Once again I did another re read this week. I know, I need a new book very badly. But anyway, I re read the book Wintergirls by Laurie Anderson. In this book the main character is an anorexic girl named Lia, who used to be best friends with Cassia, a bulimic girl. But they haven't been best friends in a while, or at least since Cassie died. This is the story of Lia and her life. And how Cassie comes back to haunt her.
I don't get why the book is called Wintergirls. It's not like Lia only comes out in the winter, because I'm in the book she went out in the other seasons. But it might be because she is cold, out of it, like many people are in the winter. Maybe it's because in the winter, Lia may feel like everything is a dream, like nothing i reality, and that is what makes everything easier to deal with. If it feel like a dream, a fog, then it makes it easier for life to feel like nothing is real. That this is a dream, this isn't happening. I feel like winter might make everything easier to deal with, or even harder. Like when it's calm with snow falling gently, it makes the world slow down. It makes it so that you feel like you have more time to deal with everything. But when there is a rough, windy blizzard, then everything feels hectic. It can make you feel so overwhelmed by everything that you can't deal with anything, you have to go to your last resort, which is usually a bad thing. Especially in Lia's case. In fact, in the end it almost killed her.
Winter is also a time of beauty and a time to hide. In Lia's eyes what she is trying to become is beautiful. But beautiful, isn't beautiful. For Lia, it also makes her hide. She can't let anyone see who she is, what she is trying to become because if she does, it won't be pretty. It makes Lia feel distant. It makes her feel strong. It makes her lie about her weight by sowing pennies into robe that she wears when she steps on the scale. And in a way, winter does this to all of us. Each person in their own ways. So, I don't know. Think about that, or don't.
I read that book in a day! I really like the description for anorexic and bulimic people. In general I think it is sad that people treat their friends well and everybody well but not their bodies. This book gave off a very sad warning didn't it?
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Hello, revision partner here. I apologize if writing this on a Sunday ended up being a detriment to your revisions, but here we go:
ReplyDelete1. You should have more confidence in your ideas and represent them more boldly. For instance, in the first sentence of the second paragraph you clearly do have ideas on why Wintergirls is called Wintergirls, so there's no need to state that you don't. This also leads into me second suggestion...
2. Make is sound less like your pondering (once again, first sentence of the second paragraph) and more like you have fully formulated ideas.
3. This suggestion is not only in regard to this particular post, but a suggestion for the rest of your writing career. Never ever use the word 'like' in writing unless you are making a comparison. 'Like' is very overused and has a specific meaning and should be reserved for that meaning alone unless you're having an informal conversation. Using 'such as' or just doing away with the word usually solves the problem.
4. You created really nice imagery in regard to your comparisons between the title and a literal winter. I think that your post would be strengthened if you made that imagery even stronger.
5. Some quotes would help out in the second paragraph. A few examples of the ghost showing the characteristics of winter would be nice.
6. I think that you can strengthen the conclusion by adding more of your own opinions.
7. Try to relate back to the book in the second paragraph.
Well, that's it. Good job and good luck. If you have any questions just post a comment to my comment for I'll be checking this post regularly.