Response to Priya’s (Zane Mandell)

I would first like to, once again, note that it cannot be more obvious at this point that Phaedrus and the narrator is the same person. It is evident in the fact that the narrator explicitly states that he is trying to recollect all of the fragments and scraps that were left behind after the electrodes were strapped to Phaedrus’ head. They are the same person; I don’t believe that this should be an issue any longer.

I also feel that the pacing is becoming very redundant within the novel. While I do tend to appreciate the topics that are being discussed by the narrator through his Chautauquas, the style by which is novel reads is very predictable where the narrator goes about discussing one aspect of Phaedrus and the subject and then jumps back to reality to discuss what has taken place while he is lost in thought. It is very monotonous in nature and lacks a sense of quality. It is very bland in the way it reads, certain methods should have been spruced up in order to make it easier on the reader.

The only thing I have to say about the topic of education in this novel is that it is very ironic. We are being graded on the very thing we do here on this blog, yet what we are reading questions the whole notion of the method. This topic for me is not discussable as it will currently lead us nowhere.