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So I missed the discussion in class, so here are my thoughts that I didn’t get to share.
So about the dogs and Byron..
They were both pretty baffling to me. But I think the dogs kind of represented the way that Lurie wished he could have been. In touch with his emotions, not at all logical, able to act off of impulse and receive little or no punishment. Although he seemed to not care about the dogs, except to honor their lives, I think that might have been one of his lies to himself. I think he was secretly “one of those people” that loves dogs.
And Byron… I have no idea. Maybe that was a distraction he needed? Maybe he really has some deep-rooted psychological problems that are manifesting themselves in this play? Or maybe he is just schizophrenic, which I mentioned on one of my blog posts. I have no idea.
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I definitely agree with the dog comment. I think it shows that he can in fact care about something, although it may not be people, there is some passion in David’s character.
Comment by Megan Foster November 9, 2009 @ 4:59 amIt’s interesting about the dogs. I agree, I think a lot of the things David says really go against what he really feels or wants. I think the dogs are the prime example of this, but there are many other cases throughout the book
i think david really used to consider himself like Byron. Byron was a suave womanizer that all the ladies wanted. The way the play transforms through the book reflects david’s transforming mental state imo, and i think by the end of it david has shifted from associating himself with byron so much as with theresa, unloved and unwanted.
Comment by elizabeth November 10, 2009 @ 7:00 pm