Day of locust

This book resonated with me in a very interesting way.

As a senior on the verge of graduating and looking for a new home to move my turtle shell to, I found the way Nathaniel west described California to be quite appalling and intriguing at the same time. Due to media we are typically looking at California through rose colored lenses, but he juxtaposes this common belief and paints it as a "place where some go to die"

He seems to carry this theme throughout the book, constantly flipping ideals on their heads. For instance, you would expect a young college graduate from Yale to move out there and do quite well for himself, however he seems to find himself (Tod) In these weird scenarios. Traditionally, you would expect him to find the girl of his dreams and get taken on this wild ride, but the girl he adores won't even give him the time of day. Also, the dwarf scenario with Abe is just bizarre.

Tod being a b movie script writer seems ironic while I am reading a book. However, as we discussed in class, it must have been written as a movie or meant to be read as a movie. It would be interesting to read this book with a live music performer like they used to have going as the sooundtrack of the movies.

He confuses the reader with setting twists, character twists, and lyrical dialogue.