Reading News

I finished reading No Exit, a play by Jean-Paul Sartre, this afternoon. I had been wanting to read it since Cambria and I saw it performed at JBU last month. Basically, the play takes place in hell and tells the story of three people who are forced to spend eternity together. It's a fascinating concept, and the dialogue is witty and at times humorous. I highly enjoyed it. My parents both commented on the play (they saw me reading it yesterday), and they made it clear that they are both anti-existentialist. I can see their point, but so many existential works are brilliantly written and exciting to read. When my mom asked me why I would even want to read "depressing stuff like that," I explained to her that I am an English major, and therefore I enjoy all types of literature, and to further my education I must read works from authors whose viewpoints I do not necessarily agree with. She didn't buy that. Oh well.