Subject: In Conclusion
From: Matt Kozusko (mkozusko@english.uga.edu)
Date: Sun May 21 2000 - 12:03:03 GMT
Scottie's superbly level-headed commentary is enough to topple most of
the literary sterilizing peformed by professionals since New Criticism.
He's like Harold Bloom, only less resentful.
We agree on one thing. The build-up that begins in the opening
paragraphs isn't really sufficient for the events that conclude the
story. I *don't* sense a build-up--I sense the intention of a
build-up. And that's the story's failing. What spoils the story's
hopes is that nobody's actually expecting what in the end indeed does
not happen. We're all supposed to be looking for a certain conclusion,
but we in
fact aren't, so when it doesn't materialize, we aren't appropriately
shocked. I didn't say we aren't shocked. Just that we aren't shocked
as I suspect we're supposed to have been shocked.
-- Matt Kozusko
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