Text: No preferences/Big Boy's XL Life
Convergence: Descriptive writing about events/relating to text, feeling in the place
Divergence: Long, exaggerated, unnecessary verbosity/he doesn't have any texts
Text: Steppenwolf/Catcher in the Rye
Convergence: likeability of character, voice/alienation
Divergence: not sure/likes fantasy
Text: Bud, Not Buddy/Guards Guards (Pratchett)
Convergence: likes comedy
Divergence: doesn't like sci-fi
Text: "Tus Pies" Neruda/That Girl (Harris)
Convergence: Vulnerability, honestyDivergence: happy romance vs. melancholy
Text: Harry Potter/The Alchemist (Coelho)
Convergence: image, being "next to heroes"/description
Divergence: none/introspection vs. fantastical
Text: Harry Potter and Vampire Academy/An interview with children in which one said "Love is when you wear the same shirt every day because the person likes that shirt."
Convergence: agree on things that can captivate you
Divergence: tangible vs. supernatural/Inspiration from life vs the fantastic
Text: The Little Prince/The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
Convergence: emphasis on making words count, economy/lots of different genres, eras, writers
Divergence: idea-driven vs. character-drivens/she likes themes, he likes character-driven stories
Text: Two Friends (Chekhov)/Jane Eyre
Convergence: appreciating characterization/admiration for well-written characters
Divergence: shorter attention span/ character dynamics
Text: Philosophy of Andrew Warhol/Who Will Save You Now
Convergence: Focusing on thoughts behind actions
Diverence: literal meaning vs. /straightforward representation vs. duality
Text: Shutter Island/Flowers for Algernon
Convergence: details and going off on tangents/like stories that get into psychology, characters, mental pathology
Divergence: doesn't like authors/likes to follow authors
Text: Perks of Being a Wallflower/Why We Suck (Denis Leary)
Convergence: likes hard truths/like not sugar-coating
Divergence: he likes info-bites, she loves to read/bookworm vs not bookworm
We also began reading (and took home to finish for homework) the poets.org piece How to Read a Poem and the companion pieces that focus on Williams's "The Red Wheelbarrow" and Rich's "Diving into the Wreck."
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