Sunday, September 15, 2013
Privacy
What I realized at the end of the last class about privacy is that after Cecilia's first suicide attempt, even though privacy is supposed to be very important (page 42) she has even less of it. Her very first moment of privacy since the incident was during the party when she was allowed to leave the basement and walk upstairs by herself. It may be normal for all of us to be able to walk up stairs in our own home alone, with no supervision, but it's not normal in this household. What I find interesting is that the first time she has privacy (maybe she can't stand it?) she kills herself....
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Good point. It may be a situation where the girls get too much freedom too quickly and get overwhelmed. While I think that the idea of the girls having their privacy contributes to the suicide, I think it's only part of the picture. I'm still convinced that there must have been something else which made Cecilia want to kill herself. (i.e. What's the deal with that wedding dress? What's its significance?)
ReplyDeleteYeah! The wedding dress part is super weird. It also just goes to show how much Mrs.Lisbon wanted to control the girls considering after Cecilia had died, Mrs.Lisbon had her change out of her wedding dress which was clearly an important part of her life. Also going back to the whole thing with her nails as well, it shows that Mr. and Mrs. Lisbon realize there now eternal control over Cecilia compared to the other girls when Mr. Lisbon says, "They'll grow out. Fingernails keep growing. She can't bite them now, dear" (40).
ReplyDeleteALSO, it's obvious that the girls don't know how to handle being alone because at the homecoming dance, Bonnie couldn't stand there with her date and felt the need to follow Lux and Trip around the whole time. Joe Hill Conley even acknowledges it, "It was like she was afraid of being left alone" (129)
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