Reading The Importance of Being Earnest became easier to
read as I continued to read it. At first I did not find anything funny about
the book, but after a while I found that the book was actually quite enjoyable.
Part of finding the funny in the book came from understanding the language and
the time period, also knowing what was considered humor in that time period.
Much of the humor in the book was dues ex machina, meaning that problems were
randomly solved or that people randomly popped up in scenes to help move the
play forward.
What I liked most about the play was that the language was
more modern than the previous plays we have read in class. I also found it
easy, after a while, to find the puns and other literary elements used in the
book like allusion. After reading about to the second act, I understood the
book more and was able to use what I found in the socratic seminar.
The socratic seminar was also essential in helping me
understand the book because the discussion my classmates and I have help to
enhance my reading experience by hearing other people's point of view, I begin
to think of how I look at the novel differently. What I found most interesting
about the discussion my class had during the socratic seminar was when we were
talking about the conative meaning of Jack saying that he hates people who are
not serious about their meals. When I read that part of the play for myself, I
did not think that there was any connotative meaning. With the help of my
classmates I was able to find out more about the book which is great.
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