ImScared3222’s Comments (group member since Jan 31, 2020)

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One thing that bothers/shocks me continuously about Dolores' character is how easy it is for her to lie to people. I feel like she wears lies like armor to protect herself. I hate lies so it bothers me every time she does it. If she was more open and honest, would she feel better? How would the story be different?

I was starting to like Dottie again, but then Dolores had to pull that crazy stunt and leave! What the hell?! Where's PETA? Those poor fishies.
I'm also trying to work out the metaphor and/or the foreshadowing of the beached whales. The whale represents Dolores, but does the beaching represent her intentions to commit suicide? How the news is always reporting the beached whales also represents the way we make a spectacle out of horrible events.

Why all the books? I'm reading She's Come Undone for fun. I am reading Harry Potter and The Crucible in class. You are welcome to read one or more along with me.

I'm on page 212 and Dolores has just gotten off of the phone with Dottie. When the two first met, I really liked Dottie, but as the story continues I like her less. I feel like Dottie is intentionally trying to make Dolores feel bad for not hanging out with her. Dolores should feel bad for her horrible behavior and Dottie is just lashing out. I just feel like everyone in this book behaves poorly but I think that's part of its charm because people aren't saints in real life.

I'm on page 148. Dolores has contemplated whether or not her mom's death was a suicide or an accident. I'm wondering that too. My gut feeling says "accident", but it is a logical conclusion to think she took her own life. I also wonder if learning about Bernice's life somehow foreshadows what will happen to Dolores in her own life. Will Dolores mimick her mother's life or create a new one for herself?

I recently became a full-time high school teacher due to the unexpected resignation of a good and close co-worker. Her room became mine and I inherited many things in it including the rather large classroom library. I had rearranged the room to suit my needs. An aspect of this arrangement is that there are 3 or 4 copies of this novel that are quite visible when one walks through my door. I had never read this novel, but have told myself that I should because the cover looked interesting. The other day, a co-worker of mine came by my room and stopped to see that I had owned copies of this book and was displaying them in my classroom. She asked me one question that piqued my interest immediately: "Do you think that is appropriate to have here?" I informed her that I would have to read it in order to answer her question.

What do you think of Wallis's writing style? How does it influence the story?

Racism is a hot topic when it comes to H.P. Lovecraft and understandably so. Find any evidence of Lovecraft's prejudices within his stories? Post them here.

The first lines of The Call of Cthulu:

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."

I think of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos going into outer space. When I was a kid, the idea of civilian space travel was a far-off dream and now it is on our doorsteps. What will our future look like? Will we find something we would have been better off not discovering?

Post here about movies that are either directly made from Lovecraft's stories or influenced by them. I'll start!

Cabin in the Woods?

This discussion is for Lovecraft's story The Call of Cthulhu.

https://magnus.gustavsson.se/pdf/cthu...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzH5P...

This is my first time reading this story and wow! I don't know how I feel about this story. There is just so much to it. I understand what the writer was trying to do, but I didn't like how it ended. It all feels so tragic.

Have you read this story before? What were your thoughts? Did you like it?

I read this story in high school and did not like it, but reading it as an adult is a different experience.

A PDF link of the story:

https://www.macalester.edu/religiousl...

Link for a PDF of the story

https://littletonpublicschools.net/si...

Here are a few points I've picked up in my Shakespeare Class:

1. Juliet may be manipulating Romeo; Juliet has to marry either way and Juliet chooses Romeo in a move to maintain control over her own life.

2. The adults are to blame for R&J's deaths because they keep screwing up.

3. A great love cannot exist on Earth; R&J experiences a type of paradise or Eden through their love which cannot exist on this Earth hence their suicide.
Cross-referenced with Launfal by Marie de France where pure love can only be seen as mystical and otherworldly.

I just finished reading the first act and I can't believe the number of sex jokes that went over my head when I read it in middle school. Shakespeare was a perve. I think I remember watching the 1968 version because I think that's the one where Romeo looks like Zac Efron. The teacher used to joke about him looking like Zac Efron all the time. Lol

I haven't read the Color Purple for years; I would love to reread that book. I don't know if it would classify as YA either due to its sexual content.

Read this play before?
Post questions and ideas about Shakespeare's famous (infamous?) play.

You wrote it so beautifully though. I didn't even notice you were being vague until you mentioned it. Thanks for sparing me the spoilers, though; it gives me something to look forward to this weekend. I'll be binge-reading this weekend and Frankl's book is on my to-binge list.