Responce to Doug and "Tropic of Confusion"

Doug,

I agree with you when you say that Miller probably wrote this book to challege the norms, especially with the stream of consciousness style writting and sexual content. Although the book may be difficult to read at times, I actually enjoy reading this type of writing. I feel as though, it is ok for me to miss bits and pieces of his ramblings, but he seems to make clear the important notions or relivent stories. Another thing I like about Tropic of Cancer is the fact that Miller specifically states that what he writes, he will not edit. So, as a reader, we are not only able to get into the mind of the author as things are happening, but we get to see things in the raw. By that I mean that we are able to see what he experices and his first thoughts (which cannot be biased by time or revisions).