Alright, now.

I read the first chapter a day or two ago, and I lazily neglected to post about it, and now I forget what I read, so please excuse me for a moment or two while I skim the pages for something of interest.
Right, so I don't think I'm going to be able to relate to these characters very well, so I'm nervous about this book. In any case, I believe I found an example of hyperbole on page twelve:

"I mistrust all frank and simple people...."

I guess it's a possibility that the narrator genuinely mistrusts all people who are frank and simple, but the exception proves the rule, right? Did I just contradict myself? I don't know. I'm putting that in my Lit. terms notebook, though... I think.

Also, it's worth noting, probably, that we have here a first person narration. More specifically, [scurries to retrieve Lit. terms list]*...well, not objective. That probably means he's subjective, but that's not a term. Also, I don't believe he's omniscient, in which case he is merely narrating in the first person.

Hopefully, now that I've made the essential first leap, I'll be a little more consistent/thorough. Umm, have a nice summer, anybody who's reading this.

*That sort of made me feel like a golden retriever.

Edit: I neglected to mention that I'm beginning with The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway. I would like to note that The Sun Also Rises and The Things They Carried are probably the two most vague book titles I've ever heard. That sounded more negative that I meant for it to sound. Taking note of vagueness amuses me a little; that's all. =D?