English 1022E Lecture 6: Fugitive Pieces

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 1022E
• Professor: David Bentley

Document Summary

P191 // fugitive there one second, gone the next // fragility: fugitive criminal, escapee // the essence of escapism. Exercising our empathy // walking a mile in someone else"s shoes, getting inside their mind. Freud mourning and melancholia (1917: theory of grief that ann michaels draws upon and builds into the novel, two telling examples // p208 and p233. 208 when ben remembers accusing his wife (naomi) of the ideology of not getting over her parents death // he sees her as someone crippled in mourning by her parents" death. This book is about survivor"s guilt page 7 jakob"s guilt and trauma from losing his parents. P9 // loss of his sister // more dangerous and damaging. !1: suffers as consequence for not accepting her death // incomplete mourning and melancholia, she becomes a ghost a spectre in his mind. Feels her presence and touch everywhere subconscious refusal to let go.