In class on Wednesday, we briefly talked about what could possibly be on the final. If you remember that one of the questions that came up was:
what is the connection between Lucy, Translations, and Power?
That got me thinking to how I would answer this question. At first I could only see a connection between Lucy and Power and Lucy and Translations, but I saw no relation between Power and Translations. I really struggles with how to possible answer this question. In the end, this is what I came up with but it only scratches the surface:Lucy and Power
Both Lucy and Omishto are searching for their place in the world. Lucy stuggles to find her place in America while leaving her old home behind. Omishto tries to connect both the traditions of the Taiga people while at the same time finding it hard to break away from the the new pressures of America. Both seem to know what they want but neither can figure out how to get it.
Translations and Lucy
In both these works of literature, we come across this idea of what a name means. Lucy battles with the reasons that her mother named her as she did. While Translations wrestles with changing the names of the places across the Irish countryside. Both stories confront the notion if changing a name changes the person or place.
Power and Translations
These two works deal with two different worlds. Power portrays the old world as the Taigan Tribe and the modern world of America. Translations depicts the old world as the old traditions of the Irish people and the new world as the dominating British influence in Ireland. Both stories tell of the struggles of the old worlds to survive the ever increasing popularity of the new worlds.
Both Lucy and Omishto are searching for their place in the world. Lucy stuggles to find her place in America while leaving her old home behind. Omishto tries to connect both the traditions of the Taiga people while at the same time finding it hard to break away from the the new pressures of America. Both seem to know what they want but neither can figure out how to get it.
Translations and Lucy
In both these works of literature, we come across this idea of what a name means. Lucy battles with the reasons that her mother named her as she did. While Translations wrestles with changing the names of the places across the Irish countryside. Both stories confront the notion if changing a name changes the person or place.
Power and Translations
These two works deal with two different worlds. Power portrays the old world as the Taigan Tribe and the modern world of America. Translations depicts the old world as the old traditions of the Irish people and the new world as the dominating British influence in Ireland. Both stories tell of the struggles of the old worlds to survive the ever increasing popularity of the new worlds.
I hope that these ideas start to spark others for anyone who also struggled with this question as I did.
1 comment:
Ashlynd I love that you did this for your blog. I was worried about answering this question, too and your blog reminded me of some really nice key points in each of the stories and how they relate. I really feel that in Power, we see place, displacement and the natural environment coming together and forming a solid foundation where all the things we have covered this semester stand. Nice blog!
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