https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991 Made with eyes en-us 2022-05-25 14:52:11 UTC 2022-05-26 18:15:31 UTC hello@padlet.com dblanch2022 https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199517177 As time progresses, there seems to be a growing question among readers and artists: Can an author's personal opinions be separated from their writing? I feel this topic is important to read about, especially in today's day and age where unpleasant things are being dug up about the authors that we all grew up reading. The author and text that I chose help to answer my question because they give real examples of how an author can't separate their personal opinions and their works. Roald Dahl shows that he is not capable of separating his personal life and writing, there are many points from the extensive list of books with rude, misogynistic, and even occasionally racist quotes. One source I read had said that in the original release of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, the Oompa Loompas were depicted as small people from Africa that Willy Wonka had captured and brought to England to work in his factory, but in the 1974 edition of the book they were changed to the Oompa Loompas we know today from “Loompaland”. Another text that I read that helped create a bridge between the author and their work is "Revolting Rhymes" by Roald Dahl, in the book he goes through many well-known children's stories and turns them on their heads. There are some similarities to his other books which connect to his personal opinions, Roald refers to many of the female characters in the book as "sluts" along with using similar demeaning terms. These two sources work together to help me begin to answer my essential question by giving me multiple bridges between the author's honest personal opinions and how they wrote. A personal value that I have been able to take away from all of these readings was that even though many things were written before our time and during those times the people had a different view of the world, there is no reason to have blatant racism and sexism in the books especially ones that are targeted towards children. My epiphany while reading has been that no matter how hard an author may try, their personal opinion always creeps its way into their writing in one way or another.  ]]> 2022-05-25 14:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199517177 dblanch2022 https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199523708 Pablo Picasso  
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/11/09/how-picasso-bled-the-women-in-his-life-for-art/ ]]> 2022-05-25 15:02:10 UTC https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199523708 dblanch2022 https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199540341 2022-05-25 15:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199540341 dblanch2022 https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199542316 2022-05-25 15:15:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199542316 dblanch2022 https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199548450 https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160912-the-dark-side-of-roald-dahl]]> 2022-05-25 15:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199548450 dblanch2022 https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199553882 Roald Dahl was born in 1916, grew up in Norway. His father died when he was only 4. Per his fathers wishes, Roald was raised Catholic and sent to an English boarding school. He moved to England, served in the RAF during WWII, and served with very little training. Eventually, he was discharged due to his health decline from blacking out and severe headaches. he would go on to become regarded as one of the best storytellers for children in the 20th century. His books often have a darker but kindhearted sentiment to them. Roald wrote 19 books in total, they ranged from the children's books we all know to poems/short stories to adult fiction. He married one woman and was with her for 30+ years but divorced a few years after her having multiple brain hemorrhages. He then married his second wife and was with her until he died of an infection in 1990]]> 2022-05-25 15:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199553882 dblanch2022 https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199564566 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/books/review/Messud-t.html]]> 2022-05-25 15:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2199564566 dblanch2022 https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2200106355 2022-05-26 00:59:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dblanch2022/udwk1avjtiqdm991/wish/2200106355