Killing time and wasting my life.

Just for comparrison, this is my discussion response to the same story

Me:I’m pretty sure that, due to almost everyone else also discussing this story, that it’s clear that “Harrison Bergeron” had a lot of dialogue in it. One of the things that I think shows how well written the dialogue of this story is, is that Vonnegut writes dialogue in a way that makes it easy to imagine. He uses contractions and abbreviations (which isn’t really unusual or anything, just a sign of a good author, in my opinion) that people use in everyday speech. For example, Hazel says “Well - maybe make ‘em real loud” when she’s talking about chimes. I don’t know about you, I but I don’t say “them” very often, I usually say “‘em”, especially if I’m speaking casually. I know this is kind of a tangent, but it made the story easier for me to hear in my head, kinda. The absurdism that’s present in “Harrison Bergeron” is emphasised by the dialogue, I think. The casual way in which the couple discuss things like the handicaps that are present in their world shows how normal it is to them. Vonnegut could’ve just described things that went on through a narrator and skipped out on a lot of the dialogue, which can some authors find difficult to write, but by telling the story in the way he did, he put the reader on the same sort of level as the characters. That’s what I think, anyway.

What Sets the Traditionals Apart…

There seem to be two types of people who get into traditional folk music. The first have been led to it by family, and they continue with it because of tradition. The second come to it on their own, pulled by some inexplicable and overpowering force that compels them to preserve it in any way they can. Poring over different versions of old ballads and singing the ancient words fills a void in these people. The music consumes them.

These people are broken, often with tragic stories of their own. Something inside them gains a sense of fulfilment and purpose from preserving traditional songs for another generation. Although they may dabble in other music and have other passions, traditional folk isn’t far from their thoughts. Between the stories of the old ballads they sing to us, we can catch whispers of their own stories. They are bards born too late.

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Well, I’m lonely. Probably because I don’t exist. Maybe I’m really a ghost and that makes people uncomfortable.