Wednesday, November 12, 2008

House

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As I had mentioned before, I had this odd fascination with the word house being highlighted in blue. After much searching, I read online that somehow it is reference to the blue screen that is used on movie sets. I continued to sit and think, hitting the wall, the screen saver on the computer next to me went, I accidentally hit the mouse, and a blue screen popped up. It hit me like a locomotive, the blue screen of death on a windows computer, the demise of your computer. I couldn't and think that the house itself is absolute failure for people to communicate, for things to work. This is also a reference to being completely in the dark a fear of what is going to happen, fear itself, hitting a wall, a snag. There is a real unfortunate relationship between Johnny and his brother. They do not communicate, they have a complete demise in their dynamic as fraternal brothers. I then was able to move on to the pages that contained the venture into the labyrinth. Reston brings a gun, he has a fear of the unknown, a fear of things not going the way he planned, a fear of being stopped in his tracks (or wheels). On page 212, Reston says ' "I can't see a fucking thing,' Reston whispers. Which is true: neither one of their flashlights can effectively penetrate that far into the black, and its rather unfortunate because it leads to the demise of Jed.

1 comment:

  1. I really like the blue screen comment and one that I remember hearing when I first read this but then, of course, forgot. But I like how you link this to the dead screen as well. Great job.

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