DIsgrace

All right, so in todays French class our teacher started talking about

the booker prize winning novel 'Disgrace' by Coetzee when he was

explaining something I have no idea of (my antennae tunes into the

class only when something irrevelant is being told).

He was talking about how the title of a book plays a major role for the book.

So he asks what name is more appealing "Disgrace" or "The grace" and everyone was in support of the disgrace (um.. I was only a mute spectator =p).

Though the book might be a good read the title means a lot too.

Its the first thing that makes you go towards the book, though when it comes to me, no matter how silly the title is, I grab the book to go through the blurb.

I read this horrible book because it had an amazing title,

after that titles are deceptive traps to me,

a wise person does not repeat the same mistakes, he makes new ones. *smirks*

Anyway Sir went on to another example and said that the journalism students

were given a story and asked to give a name.

The story was about how a man has a unlucky day but later it becomes lucky.

And that students who called the story 'The unlucky day' were given more marks

than those who called it 'The lucky day'.

We were explained that people dont want to read about good things,

they like to read about the pain others have to go through, and that we are still primitive.

Well no matter how many people would object to it, at least I know that yes sometimes I do take a little joy in other peoples misery, call it sadism if you want. But maybe its just that we are glad that its not us. You smile and make a silent prayer *thank god its not me*