Word: method
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only parallel there is the fact that each has a very conspicuous style which I felt was appropriate to the content of the book. With the subject matter in Catch-22 I tried very much to make the style part of the content--maybe you found that yourself--the method of telling being as important as what's being told. I think the same is true with Something Happened. What I want to tell in Something Happened is so much different in terms of emotions and viewpoint than Catch-22. The choice of style I think is very much different...
Despite the whimsy of this story, sliding down bannisters remains a valid method of athletic expression. Since the advent of the two-story building, human beings have taken to their asses instead of tripping downstairs, great distance runners have borne the name "bannister" in celebration of the rival sport, and the term "bench-warmer" was bestowed on the American language by the particular frustration of second-string sliders who were forced to maintain more orthodox carriages during key bannister contests...
...less than impartial account, Agee's main function for the CIA was to recruit agents in Latin America. In nearly every case, he says, the lure was money. He describes the CIA method of snaring an agent: "You start out by giving him money for his organization?lots of it?knowing that he will eventually take some for himself. When he gets dependent on it, you move in." Once hooked, the recruit is given a lie detector test to discover his weaknesses. Continues Agee: "Then it all hangs out. He can go on serving...
Henry Bromell writes like this, and The Slightest Distance illustrates the unpredictability of the method. The book can seem anemic at one reading, and like God's truth the next. But whether or not Bromell's ideas are attractive to you, his book is worth thinking about. It's a collection of nine brief stories, each self-contained and too brief for much character development or even action. Bromell is content to catch the thoughts of his characters and let their personalities and histories fend for themselves. The stories grow on you, reminding you first of things that have already...
Required reading for all Room 13 volunteers is a book entitled On Becoming a Person, by Carl Rogers. The book, first published in 1961, advocates "helping other people talk, helping them to open themselves up" as a method of counselling, said Wendy Enikeieff '76, a staff member. This book stresses the concept of counseling without giving advice, which is emphasized by co-director Yoss...