Date and time.. Laura Salmeron

 

DATE AND TIME

BEGINNING

 

Phil Kaye is a Japanese-American poet writer and fillmaker and he was born in California to a Japanese mother and Jewish-American father. Kaye was sent to American kindergarten. He began perfoming spoken word poetry at the age of seventeen.

 Kaye in his book always says “Every great story has a beginning, middle and end, not necessarily in that order” he tries to emphasize that the events he experienced do not have to be in the particular order that they occured. I think that he also tries to teach that everyone lives life in their own way and everyone does things at different times and not necessarily in a specific way.

This kind of books are different than we are used to it because he is explaining just some experiences that he lived in poems and each poem  don’t have any relation to the corresponding one.

In the second part of the book, he’s explaining his chilhood with his best friends and he is remembering their memories. For example, in “Apparition” Kaye remember Jonathon and the laughs they had together. But then, they changed and Jonathon bullied Kaye. Moreover, he talks about his favourite restaurant and he ordered the same, kids menu. Another example is in “The Patriot” that it’s a dive bar where he spent time with his friends. Another example is in “Before the internet” where he sat on the couch with Ben and the didn’t know what to do and they climb a tree and he finally fell.

To sum up, in the Beginning Kaye tries to explain his chilhood with his experiences and show us his life in a different way. In my opinion, i like the idea of changing the order of the story because it make you feel confuse some times and you have top pay attention all time to understand his life.