These are an absolute scream!

I think this sort of thing is the reason I’m not too upset about the Zombie Pride & Prejudice. It’s just plain fun, even if I’m not into zombies myself.

I don’t have my own examples off the top of my head; must think. Except I do remember an exercise in the English course everyone had to take in third year, at the Bible school I went to long ago. It was the famous “apple assignment,” where the whole assignment was a descriptive essay of an apple.

That thought was too boring for me, so I did my own assignment as a parody of one of John Donne’s sonnets. I’ve searched high and low over the years and can’t find it; I was sure I’d kept it. But I do remember the first two lines:

Apple be not proud, though some have called thee
Tangy and crunchy, for though art not so…

This sounds like fun!

“Sometimes Janie would think of the old days in the big white house and the store and laugh to herself. What if Eatonville could see her now in her blue denim overalls and heavy shoes? The crowd of people around her and a dice game on her floor! She was sorry for her friends back there and scornful of the others.”

New Way of Transforming Old Classic:

Sometimes Davida would reflect on her hometown. It was a small, country town, with one major road leading to nowhere. She’d laugh to herself as she thought of the nosy neighbors, limited opportunities, and prudent ideologies. What if they could see her now sitting at her laptop in boy cut shorts and matching t-strap top. She lives in a major metropolitan area with unlimited possibilities. She even feels sorry for some of those she left behind and disdain for others who drove her to it.

Davida