symbols
This is almost kinda sorta a pointless entry but we watched Firefly earlier and it was Jaynestown and halfway through it, I realized it had a lot of symbolism in it and I thought that was cool. From a writerly point of view.
There was the symbol of the Bible, wherein River started 'fixing' it because it was broken. Of course, Shepherd was a little distressed about this, being a religious man and all, and therefore gave River a speech on Faith and religion and how the Bible is a symbol. Then she later brought back the pages she had ripped out and said, "I tore these out of your symbol and they turned into paper, but I wanna put them back, so... "
There was the statue of Jayne in the mud town, wherein he was a symbol of a protector/savior because he dropped a bunch of money on the town, which helped them a lot, even though it was accidental.
There was the sex that Inara had with Mr. Higgins' son, because his father didn't think he was a man until he had sex and therefore set him up with a companion. The sex was a symbol of becoming a man.
There was Simon's politeness towards Kaylee, which I think is actually a stretch by calling it a symbol, but in a way it was because he said it was his way of showing her that he liked her because he was showing her respect.
The beginning started out with Kaylee and Simon talking about swear words and how Simon hardly ever swears. This may be a tie-in with the previous symbol of politeness and respect, because he never really swears because it's borderline disrespectful, especially swearing in front of a lady.
Even the fact that it was a town centered around its mud-production. Mud itself is a dirty, foul, smelly substance but for the town, it was a way of life, a way of surviving. It can kind of be related to Jayne directly because he's a foul kind of guy but also good deep down.
After these symbols, it gets kind of tricky because it's like grasping at things. Which can work because a good critic/writer/reader person can be a crafty symbol-finder when they want to be but at the same time, it almost cheapens what's being seen/read/experienced. I like being able to find symbols and meaning in things but at the same time, it's nice being able to just take things without analyzing them. I feel like I'm being an oxy moron right now.
So I finished Stranger in a Strange Land, which was phenomenal. Also, for our book club, we read Water for Elephants. Which was good, except the ending sucked. Now we're reading a Clockwork Orange. Actually, I haven't started it yet but our next meeting isn't until the end of February so I have plenty of time.
Life is good. It could be better, but it could also be a lot worse. So, life is good.
There was the symbol of the Bible, wherein River started 'fixing' it because it was broken. Of course, Shepherd was a little distressed about this, being a religious man and all, and therefore gave River a speech on Faith and religion and how the Bible is a symbol. Then she later brought back the pages she had ripped out and said, "I tore these out of your symbol and they turned into paper, but I wanna put them back, so... "
There was the statue of Jayne in the mud town, wherein he was a symbol of a protector/savior because he dropped a bunch of money on the town, which helped them a lot, even though it was accidental.
There was the sex that Inara had with Mr. Higgins' son, because his father didn't think he was a man until he had sex and therefore set him up with a companion. The sex was a symbol of becoming a man.
There was Simon's politeness towards Kaylee, which I think is actually a stretch by calling it a symbol, but in a way it was because he said it was his way of showing her that he liked her because he was showing her respect.
The beginning started out with Kaylee and Simon talking about swear words and how Simon hardly ever swears. This may be a tie-in with the previous symbol of politeness and respect, because he never really swears because it's borderline disrespectful, especially swearing in front of a lady.
Even the fact that it was a town centered around its mud-production. Mud itself is a dirty, foul, smelly substance but for the town, it was a way of life, a way of surviving. It can kind of be related to Jayne directly because he's a foul kind of guy but also good deep down.
After these symbols, it gets kind of tricky because it's like grasping at things. Which can work because a good critic/writer/reader person can be a crafty symbol-finder when they want to be but at the same time, it almost cheapens what's being seen/read/experienced. I like being able to find symbols and meaning in things but at the same time, it's nice being able to just take things without analyzing them. I feel like I'm being an oxy moron right now.
So I finished Stranger in a Strange Land, which was phenomenal. Also, for our book club, we read Water for Elephants. Which was good, except the ending sucked. Now we're reading a Clockwork Orange. Actually, I haven't started it yet but our next meeting isn't until the end of February so I have plenty of time.
Life is good. It could be better, but it could also be a lot worse. So, life is good.