Overall, I feel like this book has absolutly no representation or similarity to Mrs. Dallowy or the other three characters. It seems that the characters within The Hours are only trying to find a happy medium in life, a place in which they are not utterly unhappy. Their life circumstances are obviously quite different from that of the other original characters.
The Hours only seems to turn in circles, never really getting a true point across, although I could just feel this way due to my mass of confusion. I find some of the characters lives disturbing such as Richard. Sleeping with Louis and then Clarissa, hmmm...not quite sure how I feel about this Richard. Anyways, I am just a bit dazzled by these confusing characters, and where they exactly stand.
3 comments:
Amy,
I certainly hope that your confusion clears up a bit as the novel progresses--and that you start enjoying it more (though, it's entirely legitimate to consider Cunningham's book a poor step-child of Woolf's). The bit about the sexuality may redound both to the fact that Cunningham himself is a gay writer, and that there is certainly a hint of sexual ambivalence in "Mrs. Dalloway".
Anyway, good post!
I think I feel the exact opposite in that there are almost too many obvious connections to Mrs. Dalloway. The intial chapter with Clarissa Vaghn is almost the exact same as the first chapter in Mrs. Dalloway...
i agree that the characters are ONLY trying to find that happy medium in life. it seems as if in all three of the stories the simplest task (ie getting out of bed on your husbands birthday) create a huge burden. i hope they become more optimistic
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