NUTR 431D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Narration, Billy Bishop, Dawning Information Industry
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Billy bishop goes to war : opening song with the aviator, parts embedded, man vs. machine, what he lived for and what he died for, the machine is dehumanized when shooting at enemy planes- clay pigeons, rituals with mourning. How it performed and what is being lost. Is bishop himself doesn"t die in what sense does he function as mourning for those people who have been lost. Sense of the limited use value of the body of the pilot. Tension around the frailty of human flesh. Parts of the plane can be extracted and restored to some kind of functionality. A much altered bishop in act 2: division in the development of the pilot, no longer na ve but self aware and survival. 82 war is not the place for deep emotion : pg. Act 2: someone who seizes upon his destiny to become a hero, pg.
