Combray, Proust
This weeks assigned reading is Proust's Swann's Way, specifically "Combray", a 1913 novel originally written in French. I initially had trouble getting into this book. I started off reading the introduction and writing notes about it, but I quickly realized I could not get into the book if I was sitting here thinking about the background. I had to just immerse myself into the words. Remembering throughout the reading that I would later be obliged to write a 400-500 word post about my thoughts made it difficult to enjoy the reading because I was just thinking about what I could possibly write about. In fact, while I was reading, I even jotted down this note "difficult to read and forget about the homework assigned," which has later prompted me to write this section. After this initial realization I tried to refrain from stopping reading and jotting down notes, and while I failed a few times, this did help me to actually get through the reading. One other thin...