tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925754922967460598.post3510583263618407053..comments2014-10-14T14:18:03.508-07:00Comments on Are We There Yet?: Perfeserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06842072353784264875noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4925754922967460598.post-86332989216417255782014-10-14T14:18:03.508-07:002014-10-14T14:18:03.508-07:00After talking about this in class today I took a m...After talking about this in class today I took a minute to watch the video and it seems so completely out of context with the rest of the book. Sure, it's sexy and kind of dark, gritty, and he's reading the text word-for-word, but is that really what House of Leaves is about?<br />Which causes me to think, what is Danielewski's purpose for this book? What kind of reaction was he aiming for when he wrote this, narrator inside narrator inside narrator, etc. A large part of me hopes that it wasn't just for society to get off on some dark, dirty sex scenes that reveal the harsher side of life - there's gotta be more to it, otherwise why involve real critics like Derrida and Freud at all? Not that Freud isn't dark and dirty himself at times...<br /><br />I don't know, personally, I feel like House of Leaves is so much more than a scary story or a version of Sin City with super graphic sex scenes. People can just watch porn for that and be way less bothered with thought-provoking stylistic choices. But I'll give my final analysis on the book's purpose when I'm done. I really, really like talking about it, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com