The Comedians by Josh and Phil

The Comedians
by Josh and Phil

Book review, read and commentary.
Graham Greene

March 2017

Our promise: to publish and die

Chapter 1 PAK review

The highlight of our intention is to consider

• our education
• enable that to help us with pursuit of happiness
• in this, to find that we understand something which might have been rather uncertain to us
• to find enjoyment in literature
• by entertainment or contribution to our philosophy
• to find time to read, recognising that as, in itself, a good thing
• improve the depth of our intellect
• avoid cheap renditions to the preference of reading: that is, avoid cinema or film as first port of call, or avoid wikipaedia and to find the resource in our mind
• avoid noise of other entertainments and distractions
• read a chapter a day/night
• keep notes about uncertainties, thoughts, characters, style, approach and advancement of plot summary
• seek understanding of the position of the novel in the author's life
• consider his statements about the novel, and literature (including his own) generally
• analyse the character of the main actors/characters [that is why they are called characters]
• notice their advancement through the book
• consider historic, cultural, social, political, geographic and economic situation of the plot
• What was going on in Haiti at the time (1966)
• what other novels or historical literature can be found to fill up our void of knowledge on Haiti?
• what is the underlying message? or messages?
• how does it resolve: surprises?
• foreign language use in English novel
• meaning of words in context
• how does this novel relate to our respective position in the world and time (here and now, or when first read, or when one might read it again)

So: Chapter 1: the Comedians