SO:
First off, when they mention on page 117 the difficulties of having a parent on faculty at your school, I can kinda relate obviously, but they talk about how it makes them feel like a "charity case" and that's interesting because i've actually never thought about it like that at all, so that kind of just shows the way the girls see things a little bit. Next, pretty typical how Mrs.Lisbon randomly returns from the depths of their home when it comes to having control over them again... All she needed to bring her out was to be able to make her daughters look just the way she wanted them to once again. However, the girls were really happy through this whole dance experience nonetheless. Except I also notice that the story gets constantly broken up by the reminders of Cecilia's death that come out of nowhere. It's almost like in the narration of this whole story, the boys were trying to convey that the girls could never be happy. Which also connects with on page 132 Therese saying, "Cecilia was weird, but we're not. We just want to live. If anyone would let us." Everyone always brings them down and it's interesting because it makes me wonder what happens within the next part of the book that their want to live disappears. I have a feeling that Lux's suicide will have something to do with the way Trip and her ended up, with him not caring how she got home and then being sick of her...like where did that even come from.
Um okay on another note, is the fact that "It was the kinda of music they play when you die" (135) a sign about Lux? Why did Cecilia get the flag at half mast while Laura White has a statue? I'm assuming it wasn't just a coincidence that this idea of girl's committing suicide came up as they were looking for their sister who would soon get in trouble.
"Don't let it die a virgin" in reference to the smoke ring seemed significant to me for reasons i cannot explain so i don't really know about that one
You definitely have the best perspective for what it's like to have a family member working at the same school you go to. It was interesting, though, how the girls still enjoyed the dance despite that. I think it must have been the thrill of getting out of the house,because it is said that the girls' moods and complexions ride without Lux. They complained about how much trouble they'd get in.
ReplyDeleteAnother interesting thing, as you mentioned, is how Trip suddenly got sick of Lux. I don't think we'll ever know why this is so, because Trip supposedly admits to the boys years later that he didn't know why he did it himself. How are we to actually believe these narrators? What do you guys think? Are we at a point where we can now confide in the narrators?
*complexions and moods change on the ride home without Lux
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