” This is where the story starts, in this threadbare room. The wall are exploding… Moon and stars are magnified in this room…. We can take the world with us when we go and sling the sun under your arm.” Page 190<\/p>\n
The moon, stars, and the world are use as a metaphor to signify infinity between the love that the narrator has for Louise. It is the symbol of deep affection to a woman that has been victim of a sickness that eventually helped them become closer. When the narrator implies a new story, a new beginning, it might be the start of a new life for both the narrator and Louise.<\/p>\n
Throughout the novel, the narrator portrays the image of self, when they repeatedly introduce the word “I”, in the first person perspective. By the end of the novel when the love between the narrator and Louise succeeds, the transition from “I” to “we” changes the image of both the narrator and the novel. My first impression was that this is the last draw for the narrator. Louise has finally come back and the narrator can’t waste any time objectifying her the way the narrator did throughout the novel. The new beginning for Louise and the narrator is no longer based on “I” or “you” but rather “we”, the two of them together not one more important than the other.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, maybe the way the novel ended represents the novel as a whole. I like the fact that it leaves the reader to construct his\/her own ending in a number of ways. There is no certainty as to what happens, the only certainty we have is that for the narrator “this is where the story starts” (190). Thinking in this train of thought, could it be that this was the case during the entire novel? Not only was the ending an opportunity for the reader to construct their own thoughts, but in a way the entire novel falls into the same gap. This might be crazy talk, but as readers we were given the opportunity to decide whether or not the narrator was male or female, or perhaps the idea of a genderless narrator is what pulled us through the novel. Either way, we construct our own hypothesis while the narrator only provided the reader with evidence and support.<\/p>\n
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