Thursday, November 1, 2012
The Last Ride of the Glory Girls
Besides the writing style the author used to convey Adelaide's speak, I really enjoyed this story. I thought it had many aspects throughout the whole story that made it interesting. It is a love story, western, religious, and of course, it is a science fiction story with many aspects included throughout the entire story. One thing we did not really touch on in class was her vision she had when she was in her drug induced state under the tar in the river. I thought it was interesting that all she saw in her vision was darkness. I was wondering if the darkness was meant to represent the time travel she would be encountering in her future. She had not mastered the time device yet and so she had no idea where she would end up. I thought maybe the darkness was meant to represent that uncertainty of where she would eventually end up in time. I'm not sure if I'm interpreting this right, but it is just a thought.
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It's also possible that all anybody sees is darkness, they just usually pretend to have seen something to fit in with everyone else. I mean, all those girls said they saw themselves with John Barks. And the Reverend keeps telling people not to talk about what they saw.
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting interpretation. I assumed that the darkness meant she didn't see anything and there weren't actually any visions.
ReplyDeleteI thought that she only saw darkness because she was skeptical of the entire process, but your idea about time travel also makes sense! Maybe she only saw darkness in her vision because she was fated to travel beyond the drug/religion's reach?
ReplyDeleteI also loved the way that Libba Bray used language to so clearly convey Adelaide's personality and viewpoint. She does the same thing in her Victorian series, and I think that's part of the reason why they're so good.