Olivia Spenard 5. The feeling of detachment often goes with pretending to be someone else. When someone has to confront someone, they might practice what they are going to say or how they are going to stand, no matter if the confrontation is good, bad, scary or wonderful. Pretending to be something or someone you aren't can be a way of coping with extreme anxiety or stress. It is an avoidance tactic. The only character that doesn't do this is Virginia, and it hurts her. 6. Kisses in the hours happen between Laura and Dan, and Richard and Clarissa. Both of these couples are in love, whether married or not, but have some degree of separation between them. Clarissa and Richard used to be lovers, and still have an intense, deep, connection with one another. 7. The Hours shows that the creative process can be filled with stress and anxiety. It is almost obsessive-compulsive for Laura and her cake, Clarissa and her party and Virginia and her eagerness to return to her writing, instead of being with her sister. As their creative processes continue, they get frustrated with their previous work. They all strive for perfection. 8. Richard's childhood experiences were filled by heartbreak and identity confusion. He had difficulty making challenging decisions.
5. The idea of role playing could be seen as an universal feeling considering that main characters in the book are women. Women always seem to have a "role" that they have to fill and sustain. Women playing the role that they are supposed to play is essential to the idea of sanity, they know the role that they have and if something doesn't actually fit into that role they feel out of place. Both Clarissa and Laura seems to be mirroring Virginia Woolf's character of Mrs. Dalloway. They both have a role to play in the success of the party, but Virginia herself doesn't. 6. The kiss between Clarissa and Richard shows the strength of the love that they share. Even though they aren't together and he is sickly the love and connection between the two of them is very strong. Clarissa and Richard are in love with each other even though they aren't married or together. The kisses that Laura and Dan share has the same connection as Clarissa and Richard share, but there is distance. Laura is feeling the burden of the relationship between them and she rather just read in her bed all day, but she still loves Dan. 7. The major characters in this book all have something that they have to create and perfect. Laura is baking a cake for Dan's birthday, Clarissa is hosting a party, and Virginia creating stories. As tie goes on the characters realize more about themselves and the masterpieces that they are working on completing and with the more knowledge that they are gaining to revise their ideas of creative. 8. The childhood of Richard was difficult. He had to deal with a lot of decisions that he had a hard time making and those decisions affected him in the long run as he grew older.
5. No, I don't believe that it is a universal rule that every single person is essentially plaything their role in society. I think that some people do have to play a role, but only when something about them is so far out of what is considered normal or socially acceptable that they could face real prosecution or attacks from it. And sometimes people play a role just because it makes interacting with certain people more convenient when you act and talk in specific and certain ways only. Laura is a great example of this as in many ways she feels as if she is playing the model wife, but as she begins to really play with the idea of being herself it creates an instant void and fear of the world that she is a part of. 6. Both Clarissa and Richard and Laura and Dan kiss at one point or another in the novel and the kisses are both demonstrative of relationships with a good deal of care and love between them. The kisses are not unlike the kisses that real people share between each other but, there is definatley more complexities in these relationships with with Clarissa and Richard having an intense past that eventually faded into a very close friendship. 7. The novel makes it abundantly clear that the creative process is a long one that has many steps, many of them being filled to the absolute brim with stress, fear, and anxiety. With both Laura and Clarissa it is about planning a party, where in swoops and pulls, they make efforts to make things perfect. 8. Richard had to, not unlike a lot of people deal with who he really was and how he hoped to proceed with his life with his biggest questions revolving around his own sexuality. And through this he had to make a series of difficult decisions, that inevitably lead to his current life.
5. I don't really think that it is a rule that people are playing a role in society. But what I do think that sometimes people do play a role only if it has something to do with them, if that makes sense. And I think Virginia is the only person who doesn't have a role to play herself.
6. Laura and Dan, and Richard and Clarissa kisses each other eventually at a point in the book. It shows how both of the couples are in love but have something that separates them at times but Richard and Clarissa had a tough past so whatever happened then just turned into a friendship now.
7. The book show that the creative process is long and due to that, it can be stressful and cause anxiety. With Laura and Clarissa planning on throwing a party and baking a cake, shows how stressful the creative process can be.
8. Richard’s childhood was very difficult due to the fact of his sexuality. He had to make difficult decisions that led up to who he is currently in the book.
