The Close Reads Continue

So far, we have seen a move in our close reads to a new milieu (hello, New Orleans), a lack of familiar characters (bye bye Robert), a continual back and forth of frustration (yep, Edna and her awakening, or semi-awakening, or troubled sleeping patterns)., and wait, wait, wait - zeugma in the form of bit/biting!

We will attempt to finish the close reads tomorrow with anything remaining on Friday's class. Since you have not had any reading assignments lately, I hope you have taken the chance to work on your short story and presentation, which is right around the corner, once we have finished The Awakening. The chapters are short, so you know it's not too far away.

And while I was hearing another brilliant guitar solo by John Mayer last night, I started connecting the lyrics of "Gravity" to our dear Edna, especially with the emphasis of "light" that seems to have left Edna now in her time of loneliness and Robertlessness (new word). I don't know what it is about Edna, but her story, Chopin's overwhelming motif usage, and the constant play of the word "awakening" sure bespeaks to a great deal of other artistic forms: Gravity by John Mayer.