Welcome to the blog for Prof. John Talbird's English 102 class. The purpose of this site is two-fold: 1) to continue the conversations we start in class (or to start conversations before we get to class) and 2) to practice our writing, reading, and thinking on a weekly basis in an informal setting.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Dead Chicken Theme in Blue Angel
Blue Angel is quite interesting of a novel, however there is this one theme that I think I picked up on, I am not sure however if it is actually a theme that the author meant to put in the book, however I can't help but think that this idea was put in intentionally. The idea is based off the mention of the kid having sex with a dead chicken. Throughout the first 63 pages it seemed that swenson has sex in the back of his mind, but when hr brings up having sex with his wife in the clinic that she works at, she kinda makes an excuse as to why they shouldn't have sex in the clinic. If you continue to read on, you come across the weird relationship in which swenson and angela start. All of this brings me to the conclusion that the kid having sex with a dead chicken is a representation of Swensons sex life, which seems to be dead. It explains why Swenson discusses the story with his creative writing class, and why it seems to come up throughout the first 63 pages. This of course is all speculation, but it is something to think about when you continue to read.
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This is an interesting response, Andrew. It's true that Swenson and his wife don't have sex in the clinic. But does that mean that their sex life is dead? Or that they're adults and adults shouldn't have sex at their places of work? Maybe it means that Swenson thinks their sex life is dead. Do you think Sherrie would agree?
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