DouG's Notes

 

Now, for those of you out there that have gone through school attempting to exert as little effort as possible, you are probably familiar with 'Cliffs Notes'.  To elaborate, it is a study guide of the characters, the plots, and the themes/symbols of a book or play.  Cliffs Notes can be a very valuable tool for one that has read a book already and wants to refresh their memory of such, or even one that has just read a book but really didn't interpret the themes or symbols accurately, but more often than not, Cliffs Notes are used by people that haven't read the book at all.  Cliffs Notes can take a 300 +/- page book, summarize it, and give you all the key points and information in about 80 pages.  But, even still, that is a lot of reading.

I want to take this slothful mentality to the next logical level, and introduce a new series of 'DouG's Notes'.  DouG's Notes are going to act as the 'Cliffs Notes of Cliffs Notes'.  Unlike the it's 80 +/- page counter-part,  DouG's notes will be 7 pages of notebook paper stapled together, and will consist of  no words at all (excluding the cover).  It will be compiled of pictures that I have personally drawn of all the characters of the book/play, along with drawings of some of the key scenes described in the literature.  It's like reading, without all those fancy and utterly confusing words. 

*disclaimer:  DouG has no intention to actually go out and read all the books that he is preparing DouG's notes for.  The DouG's notes will primarily be based on his own perception of what the book is about founded by the title of the literature, and also judging the book by it's cover. 

"Ok, so I know now that 'To Kill a Mockingbird' isn't a recipe book."  -DouG