Subject: Re: The Scream
From: Will Hochman (hochman@southernct.edu)
Date: Wed May 30 2001 - 03:31:02 GMT
Celilia, as I read your post I welcomed your association with Munch's
The Scream but made mine because of the end of the story...when the
narrator needs to scream just after stepping off the bus and spotting
the red tissue paper that "looked like someone's poppy-petal mask."
You may be right about similarities of vice-like head shapes , though
I've always loved TLM for the need to scream at Gedsudski for his
blatant insensitivity and cruelty. Funny thing is, as a young boy I
read the story and loved "The Chief" and the idea that he would pick
up kids, help them play great sports after school, let them explore
museums, and tell them stories. But I went to NYU where Gedsudski
was supposedly studying and I learned a great deal about him and his
friends...in fact, by the time they let me out of there I needed a
good scream or two myself ... will
-- Will Hochman Assistant Professor of English & Composition Co-Coordinator Southern Connecticut State University 501 Crescent St, New Haven, CT 06515 203 392 5024 http://www.southernct.edu/~hochman/willz.html
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