Questions

I think the theme that was easiest to use is today is soon tomorrow. This is probably because this week has went by really fast and all the days seem to be running together. I feel like it was easier to write the descriptions with a theme because I felt I had a better idea of what I was going to say before I started writing. This is probably because the descriptions with the themes gave me an idea of what I wanted to write by reading the passages I read in the book. The most difficult part of the assignment was thinking of my own theme and trying to capture the proper image in my writing the way I thought of it in my head. I think the use of Calvino’s language did appeal to me because I had never read anything quite like this and the imaginary cities all were quite the same but extremely different at the same time. It kept me intrigued while reading and allowed for a sense of imagination. I believe using the same themes did borrow some sense of direction for our descriptions but only in the most beneficial sense to our papers. I do not feel as though my descriptions sound like Calvino’s but mostly gave me a path to start from. I think Rome could seem like an imaginary city because it is all so new and different from where we have ever been. If I had to chose a theme for Rome I think it would be quite similar to one of the themes I already chose for my descriptions because in the back of my mind I think I had Rome in mind while writing these stories.