Virginia Woolf and Walter Benjamin

These two stories were very hard for me to get through. I like stories and articles that get to the point. These two you had to really read the whole way through to get at what they meant. And even then I was not one- hundred percent sure. Their writing styles were very different. Virginia's story was very jumpy. She told many stories all in one. She tells of what she sees throughout her street haunting in London. At the end, you see how she watches people's other experiences and draws the same conclusion from each one.
Benjamin's story was more difficult than the first. He was harder to understand. He used many words I cannot even pronounce. His writing style was very straightforward. He had one story and it was him and his experiences during a day. They were very similiar in that they both were examining things they saw. The point of his story I am not quite sure. I had a hard time keeping my attention on this one.
Some history on these two authors would be Virignia Woolf considered to be one of the foremost modern literary figures of the 20th centurty. She has written many famous works such as To the Lighthouse and Orlando. Her death was very untimely. She fell into a depression and killed herself.
Walter Benjamin was a jack of all trades. He was a German marxist literary critic, essayist, translator, and philosopher. Some of his most famous works include The Arcade Project and Illuminations. He too probably killed himself. The circumstances concerning his death are not clear though.


(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benjamin)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf)