bog blog (on a frog on a log)

 2nd blog post for this section because I have no other homework to do. So why not talk about Mumbo Jumbo? Gotta stay productive.  On the notion of Ishmael Reed being a conspiracy theorist. Because he 100% is. Throughout the entire book he develops an almost crazed persona- talking about how the Atonists are scheming to take down Jes Grew. He has an entire "partial bibliography" where he cites his sources. Except... this isn't an academic paper. Or is it? You see more books of fiction don't have sources... and if they do have sources they don't cite them. Because who cares. It's a book of fiction. Your research about how this species of tiger has 72 stripes instead of 71 doesn't matter in a book of fiction- because if you're wrong then it's just considered artistic liberty. So clearly, Reed here is tryna prove a point.  That point is that Jes Grew exists... and was simply covered up by the Atonists. You see, for the reason that he's arguing the...

Regardless of the fact that not very much at all of Mumbo Jumbo actually makes enough sense for you to understand what's going on after reading a chapter- one thing does in fact stick with you. One of the first things you notice when reading this book is the mistyped words, the sort of strange flow to the words on the page that you don't get in a lot of books- either from this time period or even now. Why is this?  Well, our class has the conclusion that the Wallflower Order got a hold of Mumbo Jumbo and misspelled it to delegitimize it. I honestly really like that theory, I'm always a sucker for meta-aspects of literature and film. Regardless, I also want to present the theory of the context of this book.  The entire plot of this book revolves around Jes Grew as it spreads across America. Jes Grew sounding an awful lot like "just groove", seemingly as-well a metaphor for jazz. Perhaps the spirit of Jes Grew has possessed this book, to possess the life in the text...