Miller Williams The Book Summary

The Book by Miller Williams is a poem shrouded in creepiness and mystery from the start. The author, which you can assume is narrating by the use of ‘I’ throughout, is telling a story about a man who discovers a blank book a decided to use it as a diary for some time before discovering a true horror about it, the book was made from human skin. The theme of human ignorance is conveyed thoroughly throughout the poem, along with imagery of the old, creepy past of the book, and eerie diction. The theme of The Book is hard to decipher at first glance. After thorough reading the most logical theme comes down to the human tendency of ignorance, of which can be clearly seen from the final lines, “I stared and a horror grew, which was, which is, how