Reading Notes: Inferno: Satan

I decided to read Dante's Inferno this week and read the beginning of the story to see how the author starts and hooks the reader. In this post, I want to read the final part of the story. The final part of stories, in my opinion, should wrap up the story nicely and close all ideas that were introduced in the story. There can be cliffhangers too. As I read through there was a specific part of the of the story that was interesting in one of the paragraphs, Dante talks directly to the reader. That was a rare thing for me. I have not read many works where the main character directly talks to the reader. Dante specifically says the word reader. I was shocked and intrigued at the fact the main character in the situation that he was in would take the time to talk to the reader specifically. Dante tells the reader to use their imagination which is crazy. Many authors want a specific image to be seen by the reader, but this paragraph suggests that the reader needs to use their imagination to envision Dante in the situation that he is in at the current time. The conclusion section of the novel was very interesting to me. It had a lot of moving parts to me. There were multiple things to keep track of throughout the last few paragraphs. The very end of the story was interesting and a cool coincidence for Dante. Dante had found his way out of Hell, but it wasn't easy as there were countless people grabbing at his feet as he tried to get out. It was Easter Sunday when Dante emerged from Hell. This is a cool coincidence for the reader as Dante entered Hell on Good Friday. It is weird as it definitely seemed they were in Hell for a lot longer than three days. The conclusion of the story was spectacular and was everything that I wanted. It had a lot of action and movement and had a really cool ending. I will definitely be recommending Dante's Inferno to anyone that needs a good book to read.

A version of Dante's Inferno https://images.app.goo.gl/3zTFcsd928LqmgdL9

Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/inferno-satan.html

Reading Notes: Inferno: Dante and Virgil

This week I decided to read the stories of Dante's Inferno as I had heard it was an awesome story, so I saw the opportunity and took it. As I read through all the stories, I was thoroughly entertained by the stories. As I read through all the parts of the stories and decided that I wanted to really look at the beginning of the story as the beginning is always the most important part of a story to me. The beginning hooks the reader so it must be amazing to get the reader all in on the story. It took me a few times to understand the story. It finally clicked after a couple of times reading it through. One of my favorite parts was when Dante meets Virgil. It was an interesting part of the story and it seemed very inconspicuous. Virgil seemed as if he was a monster and was scaring Dante the way he looked at him. I envisioned Virgil when I first read the story as a taller figure with a long face and the eyes that could stare a hole through anybody and anything. That image even scares me and I am just reading the story. As I continued to read I got more background on what Virgil actually was and it was interesting to see my version of him compared to what the story describes him as. As I continued to read and Virgil, who I thought was a monster, turned into the comforter of Dante which was very surprising. I would have thought that Virgil would try to take advantage of Dante and cause him to say with Virgil and not have a chance to escape. Virgil then becomes a guide through Hell for Dante. Virgil takes a role that I would have never thought he would. The way Virgil is described makes him seem like someone that would scare Dante and would make Dante want to stay away from Virgil. The beginning definitely did its job as it hooked me and sent me few different ways. All in all, this did the job and definitely made want to read the rest of the story.

A ghost version of Virgil https://images.app.goo.gl/b1ZeffdtvUsDJHTk6

Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/inferno-dante-and-virgil.html