Cell (Stephen King), and Latin
I just read Cell for the second time yesterday. It's good. Creepy, as you'd expect from Stephen King. There's one thing that really bugs me, though - his use of Latin.
Four people are, in a dream sequence, stood on pedestals while a guy points at them and says "ecce homo - insana" (for the first two), "eece femina - insana", and then "ecce puer - insanus". Anyone who's studied Latin can see what's wrong, right? "homo" is a masculine noun, and "insana" has a feminine ending.
I can't decide if it's just wrong, and he made a mistake, or if he's trying to make a point about the first character pointed at being gay. And if he is trying to make a point, what does that mean for the second character? He, canonically, has an estranged wife and a child. Maybe the estranged part is important. Maybe it's just my slasher brain and my Latin geek brain cooking up insane (hahah) plans togther.
Four people are, in a dream sequence, stood on pedestals while a guy points at them and says "ecce homo - insana" (for the first two), "eece femina - insana", and then "ecce puer - insanus". Anyone who's studied Latin can see what's wrong, right? "homo" is a masculine noun, and "insana" has a feminine ending.
I can't decide if it's just wrong, and he made a mistake, or if he's trying to make a point about the first character pointed at being gay. And if he is trying to make a point, what does that mean for the second character? He, canonically, has an estranged wife and a child. Maybe the estranged part is important. Maybe it's just my slasher brain and my Latin geek brain cooking up insane (hahah) plans togther.