Olivia Spenard
ReplyDelete5. The feeling of detachment often goes with pretending to be someone else. When someone has to confront someone, they might practice what they are going to say or how they are going to stand, no matter if the confrontation is good, bad, scary or wonderful. Pretending to be something or someone you aren't can be a way of coping with extreme anxiety or stress. It is an avoidance tactic. The only character that doesn't do this is Virginia, and it hurts her.
6. Kisses in the hours happen between Laura and Dan, and Richard and Clarissa. Both of these couples are in love, whether married or not, but have some degree of separation between them. Clarissa and Richard used to be lovers, and still have an intense, deep, connection with one another.
7. The Hours shows that the creative process can be filled with stress and anxiety. It is almost obsessive-compulsive for Laura and her cake, Clarissa and her party and Virginia and her eagerness to return to her writing, instead of being with her sister. As their creative processes continue, they get frustrated with their previous work. They all strive for perfection.
8. Richard's childhood experiences were filled by heartbreak and identity confusion. He had difficulty making challenging decisions.
5. The idea of role playing could be seen as an universal feeling considering that main characters in the book are women. Women always seem to have a "role" that they have to fill and sustain. Women playing the role that they are supposed to play is essential to the idea of sanity, they know the role that they have and if something doesn't actually fit into that role they feel out of place. Both Clarissa and Laura seems to be mirroring Virginia Woolf's character of Mrs. Dalloway. They both have a role to play in the success of the party, but Virginia herself doesn't.
ReplyDelete6. The kiss between Clarissa and Richard shows the strength of the love that they share. Even though they aren't together and he is sickly the love and connection between the two of them is very strong. Clarissa and Richard are in love with each other even though they aren't married or together. The kisses that Laura and Dan share has the same connection as Clarissa and Richard share, but there is distance. Laura is feeling the burden of the relationship between them and she rather just read in her bed all day, but she still loves Dan.
7. The major characters in this book all have something that they have to create and perfect. Laura is baking a cake for Dan's birthday, Clarissa is hosting a party, and Virginia creating stories. As tie goes on the characters realize more about themselves and the masterpieces that they are working on completing and with the more knowledge that they are gaining to revise their ideas of creative.
8. The childhood of Richard was difficult. He had to deal with a lot of decisions that he had a hard time making and those decisions affected him in the long run as he grew older.
Cameron Bennett
ReplyDelete5. No, I don't believe that it is a universal rule that every single person is essentially plaything their role in society. I think that some people do have to play a role, but only when something about them is so far out of what is considered normal or socially acceptable that they could face real prosecution or attacks from it. And sometimes people play a role just because it makes interacting with certain people more convenient when you act and talk in specific and certain ways only. Laura is a great example of this as in many ways she feels as if she is playing the model wife, but as she begins to really play with the idea of being herself it creates an instant void and fear of the world that she is a part of.
6. Both Clarissa and Richard and Laura and Dan kiss at one point or another in the novel and the kisses are both demonstrative of relationships with a good deal of care and love between them. The kisses are not unlike the kisses that real people share between each other but, there is definatley more complexities in these relationships with with Clarissa and Richard having an intense past that eventually faded into a very close friendship.
7. The novel makes it abundantly clear that the creative process is a long one that has many steps, many of them being filled to the absolute brim with stress, fear, and anxiety. With both Laura and Clarissa it is about planning a party, where in swoops and pulls, they make efforts to make things perfect.
8. Richard had to, not unlike a lot of people deal with who he really was and how he hoped to proceed with his life with his biggest questions revolving around his own sexuality. And through this he had to make a series of difficult decisions, that inevitably lead to his current life.
5. I don't really think that it is a rule that people are playing a role in society. But what I do think that sometimes people do play a role only if it has something to do with them, if that makes sense. And I think Virginia is the only person who doesn't have a role to play herself.
ReplyDelete6. Laura and Dan, and Richard and Clarissa kisses each other eventually at a point in the book. It shows how both of the couples are in love but have something that separates them at times but Richard and Clarissa had a tough past so whatever happened then just turned into a friendship now.
7. The book show that the creative process is long and due to that, it can be stressful and cause anxiety. With Laura and Clarissa planning on throwing a party and baking a cake, shows how stressful the creative process can be.
8. Richard’s childhood was very difficult due to the fact of his sexuality. He had to make difficult decisions that led up to who he is currently in the book.