ENG235H1 Lecture : ENG235 LEC08
Document Summary
Jimmy"s relationship to his father, jim"s relationship to his father, james" relationship to his father. Central theme of book is directly related to the exposition (last page of book) theme of loneliness and modernity: chicago world"s fair, james gets abandoned at the cwf and feels lonely. Repeated in the novel (jimmy, jim, and james" abandonment who knows maybe william was also abandoned?: cwf no longer exists during jimmy"s time. 2d jimmy = 3d jimmy; 2d zoetrope = 3d zoetrope. Changing the paper zoetrope into the 3d zoetrope. Sequence narration of sequence: stop the novel stepping out of time, chronological temporal sequence that makes sense to us: ex. Makes sense to go in order; easier. Mostly found in children"s books: sequence out of order jimmy corrigan: m c b z x t r, comics offers a narrative mode that disrupts its time sequence but it does.
