Originally Posted by teiaperigosa
in this case, I'll say that the function is to be able to understand the emotional excitement of the author...so, I called your literacy dysfunctional...how was he sucking the life from his literary interpretation of his OWN experience?
i'd be perfectly able to understand the emotional excitement of the author had he conveyed any emotional excitement. i don't feel that he did so, nor do i feel that that was his aim in the article. in addition, the point of the article wasn't that this is his OWN experience, but that it is a shared experience in a shared role in a shared environment. the focus of the article is "the messenger" in a communal sense, not an individual sense.
regardless, i'm not going to be baited into a personal pissing match with you.