{"id":1417,"date":"2024-10-07T23:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T03:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2024-10-07T23:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T03:40:04","slug":"escaping-the-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/403lit\/2024\/10\/07\/escaping-the-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Escaping the Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"

While combing through potential sources, I found an issue of <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i>, featuring a review on my focal text, <\/span>The Princess Bride<\/span><\/i>. After reading the review I decided to page through the issue for any articles that could shed light on what was going on around the novel’s publication. For a little context, this issue was published on December 23, 1973, the same year <\/span>The Princess Bride<\/span><\/i> was published, and consequentially it was filled with advertisements for various Christmas gifts and holiday sales. One advertisement that caught my attention was for a <\/span>Bonwit Teller<\/span><\/i> swimsuit on page 5. This advertisement takes up almost the entire page and consists of a small paragraph and illustration displaying the product. The tagline of the ad reads, \u201cThe Bonwit Tank: Ready to Move Boldly into the Sun Life\u201d (5). What stood out to me about this advertisement was that it was promoting a summer swimsuit in the middle of December, a month when it is too cold for swimming in most places. The winter solstice, which is the day that has the least amount of sunlight hours, also occurs in December. I think these aspects help encourage readers to not only buy the swimsuit, but also hint at a need to travel in order to enjoy their product and escape the cold weather.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another thing I noticed was the plethora of pieces on various crises overseas, and on the fuel crisis in the US. One piece in particular was a message from <\/span>Roots. <\/span><\/i>T<\/span>he message starts with \u201cWinter 1973 hasn’t been all bad\u201d (39) and then continues to list various current issues and good aspects of them, including an \u201cenergy crisis,\u201d \u201cforeign conflicts,\u201d \u201cour uncertain economy,\u201d and \u201cDisturbing political incidents have caused us to individually examine our own motives and actions, which can only result in good.\u201d The list created by the message depicts various problems taking place at the time, and consequently, the effect these have on the population. I had wondered why Goldman decided to not only write a fairytale aimed at all ages, but also to interact with the text with his personal perspective and notes; now I think I have a theory. At the time of this New Yorker issue there is a lot happening; people are stressed and struggling and in need of an escape. Maybe The Princess Bride was an escape for Goldman, and by interacting with the text, he felt like he was more of a part of the story.<\/span><\/p>\n

Works Cited<\/p>\n

“Display Ad 11 — no Title.”<\/span>\u00a0New York Times (1923-)<\/span><\/i>, Dec 23, 1973, pp. 5<\/span>. ProQuest<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>https:\/\/dickinson.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/newspapers\/display-ad-11-no-title\/docview\/119732018\/se-2<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Display Ad 86 — no Title.”<\/span>\u00a0New York Times (1923-)<\/span><\/i>, Dec 23, 1973, pp. 39<\/span>. ProQuest<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>https:\/\/dickinson.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/newspapers\/display-ad-86-no-title\/docview\/119733760\/se-2<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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