Mrs. Dalloway was a story about the life of Clarissa Dalloway. In her life many things happen, most of the notable occurances have to deal with her love life. It seemed that love was always holding her back. She was in love with a woman so, she never lived with her because of the societies beliefs about lesbians. Now on the flip side, in the Hours clarissa and sally are living together, and they are open about it. Cunningham takes Dalloway, and puts different aspects in it. The similarities are very close, but the stuff he changes are pretty cool. The different chapters relate to different perspectives. Clarissa is the same person as Clarissa in Mrs Dalloway, as well as Mrs. Woolf the writer. He pretty much copy’s all the aspects of Mrs Dalloway, but he adds a new character of his own Laura Brown. This book is pretty cool, although he does copy the original idea, I like it better. It is not as dull as Mrs Dalloway was.
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You should expound a little, but at the same time focus less on plot summary and focus more on what YOU feel about the book. Why is it not as dull as Mrs. Dalloway? Does it bother you how Cunningham seems to go so in depth into Virginia's life?
Well, I though Mrs. Dalloway was not dull at all. But I guess I can see where you're coming from; it is interesting that Cunningham chooses to give Clarissa the life she would have had had she chosen Sally over Richard (or in The Hours case, Septimus?).
Where are your opinions beyond the boredom and obvious love of lesbians ;) Let us know how you feel!!
T.J.,
While I'm glad that you're finding this novel less dull than the source book, this post is so short (and so given over to plot summary), that I'm not sure why you feel this way (and I'd like to know). I see that your peers are anxious for more insight into your own ideas as well.
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