Sunday, April 6, 2008

More in-depth look that the literary references


Bechdel
  • The choice of direction is both the same in the book and the article. While they talk about different parts of the book, the narrator still has the option of what they want to do.... stay awake or go to sleep
  • The father being compared to the part in the story about the traveling person, finding excitement due to being in a strange place, to doing unusual things
  • The father uses his children as a comfort.... his obsession with he house and the landscape to make comfort for himself, so he always has something to go back to
  • The fact that she wants to be called Albert instead of Allison... not only is her father hiding but she is hiding as well
Kenneth Graehame
  • Page 146 talks about the parallels of both landscapes, and how they are really close together
  • page 116 the very last line "after all...holiday" thinking in terms of the father is always busy and yelling at them to do things, once everyone is busy doing his things he can finally sit down and relax
Ulysses
  • Everytime she talks about her dad it seems to reference the language that james joyce uses... page 6 is good example of the dramatic language
  • many references to the greek classic world
  • the book owes a lot to joyce and proust
  • transformations, being stuck in the middle of two things
  • Odyssey- fathers and sons
Portrait of the lady
  • comparison between the mother and the older character in the book (direct comparison) 
Importance of Being Ernest
  • Identity crisis, mask and disguise especially when it comes to relationships... whats appropriate and whats not, building up this image
  • masks in regards to relationships, more business like then love like

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