I'm almost done with this book! 7 more chapters! :) I'm more excited to finish the book, just to finish it and get it over with. (no offense to those who actually liked this book...it just wasn't doing anything for me.)
Sooo...about the last few chapters I just read:
Chapter 16 and 17 were actually a little humorous to me for some reason. I think i found those two chapters funny because sex is just a random subject to be discussing in literature. I mean, its not really emphasized so much unless its a romance novel. In movies, its normal, but in books, its...unorthodox. At least for me it is. I don't normally read books with any sexual scenes, or anything describing it. In fact, I don't think I've ever read a book with any sex descriptions. Like I said, I'm most familiar with that subject on the big screen. Also, the fact that it sometimes symbolizes something other then, love or a close connection with other characters, it made it more interestingly funny (not in a bad way...just a "well, that's nice to know" kind of way). I also didn't expect sex to be symbolized by objects, characters, or actions in books. When the author discussed the story about the bowl, that surprised me, especially the fact that when he explained it, that was when i saw the connections. As well as keys and keyholes...I actually would have never thought about keys and keyholes in that way until now.
Regarding Chapter 18, I didn't know that drowning in water, or surviving a near-drowning experience, was considered to be baptismal. The idea of being submerged into water was to be considered something baptismal, I'm not really connecting that idea. Rebirth, death, new identity, sure...but baptismal? it just didn't make sense to me. Maybe its because I'm just used to baptism as a religious thing connecting to admission to the church, and yeah, in a way rebirth and a new identity. But I'm not so sure about authors 'baptizing" characters and meaning death..I just think that's a conflicting idea. I just can't connect baptism with death...
I actually found chapter 19 to be, well more informative. I thought geography would just mean place, as in the setting or the surrounding of the characters (mountains, rivers, etc). I didn't think it incorporated weather, politics, etc. I guess I just thought about it as a general way, and I didn't really think about it in-depth. Anyways, once all those factors are included, then yes, geography really matters since its practically the whole book. Isn't it? At least that' how i took it. "When writers send characters south, it's so they can run amok." Does it always have to be the south? Well depending on where they are, and what time period, I probably wouldn't even know where the "south" would be.Seasons is an easy subject actually. Most of the facts were already taught to me. However, just my little input for winter, I don't think it ALWAYS means despair and all of that sadness. In my opinion, winter can also mean something pure, because of the white snow and everything. Or just happiness because of the Christmas season Sure, most of the times, it's basically cruel because of the cold, but I think it would have been nice if the author mentioned some positive symbolism for winter. Other than that, everything else was just a review for me, so nothing too out of the ordinary or new to learn for that chapter.
The interlude was a little confusing. I didn't get what the author was really trying to say about the "one story". At first, when he mentioned it in previous chapters, i assumed it meant that it was because authors borrow from other authors/ literature works, so basically everything is combined into one story. He also mentioned how, even though writers think that they are creating something new, but no matter what, there's elements that are used in all sorts of different works. (that part i liked, as well as the comparison he used saying how we can't create a new word). But when the author mentioned how everything was one story that explains our life or something like that, it totally lost me. I'm not sure what he was trying to say. I get the borrowing and improvising part, but the "us-and-the-world/ us-in-the-world" and then the author went on to talk about one myth a long time ago that everything started from? The interlude just really lost me...
This book is really repetitive I feel. Some information is new to me, others aren't. I'm just glad I'm almost done. :)
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