fiction microblog #4

Hey guys.
Let's talk about my book, huh? How do you feel about that? Good? Cool, thanks.
Since I've been raving about this book so much, why don't I mix it up a bit with some bitter hatred and anger.
I'll be honest, I've been struggling to actually analyze this book. Maybe it's just a personal thing, but I feel as if the comedic tone doesn't go to hide a lot of secrets or deeper meanings- maybe I'm just not an intellectual like Ignatius. I tried to look for symbolism, and I got some in his vast appreciation/hatred for movies, as well as the smoke, but it's been difficult trying to find something that ties into a greater theme.
It's a comedic book, but I'm not saying that excuses its lack of depth. I know it makes some interesting commentary about Ignatius's role in society, as a "genius" in a world of dunces, as well as the parallels between his physical and mental "greatness," but it's not like a Catcher where everything is deep or whatever. I'm in pain.

There's definitely a lot of motifs- the valve, movies, sexuality, etc, but maybe I'm just not seeing something that everyone else can see. 

I think it's an interesting story, of course- I've had fun with that. I like his letters with Myrna and his journal entries, where a seemingly calmer Ignatius is seen, as opposed to the harshness of his character in the real world. I hated Ignatius at first, and I still kinda do, but now I'm starting to root for him a bit. 

Maybe a theme ties into how Ignatius's over-inflated sense of superiority creates an unlikable character, or something like that. Or how people who are "geniuses" can actually be big dunces. Or have a.... confederacy of dunces against them. Something like that. I don't know.

He's still a jerk to his mom, though. That's frustrating. 

It's a funny book- maybe it's not meant to be deeply understood. Maybe it's just burping and cursing and stuff. 

I'm just an egg, I guess. We'll keep trying.

Oh, and another thing, there's so many characters. This is probably just a me thing, but I just can't remember that many people. I'm not that bright. There's so much happening at once, y'know? That's just a minor complaint. It's really not that bad.

me trying to remember a character that's been absent from the plot for like eight chapters

Anyways, that's the blog.