There is a quote from Gabriel on of 18 that I found very intriguing- "The race has grown in power and loveliness- I fear that it has lost its lovableness" I chose this quote because i feel that its the backbone to the rest of the novel but also that things throughout the book reflect on this passage.the people in this novel have lost the sense of humanity this goes with there lost of lovable was because everyone looks out for themselves. For example the old lady that noticed that her niece was beautiful and decided to teach her all the right qualities that a young lady should have to be fit to become someone's mistress. She was looking out for herself because when her niece was young, she made the decision to sell her to becomes a mistress at a good price. 1) the aunt selling her niece 2) women are being sold. So many things are wrong with this, but also that this book may be looking at how we progress as a society with technology, but humanity takes "one hundred thousand" steps back.
The race that has survived, the one that is on top has grown in power and lovelyness. They have aquired so much power that they can buy there way out and into anything. Like the Princes father in the novel he bought himself a tittle & a castle which shows what power can get you. The race that's on the bottom that's is struggling to survive is losing and they won't be able to stay up much longer.
Hello Jeelyan,
ReplyDeleteI like the claim you've made on how you believe that the quote- "The race has grown in power and loveliness- I fear that it has lost its lovableness." is the backbone of the story. In other words, The rich are portrayed as socially powerful and elegant, but at the same time have no respect or empathy for the less fortunate which explains why they are not lovable. I think there are more examples that connect with the quote you chose, which is a good thing. I also think you do a good job of breaking down the meaning of "loveliness" and "lovableness", your paragraph structure seems fine too.
However, you know I have to offer my two cents, I agree that if someone looks out for themselves it may seem selfish in some cases, but you need to explain further to the readers why is looking out for one's self considered to be unlovable? Also, please don't take this the wrong way but you need to proof read after you write to make grammatical corrections and sentence structure, if you do this, your blog will be so much stronger given that your ideas are really good and very interesting. One more thing, you also need to double check the author's name and the date the novel was published. Overall I really enjoyed your blog.
Enis