Monday, February 13, 2012

For this blog i decided to talk about the Short story "Pagan Night". The analysis i used for the story is identifying textual clues or signals that are supposed to produce the ideal reader. The clues i noticed were in the first few paragraphs it kind of gives an overview of the characters, Sunny is not named yet but i took from this that she would be the more compassionate one that readers would share emotions with involving the baby also maybe her name is supposed to mean something positive. On the other hand Dalton is to me and maybe ideal readers the reason for the downward spiral that the two are in. He is introduced in a negative manner involving drugs and carelessness. So through the story i believe readers as well as myself sympathize with Sunny and look at Dalton negatively. I believe the  narrator has a bias and favors Sunny in the story going into her thoughts and feelings as well as explaining emotions she feels about her situation. The narrator in this is semi-omniscient and i believe wants readers to really hear and understand what Sunny is going through. On the other hand Dalton is talked about and really explained as a guy who gets drunk and high and writes about things that are important in his world, he has no feelings towards Sunny or their baby. I believe Sunny want's to be more close to the baby but Dalton is keeping her from this by not hating the baby to cry or even make any sound. Also i believe he is not allowing the baby to be named because he is afraid of developing a connection to his family.

2 comments:

  1. I pretty much agree with everything u said. I like how u noticed and thought thr her name Sunny could be a more positive name and that Dalton doesn't want to name the baby because he doesn't want to get connected to it. I think they both feel that way though, not just him and I think sunny is feeling that way because she is so attached to Dalton. He's a jerk.

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  2. John,

    I agree. You're doing a good job identifying signals here, and I think you're on target.

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