Kristy Medina

At first I was into the book, I thought I would like it but then I read the first 3 pages and I got extremely discouraged. Right away I find "Traveler: to be very odd in that it present's itself at first through a personal, informal introduction. It's weird and unique that the author talks to us, the readers, as though your his friend. My question/ comment to that is- what's the point of that. I can also tell that this is going to be the type of book where the author starts off by introducing a topic and then runs off on a tangent about random things. That has a tendency to bother me and not allow me to critically think when reading a book. Another thought while reading were the alternative chapter numbers/ chapter titles- what's the purpose of that. Then I realized how similar the format of House is to Traveler in that the author has input on the actual story. Finally, I realized the scheme- the chapters with numbers (1, 2) are the author's "footnotes" or commentary while the chapters with titles ("Outside the town of Malbork) is the actual story of If on a winter's night a traveler.