http://nemo33.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/what/ Into the fantastic mind of Zena and english class. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:17:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://nemo33.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/what/#comment-43 mcallistera910 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:31:27 +0000 http://nemo33.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/what/#comment-43 I enjoyed reading your post and never thought of Gail as being considered one of the strong female characters of the book. At first glance, I saw her as a woman with many vices (including the bacon sandwich ordeal) and saw her as rather weak because of this. In retrospect, Gail may have these vices but still seems to be a rather confident woman. The advice she gives to "Sam" is yet another example of how strong a character this woman is. I only wonder how the book would went if it were Gail in Sam's shoes. I enjoyed reading your post and never thought of Gail as being considered one of the strong female characters of the book. At first glance, I saw her as a woman with many vices (including the bacon sandwich ordeal) and saw her as rather weak because of this. In retrospect, Gail may have these vices but still seems to be a rather confident woman. The advice she gives to “Sam” is yet another example of how strong a character this woman is. I only wonder how the book would went if it were Gail in Sam’s shoes.

]]> http://nemo33.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/what/#comment-42 Esther Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:13:06 +0000 http://nemo33.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/what/#comment-42 I completely agree with you that Louise spends much of the book as an object for numerous other characters. As for Gail, however, I do not see her as idependent as you seem to imply. Instead, Gail seems to me to be struggling to portray this autonomy, owning her own bar, etc., but to the narrator, Gail is just an object; she is needy and, to Sam, only seems to exist when Sam is conscious of her. I'm not sure if this makes enough sense, but it does in my mind, so if you're confused, don't ask me. I completely agree with you that Louise spends much of the book as an object for numerous other characters. As for Gail, however, I do not see her as idependent as you seem to imply. Instead, Gail seems to me to be struggling to portray this autonomy, owning her own bar, etc., but to the narrator, Gail is just an object; she is needy and, to Sam, only seems to exist when Sam is conscious of her. I’m not sure if this makes enough sense, but it does in my mind, so if you’re confused, don’t ask me.

]]> http://nemo33.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/what/#comment-41 Tammy Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:12:47 +0000 http://nemo33.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/what/#comment-41 This book is an example since it is done as a postmodern book because of the different forms like the poetic ending like you said and the last page ending like a mystery and we as readers have to make the ending how we want to make it. This book is an example since it is done as a postmodern book because of the different forms like the poetic ending like you said and the last page ending like a mystery and we as readers have to make the ending how we want to make it.

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