Going back to Birkets was surprisingly refreshing. Back to normal books something i can hold in my hand and highlight. When reading Birkets before in the year I never really felt connected to him in any personal way. I always felt as if he was targeting younger people, mainly college students like myself. After reading these past 4 chapters I actually feel a bit of a connection to Birkets. When he was talking about how the hypertext should not replace the common novel I was very intrigued because i actually agreed with him. I think that a hypertext and a novel are two very different pieces of literature and dont necessarily even need to be placed in the same category.
Another place I felt connected with Birkerts was his discussion about listening to books on tape. This made me happy because it makes him a normal person. My mom and I are very big on books on tape. When we work out or drive in the car or do any activity that we need free movement. This was also interesting to me because Birkets always seems so negative about anything that has to do with books and technology combined, and in my opinion books on tape is in a way a kind of novel in its own category. When listening to books on tape you do not have the opportunity to create character voices and personality on your own, whoever is narrating the book makes the choice for you, which is why im so surprised that Birkets enjoys books on tape. i look forward to reading more into Birkets and connecting this text to our hypertexts.
