Connection Between Perfume by Patrick Suskind and How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster
1. “And when he saw that it was good and that the whole earth was saturated with his divine Grenouille seeds… Then Grenouille the Great commanded the rain to stop.” (Suskind 126)
a. This is connected to chapter 6 of Foster’s book which regards the use of the Bible in literature. Grenouille is already easily recognizable as a very egocentric character but by recognizing the biblical resonance present in this scene, the reader seeing how far that truly goes. In this passage, Grenouille is creating his own world in his mind and using very similar wording to the section of the Bible where God creates Earth. This demonstrates that Grenouille’s …show more content…
This connects to chapter 20 of Foster’s book which regards the significance of season. Grenouille is born in summer which commonly has connotations of “adulthood and romance and fulfillment and love” (Foster 186). This connection with adulthood is interesting because Grenouille never truly seemed to be a child but instead had the self-awareness and maturity only found in an adult. The author could have also been using summer ironically because of the connection with love, romance, and passion, something that Grenouille lacks.
7. “To enhance the mood, he first conjured up those that were earliest and most remote… And he wallowed in disgust and loathing, and his hair stood at end at the delicious horror… And then all at once, the pent-up hate would erupt with orgasmic force-that was after all the point of the exercise.” (Suskind 124)
a. This connects to Foster’s book in chapter 16, “It’s All About Sex”. This passage calls to mind the act of masturbation though it is not literally present. Instead, it “fulfills the function of masturbation” without the actual act (Foster 148). Grenouille’s purpose is the release of anger which he causes by imagining various events and scents of his life which is similar to the purpose and cause of masturbation.
8. “The result was that the scheduled execution of one of the most abominable criminals of the age degenerated into the largest orgy the world had ever seen since the second century before Christ.” (Suskind
1. “And when he saw that it was good and that the whole earth was saturated with his divine Grenouille seeds… Then Grenouille the Great commanded the rain to stop.” (Suskind 126)
a. This is connected to chapter 6 of Foster’s book which regards the use of the Bible in literature. Grenouille is already easily recognizable as a very egocentric character but by recognizing the biblical resonance present in this scene, the reader seeing how far that truly goes. In this passage, Grenouille is creating his own world in his mind and using very similar wording to the section of the Bible where God creates Earth. This demonstrates that Grenouille’s …show more content…
This connects to chapter 20 of Foster’s book which regards the significance of season. Grenouille is born in summer which commonly has connotations of “adulthood and romance and fulfillment and love” (Foster 186). This connection with adulthood is interesting because Grenouille never truly seemed to be a child but instead had the self-awareness and maturity only found in an adult. The author could have also been using summer ironically because of the connection with love, romance, and passion, something that Grenouille lacks.
7. “To enhance the mood, he first conjured up those that were earliest and most remote… And he wallowed in disgust and loathing, and his hair stood at end at the delicious horror… And then all at once, the pent-up hate would erupt with orgasmic force-that was after all the point of the exercise.” (Suskind 124)
a. This connects to Foster’s book in chapter 16, “It’s All About Sex”. This passage calls to mind the act of masturbation though it is not literally present. Instead, it “fulfills the function of masturbation” without the actual act (Foster 148). Grenouille’s purpose is the release of anger which he causes by imagining various events and scents of his life which is similar to the purpose and cause of masturbation.
8. “The result was that the scheduled execution of one of the most abominable criminals of the age degenerated into the largest orgy the world had ever seen since the second century before Christ.” (Suskind