Sep 11 2008
The First Thesis
I finished reading my first ISU choice, In the Skin of a Lion last night. As my last post revealed, I really enjoyed it. I think I may have to read the ending again, but I definitely enjoyed that last bit as well. No annoying ending in this book!
I came up with a thesis I’m happy with today. Roughly, it’s the importance of silence and sound in the novel, and how it relates to the main character (Patrick Lewis) and the what was occurring (socially? not sure if that’s the right word) in Toronto at that time.
One of my fave quotes that ties into the theme of sound/silence is one of the times Patrick talks about his moths/insects.
“Patrick pulls a double-ocarina from his pocket. Outside he will not waken his father, the noise will simply drift up into the arms of soft maple. Perhaps he can haunt these creatures. Perhaps they are not mute at all, it is just a lack of range in his hearing. [...] He knows the robust calls from the small bodies of cicadas, but he wants conversation – the language of damsel flies who need something to translate their breath the way he uses the ocarina to give himself a voice, something to leap with over the wall of this place. “
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I’m glad you liked your book Liddy. Your ISU thesis seems very interesting.
I like your thesis, it seems interesting and should make a good essay. I look forward to reading your essay once its done. Thanks for telling me about the Trial, I like books that are strange and twisty. I think that I am going to like it.