Comments on: On board ship http://www.splagkhna.org/tt1-2pamccf/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: Mfc http://www.splagkhna.org/tt1-2pamccf/#comment-235 Mfc Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:49:21 +0000 http://www.splagkhna.org/tt1-2pamccf/#comment-235 I hadn't really thought about details providing authority, but I think you're right. The 'truth' one feels in his observations of his fellow passengers (the ones who like privacy when they poo have to get up earlier and earlier in the morning to find that solitude, as others discover that it's quieter in the morning (and possibly less smelly?)) build up confidence in the 'honesty' of his narration. The scare-quotes don't mean I think he's lying, but are just to emphasize the qualities evoked by his carefully crafted narrative. I think I have more to say on this, but need to give it a good think. I hadn’t really thought about details providing authority, but I think you’re right. The ‘truth’ one feels in his observations of his fellow passengers (the ones who like privacy when they poo have to get up earlier and earlier in the morning to find that solitude, as others discover that it’s quieter in the morning (and possibly less smelly?)) build up confidence in the ‘honesty’ of his narration. The scare-quotes don’t mean I think he’s lying, but are just to emphasize the qualities evoked by his carefully crafted narrative.
I think I have more to say on this, but need to give it a good think.

]]> By: pamccf http://www.splagkhna.org/tt1-2pamccf/#comment-454 pamccf Thu, 05 Apr 2007 23:29:40 +0000 http://www.splagkhna.org/tt1-2pamccf/#comment-454 You're right; there's the "expert" social detail in addition to the sensual, with the same disarming effect. It's a little like the insecure novelist who wants to show that he knows all about what they stock at the shop his character prefers, even if it's not his scene. You’re right; there’s the “expert” social detail in addition to the sensual, with the same disarming effect. It’s a little like the insecure novelist who wants to show that he knows all about what they stock at the shop his character prefers, even if it’s not his scene.

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