I cannot believe what just happened in the book. I knew that was gonna happen from the weird way that Jack was acting and all. Plain and simple, Jack molested Dolores. The way that Wally Lamb wrote it, you cannot help but cringe in hate and agony for her. Then again, like I said, she's annoying--annoyingly stupid though. You could tell by the way that Jack's acts--cursing at her, drinking while driving, harrassing her--that she'd honestly see the signs of something not being right. Not to mention the fact that he keeps telling her that everything that keeps going wrong is all her fault, so he's brain washing her and making her feel small at the same time. It's so disgusting! But thank goodness she told someone.
This book kind of reminds me of Things Fall Apart in a very miniscule way. I think Okonkwo and Dolores are alike in some bizarre way because they both seem to feel in several examples in both books that everything going wrong in a way has to do with them. Plus, they both get on my nerves. Okonkwo's too macho and chauvinistic. Dolores is to naive and wild-minded. Also, the beginning poem of Things Fall Apart I think could be a nice touch to She's Come Undone, because Dolores in a way is calling for help in a way that you cannot really notice, but no one is hearing her. So, things fall apart. Thus, the falcon cannot hear the falconer, things fall apart...
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It's really great that your not only reading the book, but making text to text connections as well. Especially to a book we have all just read and also using a poem that we only used once. Great observations! ;]
♥Hey JoJo♥
Nice blog entry. I like the fact that you connected your book to Things Fall Apart. I wish I could make connections like you do. You're just so good at it.
~♥Shazena♥~
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