This weeks readings promted a few different things for me to think about. First off, I was thinking about the differences that are possibly created for someone reading this book based on their gender. As Calvino briefly switched the point of view to that of Ludmilla, it made me think of the fact that for most of the book “The reader” had been through the viewpoint of a male, which could create an entirely different way of reading\/taking in the book for those readers that are female. Our gender most definitely plays a role in how we percieve others actions, and I’m sure its no different in what we read as well. I could be way off, but it was just something I hadn’t really thought about before reading that particular page.<\/p>\n
Secondly, it occurred to me that Silas Flannery was possibly a representation of Calvino, at least to some degree. Perhaps Calvino was having trouble finishing his stories, so he figured he’d throw them all into one book and came up with a very uniqe plot to tie them all together. Regardless of whether that is true or not (most likely not), I still wouldn’t be surprised at all if Calvino put at least some of himself in Flannery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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