Formal Diction

     On Friday last week, I awoke to the delightful sound of the whirling wind and rustling leaves trapped within it, realizing I had not been awoken by the monotonous cacophony of the scarlet alarm clock. Visualizing it as being an extravagantly exciting day, I quickly got ready, only stopping to sit at the table to endulge myself in  homemade Belgian waffles, piled with only the grandest strawberries, topped with powdered sugar. I seized my orange camera bag, containing my Canon film single lens reflex lens camera, along with my three gleaming lenses. Mounting my road bicycle, I left out into the seemingly pleasant outdoors, with seemingly pleasant weather.
     This pleasant weather took a drastic turn for the worse. Nearing on my fifth minute of cycling, foreboding clouds rolled in, foreshadowing the certain rain that was fast coming. To my advantage, I was wearing a raincoat, and to my great discomfort I was wearing jeans; jeans aren't very pleasant when wet through and through. To my later relief, I kept riding to meet my friend. The rain ceased for the latter part of the afternoon. As we rode around I couldn't help but sense a certain melancholy tone in the center of Olympia, as we captured photos of builings, allies, and the ominous train tunnels on the outskirts of the downtown. We later met other friends, and endulged ourselves in some fine pizza, so hot that it scalded my tongue. This day may seem averagely pleasing to some, but it was a splendid day for me.

Outside Reading

     Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut is a great novel in my opinion, I very much like the his writing style. Within the novel are many examples of irony (which I love) as well as satire and humor, two more things I love. Structurally, the novel is very different from the normal-the character (in my opinion) is metaphorically traveling in time through his life. The major theme of the novel is antiwar-which I think is very important and I enjoy reading about it. Throughout the novel, you get the sense of how awful war is, yet how inevitable it is because of our nature-while humans inhabit Earth, wars will occur.
     The literary element I will use in my creative project is the themes in the novel. One prevalent theme is antiwar, this theme is portrayed through Billy's journey through time, as well as the author's input in the story. Another theme is our insignificance. This theme is portrayed through the Tralfamadorians, they do not view time in a linear way, therefore everyone is alive all of the time, in different places, so nobody really dies. It is also portrayed through the words "So it goes." after anybody dies. This shows that, while it may be sad they are dead, life doesn't stop to mourn, everything continues in the same way.
     This novel is similar to Battle Royal by Koushun Takami because they share a similar theme. Both major themes have to do with how awful killing is. Each theme shows that we are all humans, and war is an inhumane way of dealing with differences. In both novels, our insignificance is displayed through dreadful things that happen, yet people just go on doing what they must-live.
     For my creative project I believe I am making a movie with Chase, and I think the majority of the movie will be of Billy Pilgrim's time-travelling through his life.