Thursday, March 20, 2008
All Over Creation
I also agree with Kelsey, that Yumi is a rather childish character and a terrible mother to her children. I'm not sure who acts more like the adult, Yumi or her son (they are both very immature). This book has been terribly painful to read through. It is almost pornographic and it quite disturbing to me how some people choose to live. Those who sow destruction often reap the effects of their own destruction. Eliot Rhodes is a prime example of someone who has sown to the wind and is reaping the whirlwind--they end up with nothing in the end. Yumi's children have no father figure (as Will seems to be) and Charmey/Frankie's baby will no doubt grow up empty. This is a very sad book to read.
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I would have to diagree with you, this book has been very interesting to read, for one its life, and this book leaves nothing out. The sex images in the book are simply factors of life, and if you cant seem to deal with the book I would have to say that you have been living in a world of fantasy. Life does not always go according to planned and not every child has a perfect childhood, infact very very few do.
On the other hand, I know what Jeremy is saying. The first time I read the book I was shocked by the explicit sexuality and the raw language, but I began to see in it a deeper level of symbolism that convinced me it is a very artful book, that it, in fact, presents a world view compatible with my Christianity, even if its center may be in pagan mythology or Eastern mysticism (I'm not sure where the ethical/mythological center of the book is). I do understand, however, when a person has a negative reaction to it. It can be an affront to a person's sensibilities.
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