Naive Narrating

A rose I did last year

British Literature is a great class. It's one of those classes that make you think and in a better way then psychology or biology. It is more on analyzing words, artwork, the meaning behind the times, why would someone write what they wrote. Safer topics in my mind. Nothing to strenuous like thinking about how the brain works. I was talking to a friend and we both agree that courses that are about thinking are better then those that don't get you thinking at all. It means you are invested in the course. Of course I like to listen so a course gets more brownie points with me if it deals less with interaction. My Introduction to Ethnics course is this way. The teacher believes that she can shape us into being less shy about speaking about Ethnicity and all the touchy subjects along it. Ha! I don't mind thinking about it. I don't mind listening. Hell, I don't mind writing about it, just you are not going to get me to speak about anything. I cannot or will not speak out, especially on a topic that I will be judged because I will put my foot where it always goes when I open my mouth, straight into it. That's the beauty of the British Literature. We are meant to contribute but the teacher has much more to say and that is just fine by me for listening is better.

There has been freezing rain. I'm thinking of editing this for my project

However, that's not why I thought to write another post. Like I said in the last post we are on the subject of Geoffrey Chaucer. Well we were discussing the character that tells the narrative of The Canterbury Tales (as in this is Geoffrey Chaucer) being the Naive Narrator. A simplistic reduced point of view that leads to a description without judgement. This what got me to thinking. I was thinking that is (more or less) how my blogs run. There is a simple view that I am horrible for saying something not so kind or less then pleasant. I'm to hold my judgement. However I do tend to judge so I'm a little less of the Naive Narrator and just a tad bit crotchety.