Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 220 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing/reading on a weekly basis in an informal forum.
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Marion: Opening passages
The opening passages of this writing sets the scene for us. It attempts to paint a picture in our heads of what the scenery is like. we can picture this old Victorian style building that is sort of rundown with age and lack of upkeep. We can picture what the landscaping is like from her illustrations. The scene is also set by giving us some insight as to who the author is and some of the other characters are. She starts to describe her mother. She starts to to give us an idea of what Marion's father is like. She even sets up an illusrtration of her relationship with Marion.
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The second passage gives us an image of youth, inexperience and shyness of the narrator. This is illustrated by the illustration of how she feels in Marion's bikini top. And her shyness is illustrated more when we read about her reaction to the glances Jack. I get the feeling that Marion is more used to all of this. It is sort of new to the Narrator.
ReplyDeleteI agree. The author doesn't seem to be too comfortable because of the fact unlike Marion being around it more often than Emma. Emma is observing what she sees as she describes it. Marion is more out there and not shy like Emma is.
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