This post is about your essay on "Save as many as you ruin". Here you can ask/answer questions and share observations.
BTW it might be a good idea to look at this link for stream of consciousness - use it if you can. It may help you get a grip on the writing style and perhaps understand the text a little better.
Save as many as you ruin
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Blah blah blah… stream of consciousness… blah…fragmentation… blah blah, quote. It becomes clear to the reader that the narrator is …blah.
Another example of Van Booy’s use of stream of consciousness is apparent in the beginning of the story where the inner life of the narrator is contrasted to the description of the surroundings. We hear about Hethering, the gym teacher who took part in the 1936 Olympic Games: “He won a medal. Hitler watched.” (p. 2, l. 15). One simple main clause following another invokes a sensation of fragmentation. The facts are stated and given the same significance which, somehow, establishes a connection between Hitler and Hetherington. Immediately after follows an elaborate description of children killed in the gas-chambers of Nazi-Germany: “They were scared but trusted their parents” (l. 17). The next paragraph begins with Gerard stating his “stabbing love for his daughter” (l.18). Introducing the relationship between father and daughter with such a contrasted metaphor underlines the complicated nature of this main character which confirms the idea that the stream of consciousness technique is employed for a reason.
Note the coherence between the ending of this paragraph and the one that went before. The theme of stream of consciousness is taken up again and establishes a connection between paragraphs.
Another example:
Later in the text we see another example of how the narrator’s mind jumps from subject to subject: “Gerard and Lucy love Indian food. Indira often stays and eats with them - at first she wouldn’t. She is becoming part of the family. Her father died” (p. 3, l. 38). Seemingly, we are allowed a look into Gerard’s unstructured thoughts where associations are tripping over each other. However, if we look at the passage as an example of stream of consciousness, we can observe certain causal connections and in thus learn quit a lot about the developing relationship between the people in this household.
Here you can go on to write more about Gerard’s relationships to other people.
As for the grammar assignment - you are also expected to send me the answers to that. Don't forget to put your name on the page, please!
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ReplyDeleteA book about novels written with the "Stream of consciousness" technique.
It may be helpful analysing specific novels.
http://books.google.dk/books?id=u_baUYpEAesC&printsec=frontcover&hl=da&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false