LOOKSMART CHAPTER 1 PG 46-50
Synopsis:
Looksmart goes to the farm to see Patricia. Realizes how much Patricia has
changed (aged) Patricia doesn’t recognize him at first.
Themes:
- Ageing
‘older and greyer’ (idea of time and changes / ageing)
‘that would be enough: to have seen her and seen what she has become’
- Memory
‘the old woman is still there, still calling the girl like she’s calling one of her dogs’
‘he feels the years stretching inside him, between the young man he was and the
man he is now, and he sees the years stretching all around him.’
‘thousands of days lived without him.’
- Shadows of the past
‘the old woman is still there, still calling the girl like she’s calling one of her dogs’
‘a thing that seems impossible to look at but has to be looked at twice.’ – his first
reaction to seeing Patricia
‘he says this in a voice he barley recognizes’ – reluctance
‘standing before her like a stranger’
‘all he is to her at that moment is a darker place in the darkness, dense with
possibility.’ – nostalgic
‘her world was always put on hold whenever he came into this room’
‘all he is to her at that moment is a darker place in the darkness, dense with
possibility.’ – nostalgic
- Identity and belonging
‘he says this in a voice he barley recognizes’ – reluctance
‘standing before her like a stranger’
Synopsis:
Looksmart goes to the farm to see Patricia. Realizes how much Patricia has
changed (aged) Patricia doesn’t recognize him at first.
Themes:
- Ageing
‘older and greyer’ (idea of time and changes / ageing)
‘that would be enough: to have seen her and seen what she has become’
- Memory
‘the old woman is still there, still calling the girl like she’s calling one of her dogs’
‘he feels the years stretching inside him, between the young man he was and the
man he is now, and he sees the years stretching all around him.’
‘thousands of days lived without him.’
- Shadows of the past
‘the old woman is still there, still calling the girl like she’s calling one of her dogs’
‘a thing that seems impossible to look at but has to be looked at twice.’ – his first
reaction to seeing Patricia
‘he says this in a voice he barley recognizes’ – reluctance
‘standing before her like a stranger’
‘all he is to her at that moment is a darker place in the darkness, dense with
possibility.’ – nostalgic
‘her world was always put on hold whenever he came into this room’
‘all he is to her at that moment is a darker place in the darkness, dense with
possibility.’ – nostalgic
- Identity and belonging
‘he says this in a voice he barley recognizes’ – reluctance
‘standing before her like a stranger’
