Comments on: The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/ reading is an obsession Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mee http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 mee Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:01:39 +0000 http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/#comment-1135 Wow thanks for the lengthy explanation, though it's all becoming a bit blurry for me, because I read the book a while ago and I didn't understand those parts in the first place.. Wow thanks for the lengthy explanation, though it’s all becoming a bit blurry for me, because I read the book a while ago and I didn’t understand those parts in the first place..

]]> By: Kase http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Kase Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:08:49 +0000 http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/#comment-1126 As far as i understand the anthropolgy lecture is just linking the maids with other significant facts or figures in humanities history and society. It links the number 12 to important things in society over time, such as the twelve days of christmas and the twelve apostles and so on. Really its just trying to make a point about symbolism and the importance of the maids. The interaction with their "audience" (e.g. "Whats that Sir?") seems to be to just gain readers attention. Overall it seems that the maids are trying to point out the importance of what happened to them, but by relating themselves to these mythical (e.g. Artemis) events/things they bring a sense of non-importance and no sense of the maids being "real girls, real flesh". Kinda saying that even if they are important, there is still no sense of them actually being figures we may relate to (e.g. "real girls") and by linking themselves in the manner they have (to symbols and such) they themselves become "pure symbol" Oops sorry for the long winded answer. i just find it quite fascinating. I hope you still wanted a response, if not, ignore me. :-) As far as i understand the anthropolgy lecture is just linking the maids with other significant facts or figures in humanities history and society. It links the number 12 to important things in society over time, such as the twelve days of christmas and the twelve apostles and so on. Really its just trying to make a point about symbolism and the importance of the maids. The interaction with their “audience” (e.g. “Whats that Sir?”) seems to be to just gain readers attention. Overall it seems that the maids are trying to point out the importance of what happened to them, but by relating themselves to these mythical (e.g. Artemis) events/things they bring a sense of non-importance and no sense of the maids being “real girls, real flesh”. Kinda saying that even if they are important, there is still no sense of them actually being figures we may relate to (e.g. “real girls”) and by linking themselves in the manner they have (to symbols and such) they themselves become “pure symbol”

Oops sorry for the long winded answer. i just find it quite fascinating. I hope you still wanted a response, if not, ignore me. :-)

]]> By: mee http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/comment-page-1/#comment-80 mee Sun, 18 May 2008 08:40:35 +0000 http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/#comment-80 Yeap that's what happens sometimes, isn't it? If you do get to the end, let me know if you understand the Anthropology lecture :P. I'm about a third of Kite Runner now. I was already teary at the first dozen of pages or so. Yeap that’s what happens sometimes, isn’t it? If you do get to the end, let me know if you understand the Anthropology lecture :P.

I’m about a third of Kite Runner now. I was already teary at the first dozen of pages or so.

]]> By: mrdes http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/comment-page-1/#comment-79 mrdes Sun, 18 May 2008 04:15:30 +0000 http://www.meexia.com/bookie/2008/05/the-penelopiad-by-margaret-atwood/#comment-79 Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale still sit at my table, the bookmark slotted in at page 100 - no sign of progress:P. I see you are reading "The Kite Runner". I tear - even now and then, when reminded of some of the scenes. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale still sit at my table, the bookmark slotted in at page 100 – no sign of progress:P. I see you are reading “The Kite Runner”. I tear – even now and then, when reminded of some of the scenes.

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