miércoles, 24 de agosto de 2011

Coming Through Slaughter - Close Reading II


The street is fifteen yards wide.  I walk around watched by three men farther up the street under a Coca Cola sign.  They have not heard of him here.  Though one has for a man came a year ago with a tape recorder and offered him money for information, saying Bolden was a 'famous musician'.  The sun has bleached everything.  The Coke signs almost pink.  The paint that remains the colour of old grass.  2 pm daylight.  There is the complete absence of him-- even his skeleton has softened, disintegrated, and been lost in the water under the earth of Holtz Cemetery.  When he went mad he was the same age as I am now."

Sentence 1-2: The description of Bolden's town is similar to the one in the beginning of the book, in which he tells in detail the enviroment and appereance of the streets. The Coca Cola sign is mentioned on both paragraphs is a symbol of connection between Bolden's isolated world and reality. 
Setence 2-3: Although physical characteristics of the town remain intact (or similar), the people and stories in it have changed. Bolden was a recognized musician in his era, but the fact that is name and memory were forgotten and erased from those who live in the present, shows how brief and insignificant  his contribrution to others was.
Sentence 4 - 7: The passage of time has washed away Bolden's memories.
Sentence 8: The town does not resemble the one Bolden lived in, which dissapoints the author who's made and effort to preserve his life and memories. His body is rotting and so is his name.
Sentence 9: The last sentence shows a direct connection between the narrator and the main character. He feels susceptible and somehow related to Buddy. From this paragraph it is infered that the narrator fears to die and sink into obscurity and Buddy Bolden did. 

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