The reason I chose this text to star mainly stems from the paradox of the multiplicity meant to accompany starred texts. When a text is starred, it is supposed to become a sort of writerly text, in which multiple meanings can be interpreted. However, when I first read Barthes' S/Z, I found his codes and method of starring a text to be very narrowly oriented and confining. Thus, in order to demonstrate the futility of his codes, I chose to star his own text, and then star my own starred text. If his method of starring is really that effective, there would be an infinite amount of perspectives and potential starring points.
True, I stumbled upon a deeper understanding of Barthes' work and, in the end, was able to ask some fundamentally thought-provoking questions because of Barthes' codes, but there was still a wall that met me at the end of the day.
In essence, by starring a starred text on starring texts, I've concluded that Barthes' method of starring texts is not truly as effective as his example and paper seem to demonstrate.
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