“Now we know, as she [Oedipa Maas] does, that she can carry on, that discovering that men can’t be counted on doesn’t mean that the world ends; that she’s a whole person.” Pg. 5
As Foster previously states in this chapter, quests are for self-discovery and solving an unanswered and potentially unknown mystery that lies deeply within you. In his example of Oedipa Maas in The Crying of Lot 49 he describes the unpleasant and perhaps overwhelming voyage that one must go on to come to terms with the fact that a person that you once relied upon heavily for emotional/ spiritual/ physical/ financial/ fill-in-the-blank support isn’t all that you’ve cracked them up to be. For me, this applies not only to boys (like Ms. Maas) but also to friends that I’ve had to recover and experience withdrawals from to move on with my life. Oddly enough though, reading this chapter filled me with a small amount of hope as it reminded me of something that I should’ve remembered from years of
watching Criminal Minds. The team is always the most addled and lost right before they have an ‘aha-moment’ and the “un-sub” is uncovered. While my life isn’t a thrilling crime drama, this same idea translates well into the ‘quest’ of my …show more content…
The Baudelaire’s lose their parents and home in a fire, a crow flies off with Prue’s baby brother, and Louise’s parents have begun to fight after the loss of her father’s job. It is now so evident to me that this was the marquee saying that a quest was about to begin, instead of realizes that a one had occurred after finishing the book. I think a majority of this reading assignment was to give us little clues to look for to unlock in our minds what’s truly happening for a deeper understanding of whatever it is that we’re reading, so in that stance, maybe my life is a bit like a thrilling crime drama, with me starring as the flawless and toned FBI agent solving literary mysteries (this fall on
As Foster previously states in this chapter, quests are for self-discovery and solving an unanswered and potentially unknown mystery that lies deeply within you. In his example of Oedipa Maas in The Crying of Lot 49 he describes the unpleasant and perhaps overwhelming voyage that one must go on to come to terms with the fact that a person that you once relied upon heavily for emotional/ spiritual/ physical/ financial/ fill-in-the-blank support isn’t all that you’ve cracked them up to be. For me, this applies not only to boys (like Ms. Maas) but also to friends that I’ve had to recover and experience withdrawals from to move on with my life. Oddly enough though, reading this chapter filled me with a small amount of hope as it reminded me of something that I should’ve remembered from years of
watching Criminal Minds. The team is always the most addled and lost right before they have an ‘aha-moment’ and the “un-sub” is uncovered. While my life isn’t a thrilling crime drama, this same idea translates well into the ‘quest’ of my …show more content…
The Baudelaire’s lose their parents and home in a fire, a crow flies off with Prue’s baby brother, and Louise’s parents have begun to fight after the loss of her father’s job. It is now so evident to me that this was the marquee saying that a quest was about to begin, instead of realizes that a one had occurred after finishing the book. I think a majority of this reading assignment was to give us little clues to look for to unlock in our minds what’s truly happening for a deeper understanding of whatever it is that we’re reading, so in that stance, maybe my life is a bit like a thrilling crime drama, with me starring as the flawless and toned FBI agent solving literary mysteries (this fall on