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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Why Carpenters Gothic?

The book revolves around a depressed state involving a lot of pain and anger. A reason it could be called Carpenters Gothic might be because it has  a dark foundation throughout the book, theres more bad things happening the more you read. Theres no joy in the house Liz and Paul call home, they always argue, theres kids outside playing harsh pranks and damaging properties, and there are animals gouging on other animals. Liz is mostly at home by herself, she cant leave so she just waits around for Paul to come home and when he does, he verbally abuses her and blames her for everything that seems to go wrong in his day....
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  1. UnknownNovember 14, 2015 at 11:21 AM

    I think you used to perfect words to describe the couple and their home; Damaging.
    It seemed as though that's all Liz and Paul did to each other, damage. It wasn't healthy for either of them and it seemed like no matter what, they would do more damage together than they would apart. It's like how can you call an environment like that a home? It isn't welcoming and it's very heartbreaking which is why Liz was suffering from depression. I love your explanation on that!

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  2. Prof. John TalbirdNovember 15, 2015 at 4:27 PM

    I agree: Excellent theory about the title, Bryanna.

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