<p>참여자: Fourteen, Kate, Livi, Sylvi</p><p> </p><p>고전이라 그런 지 술술 읽히는 책은 아니었지만, 비교적 짧은 분량임에도 불구하고 명확한</p><p>답을 제시하기보다는 여운을 남기는 철학적인 작품이었습니다.</p><p>.  </p><p>1. 다섯 사람이 죽는다는 결말을 처음부터 알고 있어서 이야기가 더 슬프게 느껴졌나요,</p><p>    아니면 오히려 궁금증이 생기고 인물들의 삶에 더 집중하게 되었나요?</p><p>2. 나쁜 일이 생겼을 때 ‘모든 일에는 이유가 있다’고 생각하는 편인가요,</p><p>    아니면 단순히 운이 나빴던 우연이라고 생각하나요?</p><p>3. Marquesa의 사랑은 진정한 사랑이라고 보시나요,</p><p>    아니면 외로움에서 비롯된 집착이라고 생각하시나요?</p><p>4. 다섯 명의 희생자 중에서 가장 안타깝거나 공감이 갔던 인물은 누구이며, 그 이유는 무엇인가요?</p><p>5. 이 책에서  ‘Bridge’를 한 단어로 표현한다면 무엇이라고 생각하는지? 그리고 그 이유는?</p><p>6. 마지막 문장인 “There is a land of the living and a land of dead, and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.”은</p><p>  위로가 되었나요, 아니면 비극적인 이야기 이후라 오히려 공허하게 느껴졌나요?</p><p> </p><p>바쁘신 일정에도 불구하고, 시간을 내어 함께해 주셔서 감사 드립니다 :) </p>
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첫댓글For #4, Sylvi said if she would save Jaime, Camila’s son, since he’s lived such a short live and Marquesa the least since she is rich life and the eldest. For #5, the symbolic meaning of the bridge which falls apart early in the story, all agreed that its principal meaning includes the precariousness of life (Livi), fragileness of life (Sylvi), and life’s unpredictability (Kate). Once we stumbled into a short discussion on religion and Livi’s religious practice. We could say that if you have God in your heart, it makes you a Catholic.
We discussed also about the ending (#6). Both Sylvi and Livi don’t like it since it was like all-you-need-is-love type of a banal ending if I may put it. I like it though; it nicely summarizes the main theme of the story: love has a spectrum of many forms, yet the bondage even with the dead makes us human.
We didn't have a chance to talk about Wilder’s writing style. I think it's in sync with the overall tone of the story, which bears satirical and near-fable traits. The choice of words, interwoven with sudden twists or exaggerated descriptions, brings unexpected impressions—ludicrous under serious events and vice versa. He won his first Pulitzer with this novel and the second with a play. He wrote many plays later, and some dialogues in this novel (his second novel in his early career) certainly foretells his master craftmanship/success in the future plays.
첫댓글 For #4, Sylvi said if she would save Jaime, Camila’s son, since he’s lived such a short live and Marquesa the least since she is rich life and the eldest. For #5, the symbolic meaning of the bridge which falls apart early in the story, all agreed that its principal meaning includes the precariousness of life (Livi), fragileness of life (Sylvi), and life’s unpredictability (Kate).
Once we stumbled into a short discussion on religion and Livi’s religious practice. We could say that if you have God in your heart, it makes you a Catholic.
We discussed also about the ending (#6). Both Sylvi and Livi don’t like it since it was like all-you-need-is-love type of a banal ending if I may put it. I like it though; it nicely summarizes the main theme of the story: love has a spectrum of many forms, yet the bondage even with the dead makes us human.
We didn't have a chance to talk about Wilder’s writing style. I think it's in sync with the overall tone of the story, which bears satirical and near-fable traits. The choice of words, interwoven with sudden twists or exaggerated descriptions, brings unexpected impressions—ludicrous under serious events and vice versa. He won his first Pulitzer with this novel and the second with a play. He wrote many plays later, and some dialogues in this novel (his second novel in his early career) certainly foretells his master craftmanship/success in the future plays.