PDA

View Full Version : My Press Card as Eccentric


Sitaram
02-11-2005, 06:18 AM
I posted my short story "Necklace of Youths"

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3882

at a certain literary forum where writers post to receive comments and criticism.

One moderator of that forum said only one thing about the story, namely that they do not understand the following sentence:

"My press card as eccentric buys much freedom of speech."

I cant see what is so mystifying about that sentence. A learned acquaintance of mine read the story and thought it was a "great line."
(I mean, clever, witty.)

What do any of you think about this sentence in the story? I am curious now to get various reactions.
baddad
02-12-2005, 12:12 AM
If the sentence means that, as an eccentric, more lattitude is allowed by those within your sphere of influence for you to speak however you wish, regardless of social convention, morals or philosophy.....etc., than the sentence is fine as it is......
(although the initial, "My press card" does tend to automaticly send the readers mind into a preprogrammed direction (plethora of mass media images), unrelated to the actual context of the sentence)

Hope this helps......
Sitaram
02-12-2005, 03:48 AM
Yes, it definitely helps! Thanks! The way that one moderator of a writer's form was talking, you would think the sentence was completely mystifying to the average person. I made no reply to that moderator's post, but I felt the need for a little "reality checking;" to run the sentence by a few other people.
baddad
02-12-2005, 08:14 PM
Yes, it definitely helps! Thanks! The way that one moderator of a writer's form was talking, you would think the sentence was completely mystifying to the average person. I made no reply to that moderator's post, but I felt the need for a little "reality checking;" to run the sentence by a few other people.


.....sure, the meaning is not TOO opague, but the sentence seems a little awkward, a bit ........jumbled. I cannot recall......Is English your first language??
Sitaram
02-12-2005, 08:34 PM
Does this mean you dont want to buy a Sitaram tee-shirt and coffee club and join my fan club?