Week 5 Post 1

To me I feel that Marquez, although not necessarily telling a happy story, has a more positive way of getting his message across to his readers. Through the actions of his characters and the voice of the book, he makes us feel that true love is an attainable thing, not just something us girls dream about and see in Disney movies. A lot of the other authors, like Updike and Atwood, seem to have a negative outlook on everything. I feel sad and depressed after reading their books. Reading Rabbit, Run and reading about Rabbit leaving his wife and seeing all the stupid decisions that he makes makes marraige, the kind that endures, seem like a fantasy. The future that Atwood gives us to imagine makes growing older almost scary. To me, the differences I notice between Marquez's writing and Updike's writing are how I feel after I've read the book. Altogether, the general tone of the book doesn't make me feel hopeless like some of the other books we've read.