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It seems an interesting story. idk if I have understood it enough, but from what I have read and comprehended I think after witnessing death, Nick hasn't yet developed a mature understanding of mortality, which ig is because of his young age, his faith in his father becomes intertwined with a belief in his own safety and immortality as he sees his father as the adult who makes the world feel safe around him, so as long as his father is beside him, he feels protected and believes he cannot die I think I maybe wrong here. Another thing was how the story reflects the patriarchal and misogynistic attitude of the period beautifully. women's pain is almost completely disregarded, while men are portrayed as stoic, authoritative and concerned with maintaining control presenting a gender system where women were expected to endure suffering silently, while men were expected to remain strong, detached and in control so the husband's death makes that masculine expectation particularly complicated. I don't think my comprehensive skill is good lol |
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my comprehensive skill is still developing its all good. i like your thoughts, especially about the patriarchal attitudes of the piece.
this work just fascinated me a lot. it's so strange even with the other pieces in this collection. it's so like in-your-face. i was inclined to lean towards nick being protected in this piece as a standalone, but when paired with the other pieces in the collection it becomes so muddy. the other pieces often center around a distaste for fatherhood and the bad relationships between fathers and sons. the next story after this one is one in which the father becomes angry at a worker, comes home, argues with his wife, and then deliberately disobeys her. i just don't know what to do with all of that.. but i think it's just one of those pieces that can be interpreted in so so many ways. when we talked about it in class we talked about how many interpretations just of nick's relationship to his father come up. some say it's of protection, some say it's of fear, like there's so many things that can be argued.
there's also like no women in all of the collections, and the ones that are there are not particularly developed. the women are NOT treated well...
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