Re: Parallels Between Little Star and LTROI - Spoilers
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 6:19 am
This is Interesting. I remember ACL's thread At What Point Did You Lose Sympathy for Theres and Teresa?, where none of the five Scandinavian members (including johnajvide ) lost sympathy for (or identification with) T&T, while many others did.
Why is this? Is it just coincidal, or is it cultural differences, where cultural/sociological issues appearing in the book are percieved differently across the globe? Or could it even be translational issues, where the English edition differs slightly from the Swedish (and Norwegian, Intrige rooted for T&T too, I recall).
Some points that caught my attention:
I saw a sort of religious connection between lost souls and Theres, ultimately ending in a tragedy. We see this a lot in real life.
(My definition of "religious" is rather wide, it includes religious ways of thinking where one jumps on and stick to a conclusion out of belief rather than out of rational thinking - e.g. I see strong religious tendencies among football supporters ).
Why is this? Is it just coincidal, or is it cultural differences, where cultural/sociological issues appearing in the book are percieved differently across the globe? Or could it even be translational issues, where the English edition differs slightly from the Swedish (and Norwegian, Intrige rooted for T&T too, I recall).
Some points that caught my attention:
This is about the very opposite of how I view LS, especially the characteristics of Teresa (from the top of my head, I believe John dedicated the book to all the teenager girls dropping out from society and ending on mental treatment - like Teresa did).lombano wrote:... LS is for me the polar opposite of LTROI in that it is a relationship that is ultimately wholly nihilistic. ...
... but Teresa is indeed as she perceives herself - empty, a creature without a soul.
I see far more profound reasons behind the killing. In my book there is also an issue about society failing to recognise and even rejecting the individual, and driven to the most bitter concequence, this is what you might get.danielma wrote:...but in terms of their murderous ways, it really isn't driven by any motivation rather then "they can". Which is linked back to a certain sense of empowerment they get from it. That's where I would argue that it's rather nihlistic. Their motivations are completely nihlisitic and self serving.
I saw a sort of religious connection between lost souls and Theres, ultimately ending in a tragedy. We see this a lot in real life.
(My definition of "religious" is rather wide, it includes religious ways of thinking where one jumps on and stick to a conclusion out of belief rather than out of rational thinking - e.g. I see strong religious tendencies among football supporters ).