Moods 160 & the conclusion

In the reading, Hoffman explains that when we hear music e have a different view on things. Imagery is important and is also a major key to knowing what the song to track entails. There is emotion that drives a listener into feeling a song. However, our views could be different from many. In terms of the part where he mentions the arrangement of cornflakes and boxes, what I understand is that even though one my look at the melody of the certain genres, people my interpret it in many different ways. Just like at first when we listened to the songs that were playing today. When we heard the first song the first thing that would come to mind is words such as "royalty" or "white skin". While on the other hand, the second song the two words we think about is "slavery" and "black skin".

In the conclusion of this book, i realized that hoffman was a believer of God(refers the word "Him" in the last paragraph in capital letters). I think although he is a strong believer, he somehow questions life itself, especially when he mentions the special care of certain people, with the use of God as an example. When he mentioned the part that was said about writing, however, with a criminal code, I may quite understand what he is saying. Let us use nations flags and symbols for an example. Certain countries would be penalized and prosecuted fro the abuse of their flags. Just like the symbol of Jesus and of a country was to break a cross  or to turn it upside down, they would be in serious trouble as well. To conclude, Hoffman want us to question "why life exists" and why being alone may have you think a lot.