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today is the 45th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Thresher
Lynne:
--- Quote from: mouk on April 11, 2008, 03:45:39 am ---Crushed by the enormous pressure - wow, isn't this what happened to the boys, crushed by the enormous pressure of society's prejudice, despite Jack's attempts to resurface. Little did they know when they talked about it round the campfire that their destinies were going to be similar :'(
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Noelie! Thank you so much for sharing this. I've wondered before about Annie's intention in mentioning the Thresher, but never quite understood it. I think this is extremely insightful.
Lynne
:-*
mouk:
Thanks Lynne, :-* just a guess, but it seems to fit somehow
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: mouk on April 11, 2008, 03:45:39 am ---Crushed by the enormous pressure - wow, isn't this what happened to the boys, crushed by the enormous pressure of society's prejudice, despite Jack's attempts to resurface. Little did they know when they talked about it round the campfire that their destinies were going to be similar :'(
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good point, they were "broken" like the Thresher by irresistable pressures.
mouk:
... and the last sound we hear for Jack is the metallic tire iron and he drowned in his own blood;
and the last sounds for Ennis are the 'scratching of fine gravel and sand' (like the bottom of the sea under the Thresher) and a 'load of dirt coming off a dump truck', (as if he was being buried alive)
- all reminiscent of the metallic and grinding sounds of the sinking/breaking submarine
Horrible
brokeplex:
--- Quote from: mouk on April 11, 2008, 06:09:02 pm ---... and the last sound we hear for Jack is the metallic tire iron and he drowned in his own blood;
and the last sounds for Ennis are the 'scratching of fine gravel and sand' (like the bottom of the sea under the Thresher) and a 'load of dirt coming off a dump truck', (as if he was being buried alive)
- all reminiscent of the metallic and grinding sounds of the sinking/breaking submarine
Horrible
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again, good on point observations! I just keep learning new ways of appreciating Annie Proux. You must be an instructor specializing in the American short story. :)
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