In all honesty, when I first opened the link for the video and saw that it was 10 minutes long, and that Ursula LeGuin was kind of old, I was literally dreading watching the clip! But, to my surprise I actaully liked it, and was very in to the video. LeGuin had a very warm personality which also made the video easier to watch.
It is kind of interesting, if we were to read this story on our own, we probably would not have read it in the exact same way that it was intended to be read in. So when you hear LeGuin read her own work, it is a much more clear perception, and a lot easier to understand.
Since both "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," and her public reading from her new novel "Lavinia," have similar tones, you can get a slight idea of how "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" is supposed to be read.
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I thought I was going to be very bored watching the video, too! I thought to myself, "Oh, great a boring 10 minute long youtube video." I was captivated by LeGuin's passion for her story as she read it.
ReplyDeleteAh, the dreaded discussion of tone rears its ugly head. Be specific here--what tone are you pointing out and why?
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