So I was realizing reading the book that I don’t like the characters’ names. Maybe they’re too old, or maybe too similar (Harvey, Hardy, Hamner and Harry…) so I flipped back to the Dramatis Personae in the beginning of the book. What I found interesting is the descriptions the authors’ chose for the women. Eileen, ie, is “Assistant Manager for Corrigan’s Plumbing Supplies of Burban” (go Eileen.) Marie Vance is “Gordie Vance’s wife”. What I noticed is the only two people who don’t have description is Mrs. Gloria Delantey (not really sure why she’s listed, she was only in one chapter), and Loretta Randall! She doesn’t even get “wife” tacked on. Epitome of true uselessness.<\/p>\n
Anyway, that’s thought one.<\/p>\n
Thought two:<\/p>\n
Humans as Gods! I only noted two passages. There might be more, but these stuck out to me. Page 491: “astronauts from Hammerlab! you won’t believe them. They look like gods. They look like they never went through the end of the world at all.” Well, technically, they didn’t. But that triggered the thought that everyone who was on Earth, instead of floating above it, is marked with a very characteristic appeareance: frightened, hunted, haunted, starved, dark.\u00a0 And then on pg 509, “For a few minutes, possibly for as much as a whole day, Dan Forrester was safe. He could count on living until dawn. It was a strange feeling.”<\/p>\n
I wonder if Dan’s general appearance changed in that one day of guarenteed life. The authors’ don’t even really describe the expressions, but by these two passages (spec. the first), these appearance changes are subliminal in describing, but totally obvious in contrast.<\/p>\n
And my last thought, and probably the one of real interest, is I noticed a lot of Koran\/Muslim references when talking about the New Brotherhood. I wanted to know if anyone could think of a reason why. I found two passages that draw the parallel. The first on page 524, when marvelling about the size of the Brotherhood, Harvey says, “Mohammed began he had five followers. In four months he controlled Arabia. In a couple years he controlled half the world. And the New Brotherhood has the same kind of growth incentive.”<\/p>\n
Interesting. Harvey couldve drawn the parallel with Hitler. I mean, he got a huge following in a short time, and he was violent, join or die type guy. But why did the authors’ pick Mohammed, not Hitler?<\/p>\n
Second passage: 568pg. While fighting the Brotherhood, Marie says, “Its officially dawn. Muslim definition. When you can tell a white thread from a black one. It’s in the Koran.”<\/p>\n
Soooooo. Kind of got the impression that Marie isn’t Muslim, so why are the authors’ quoting the Koran and then using it as a premonition of the Brotherhood’s advancement???<\/p>\n
Any thougths?!<\/p>\n
-Laura Kelly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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