The Rum Diary Post 4 Chapters 15-End

Brian Huynh

I believe that what you said about how Paul Kemp was trying to "find his voice" was a major theme to this book. I believe that this is the whole mission that Kemp was trying to complete throughout the whole book. Anyone could of gotten paid for doing what the newspaper company told him to do but he knew that the writing that he would of done was not writing that he would of meant. Just how you made the comparison to fog and smoke in mirrors is what the newspaper company did to the readers, is exactly what I would of said. What I think about the situation is that Kemp did the right thing. Not writing about the false topics and ideas that the newspaper company was the right idea because like I said earlier, this is not his voice and would of made him regret doing it. I believe that this adventure that he had ties in to all of his novels that he wrote as well. All of his novels are based on his real life adventures and situation and he isn't afraid to cover up anything he has done in the past. He takes in illegal drugs and writes about it. If that doesn't make for a great author then I don't know what is! I believe that since he writes so much with his voice is what really makes him unique. He provides us with a different perspective of life and doesn't cover anything up.