Last night I watched The Island by director Micheal Bay. It was quite similar to the novel Never Let Me Go. The characters in both the novel and the movie are striving to find in a sense their own identity. They are both stuck up in a world were they need to live to help others and therefore cannot move forward with their own lives because they are "special" and restricted from building it. There are however multiple differences and similarities in both the movie and the novel, however the underlying themes are the same.
I was also just watching the trailer to "Never Let Me Go" and can't wait to watch it. This movie is set more in a realistic setting whereas The Island is in a more futuristic setting. However, one can still relate themselves to the characters.
I would highly recommend it!:)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Nights at the Circus
At first my initial thoughts were similar to most people in the class... this book is going to be really hard to get through. However, as I slowly progressed through the it and understood some of the underlying themes, it became quite interesting.
Angela Carter does a fascinating job at portraying the image of a "new women". Fevvers, in some sense is shown as the Savior of women. In book 1, she is presented as the angel who has been sent down to help the whores. Her difference as a women is what makes her a powerful feminist character.
Also, I really liked the portrayal of the circus in the novel. The circus is shown as a way for people to come and find an escape from their problems. They not only want to escape from their problems but want an escape from the everyday problems that the "filthy" world has to offer, as Buffo puts it. The circus becomes a world of it's own, where people are allowed to be different, whether there playing the role or are born in to it. "Under these impenetrable disguises of wet white, you might find, were you to look, the features of those who were once proud to be visible." (Carter 138) As someone else mentioned in their post, I really enjoyed Book II and the "sermon" Buffo presents. This is what makes the book really interesting... although the plot is quite confusing at times, the things the characters have to say are quite captivating.
Angela Carter does a fascinating job at portraying the image of a "new women". Fevvers, in some sense is shown as the Savior of women. In book 1, she is presented as the angel who has been sent down to help the whores. Her difference as a women is what makes her a powerful feminist character.
Also, I really liked the portrayal of the circus in the novel. The circus is shown as a way for people to come and find an escape from their problems. They not only want to escape from their problems but want an escape from the everyday problems that the "filthy" world has to offer, as Buffo puts it. The circus becomes a world of it's own, where people are allowed to be different, whether there playing the role or are born in to it. "Under these impenetrable disguises of wet white, you might find, were you to look, the features of those who were once proud to be visible." (Carter 138) As someone else mentioned in their post, I really enjoyed Book II and the "sermon" Buffo presents. This is what makes the book really interesting... although the plot is quite confusing at times, the things the characters have to say are quite captivating.
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