Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 102 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, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Class Discussion pg.186
I believe this scene is important because the readers, as well as Swenson, are finally getting to see Angela’s true color. Swenson feel as if Angela was only using you him for her own personal gain. Now that I’ve read this I actually feel this way too. The way she was friendly and cozy without swenson in the earlier chapters was just a ploy. She was attempting to make herself seem vulnerable and like a desperate writer who can’t seem to get by. Ultimately, Swenson feel into her trap. Now in this scene her persona has changed. She’s approaching Swenson like he’s someone of her age group, talking to him disrespectfully and she’s also becoming aggressively possessive. She was literally jumping down Swenson’s throat for not calling her to talk about her writing. Now that they’ve had sex she feels like as if he owns her something in return.
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She used him! He’s just too blind to notice it. He is so focused on her and not the actions. He can’t comprehend that he is being used for something. Which is odd because teachers are usually capable of reading a student. Finding out what they are thinking.
ReplyDeleteRich, you might be giving teachers too much credit :) I'm not sure we have any more powers of intuition than the avg. person. However, it does seem to me that Swenson is constantly talking himself, both into and out of, that Angela is using him or that she likes him.
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