Thursday July 21, 2011 - Claire Anne Brand
Fo my second interview I talked to my friend Claire Anne. She gave me a few titles to choose form, including Pride and Prejudice, Blue Like Jazz, the Cask of Amontillado, and Les Miserables. Claire Anne recommended theses books because they all taught her something important that she will carry with her for the rest of her life, whether that was about human nature and human interactions, or love or even literature in general.
Even before interviewing her, Claire Anne had already recommend that I read Les Miserables because of how much it taught her about everyday interactions with people, and how important it is to make sure you always treat people right because "one small action by one person can effect a multitude of people in ways that no one can predict." So, I had already decided to read this book, but it was still very enlightening to hear what other books had impacted her life.
When Claire Anne mentioned Pride and Prejudice it caught my attention because I was going to recommend it to her as well. We talked about how the book impacted both of by showing us that everything happens for a reason and true love will find a way if its meant to be. The book also rang true to both of because of its focus on not judging people on your first impression of them. As Claire Anne said, "its important to examine your own mistakes and character faults and learn how to fix them before even thinking about judging others.'" Claire Anne told me that when she read Pride and Prejudice she was really disappointed with her best friend, and really connected with Elizabeth's disappointment in Charlotte when she married Mr. Collins. She also saw Elizabeth as a very strong and outspoken woman protagonist and really like that about the book.
I had never heard of the other book that Claire Anne said had influenced her, Blue Like Jazz. She told me it was about one man's thoughts about God and Jesus. She told me the book taught her a lot about human nature and how people interact. She said the book has influenced her to be a better person. Finally Claire Anne told me The Cask of Amontillado, which is a short story story about a man taking revenge on his friend for insulting him. While this is a short story, Claire Anne realized after reading it that her view of symbolism and literature had changed. She saw how an author can add so much symbolism to even the shortest piece of writing in the subtlest of ways. The book really influenced her own writings and she tries to make every word she writes important. She said she learned from The Cask of Amontillado that "you can get so much out of literature if you just spend the time to delve into it and really try to understand it."
When Claire Anne mentioned Pride and Prejudice it caught my attention because I was going to recommend it to her as well. We talked about how the book impacted both of by showing us that everything happens for a reason and true love will find a way if its meant to be. The book also rang true to both of because of its focus on not judging people on your first impression of them. As Claire Anne said, "its important to examine your own mistakes and character faults and learn how to fix them before even thinking about judging others.'" Claire Anne told me that when she read Pride and Prejudice she was really disappointed with her best friend, and really connected with Elizabeth's disappointment in Charlotte when she married Mr. Collins. She also saw Elizabeth as a very strong and outspoken woman protagonist and really like that about the book.
I had never heard of the other book that Claire Anne said had influenced her, Blue Like Jazz. She told me it was about one man's thoughts about God and Jesus. She told me the book taught her a lot about human nature and how people interact. She said the book has influenced her to be a better person. Finally Claire Anne told me The Cask of Amontillado, which is a short story story about a man taking revenge on his friend for insulting him. While this is a short story, Claire Anne realized after reading it that her view of symbolism and literature had changed. She saw how an author can add so much symbolism to even the shortest piece of writing in the subtlest of ways. The book really influenced her own writings and she tries to make every word she writes important. She said she learned from The Cask of Amontillado that "you can get so much out of literature if you just spend the time to delve into it and really try to understand it."
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