Sunday, November 25, 2012
Mourning vs. Aspergers
I know in class we briefly touched on the fact that this book was more a story of morning and coping than a story about 9/11, but is it more a story about aspergers as well? Oskar's unique voice, actions and really the entire narrative is all molded by the fact that he has aspegers. The book and entire plot would be no where near the same if that wasn't the case and I know that other stories written in the perspective of a person with aspergers or autism, like Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime, are meant to teach people more about people with aspergers. Is this book the same?
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That might be the case, but I think it's more of the author's stylistic choice to put a story in a completely different prospective. I think that if the author was trying to make the story about aspergers, he wouldn't have put in the stuff about his grandpa and grandfather and have switched prospectives as often as he has done. I think it's a great idea to write a novel coming from the voice of someone with a mental disability. You can have a vast imagination, use retardation for humor purposes, and view average human events in a completely way, for example kissing someone 20 years older or having something positive come out of death. It's a great idea Summer, but I think he's doing it for stylistic purposes
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Jack. I think there is a definite line between the way the author is conveying his ideas, and what his ideas actually are. He may be using the voice of a mentally handicapped character, but that does not necessarily mean that he is specifically commenting on the lifestyle of that individual.
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