Can I get an anticlimactic?

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So let’s face it, chapter 4 is a bit of a blur. It doesn’t make a whole lot sense and half the time I can barely tell who is saying what. I really wish that the book was set up like a play script because then I would be able to tell who is saying and doing what instead of this weird confusion and massive, horrible overrun sentence that I keep finding myself tangled up in. But, the real kicker to me in this entire story is that in the end (after suffering through chapter 4) not much happens!!! Boon is acting like an idiot as always and Ike is his thoughtful joe casual self. I understand that this story represents real life in the way that nothing lasts forever and eventually you grow out of your bear-hunting-in-the-middle-of-the-woods-like-a-crazy-person days, but come on! I really was expecting some kind of meaning or big finale at the end, but no! all we get is Boon sitting under a tree. I am left feeling frustrated and tired. I am not trying to be mean, but in my eyes this book wins the award for the most anticlimactic book in the world. SIDE NOTE: This doesn’t fit in with my blog post at all but I have to point this out. A little below the middle of page 291 I noticed something really weird…here is the sentence (Or at least a fragment of it because the actual “sentence” is way too long) “the two old men riding double up to the sister’s door, the one wearing his fox-horn on its braided deerhide thong”………. Yeah I know, I’m confused too. Please help me if you think I am associating the wrong image in my head with the actual meaning because that is a really disturbing image.


Pun of the week: There is No-ah way that Palframan kid can bear my terrible puns. So Noah please answer this, I no-ah you were addicted to the hokey pokey, but did you finally turn yourself around?

P.S I commented on Natalie and Ty's 

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  1. Natalie SchulerJanuary 29, 2018 at 9:09 PM

    Zelda, I highly doubt that image is what you think it is. In fact, I'm 99.9999% sure that is not what that is talking about....atleast I hope so...

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  2. Will BradyJanuary 29, 2018 at 9:14 PM

    It was almost like two completely different stories, in a way. Like the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. The first half about hunting the bear lays the groundwork for the latter half, but really has nothing at all to do with it. The story makes a complete U-turn into something new, for the most part. Not to mention how drastically different it was written…

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    1. Sophia ColbertJanuary 29, 2018 at 9:26 PM

      The fact that the first half of the book had nothing to do with the second half is part of the reason I was so upset with this work. Why is it called The Bear? The bear is only there for 3 chapters. Any guesses?

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  3. Ty GoramJanuary 29, 2018 at 9:41 PM

    I feel like Faulkner wanted us to be frustrated with the ending. It makes you just want to sit Faulkner down and give it that final touch.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 29, 2018 at 10:21 PM

    I AM WITH YOU. All I pretty much got out of this story is Crazy is as Crazy was. Not much else I can pin down and assign value to, but I DO know that Boon was and is CRAZY. Good story.

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