haha you posted at 11:11 pm!

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