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Post by wireman on Mar 15, 2023 12:15:40 GMT
The discussion for today is The Haunted Mind by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Post by spideyman on Mar 15, 2023 15:21:44 GMT
Have you ever felt this could be you dreaming--questioning the reality/altered reality of it?
Wow factor to max. This story takes a nightly dream in sleep, adds a few twist and makes one question their own sleep- dream- wakefullness routines.
Filled with imagery, realism and insights. Had to go back and re read for the fullness of the words.
Excellent pick, wireman.
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Post by wireman on Mar 15, 2023 16:47:20 GMT
A brilliant piece on sleeping and dreaming and that period between sleep and waking. It definitely needs to be read more than once. It's poetic and mind bending.
"What a singular moment is the first one, when you have hardly begun to recollect yourself, after starting from midnight slumber! By unclosing your eyes so suddenly … you find yourself, for a single instant, wide awake in that realm of illusions, whither sleep has been the passport, and behold its ghostly inhabitants and wondrous scenery, with a perception of their strangeness, such as you never attain while the dream is undisturbed."
This story was written before Hawthorne became famous. (1835)
I didn't enjoy being required to read The Scarlett Letter in school and I never read anything else of Hawthorne's until we started doing these discussions. I've come to the realization that I was an idiot back then.  He was an incredible writer. I may even have to read The Scarlett Letter again.
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Post by spideyman on Mar 15, 2023 17:16:23 GMT
A brilliant piece on sleeping and dreaming and that period between sleep and waking. It definitely needs to be read more than once. It's poetic and mind bending.
"What a singular moment is the first one, when you have hardly begun to recollect yourself, after starting from midnight slumber! By unclosing your eyes so suddenly … you find yourself, for a single instant, wide awake in that realm of illusions, whither sleep has been the passport, and behold its ghostly inhabitants and wondrous scenery, with a perception of their strangeness, such as you never attain while the dream is undisturbed."
This story was written before Hawthorne became famous. (1835)
I didn't enjoy being required to read The Scarlett Letter in school and I never read anything else of Hawthorne's until we started doing these discussions. I've come to the realization that I was an idiot back then. He was an incredible writer. I may even have to read The Scarlett Letter again.
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Post by osnafrank on Mar 15, 2023 17:30:08 GMT
It's a fantastic tale.
What happens when we sleep? What about our fears and hopes?
Had to read it twice, because the
the sentences are full and rich in details.
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Post by wireman on Mar 17, 2023 14:44:42 GMT
For next Wednesday, we will discuss another Nathaniel Hawthorne tale, The Ambitious Guest
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Post by spideyman on Mar 17, 2023 16:42:34 GMT
For next Wednesday, we will discuss another Nathaniel Hawthorne tale, The Ambitious Guest
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He was an incredible writer. I may even have to read The Scarlett Letter again. 
